Meeting Location: The meeting will take place at Purdue University at the W. H. Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostic Center in West Lafayette, IN.
Hotel Information: 515 South Street Lafayette, Indiana 47901
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/lafayette/lafin/hoteldetail
We have a room block reserved. Ask for the NCERA room block. The negotiated rate is $110+tax/night.
We anticipate being able to provide a shuttle service (vans) if needed from the hotel to the turf center but there is plenty of parking at the turf center if you would like to drive yourself.
Flights: If you need to fly to Indiana, it is best to fly into the Indianapolis airport (IND) and rent a car (available at the airport) for the 1 hour and 20 minute drive to campus.
Special arrangements: If you have any special dietary needs or requests, please contact us in advance and we will try to accommodate you.
Opportunities for your family: In addition to touring Purdue’s campus there are many historical sites in West Lafayette/Lafayette/Battleground, Indiana that your families might enjoy such as Wolf Park, Tippecanoe Battlefield and Museum and Prophetstown State Park. A Visitors Guide is available (click here) so that you can consider the possibilities and whether or not you might want to make a family trip out of this opportunity.
Presentation Volunteers: At this point the schedule has some flexibility. We are requesting volunteers to present 15-30 minute updates on new technology or methodology for data collection and/or analysis or an update about an area of your research/teaching/extension program that could benefit the group as a whole. You can volunteer yourself and/or send suggestions to me about potential topics to ajpatton@purdue.edu by 25 May.
Reports: We will forego the oral state reports in favor of brief written reports. Please complete the blank state report form at http://ncera221.blogspot.com/p/state-reports.html and send it to ajpatton@purdue.edu by 10 June. Previous year combined state reports are also available at this link.
Registration:
Click here for the registration form.
Registration is $100 each for faculty and staff and $70 each for graduate students.
Questions:
Direct meeting questions to Aaron Patton, ajpatton@purdue.edu, (765) 494-9737
Direct registration questions to Tammy Goodale, tgoodale@purdue.edu, (765) 494-8039
Agenda: (All times Eastern Standard Time) – The brief agenda is below. A full DRAFT agenda is linked here.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
- Arrival in West Lafayette
- Optional afternoon golf
- 6:00 pm Optional group dinner
- 7:30 am Onsite registration
- 7:30 am – 8:15 am – Continental breakfast
- 8:15 am – Welcome
- 8:30 am – 12:00 pm - Meetings
- 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Lunch
- 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Meetings/Tour
- 5:30 pm – Dinner
- 7:30 am – 8:15 am – Continental breakfast
- 8:15 am – 10:30 am – Meetings
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Business meeting
- 12:00 pm - Adjourn and depart for home.
