Schedule of Events
| Sunday - October 3, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Government and Legal Affairs Committee Meeting | |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 noon | Board of Directors Meeting | Wildflowers Restaurant at The Lodge |
| 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration | The Lodge Lobby |
| 12:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch (in package) | Season’s Harvest (Tower) |
| 12:00 – 5:00 pm | Supplier Set-up | Catskill Room at the Shenendoah Club House |
| 12:30 – 5:00 pm | Golf Outing (boxed lunches will be on the carts at the Club House) | Shenendoah Golf Course |
| 3:00 pm | Check-in for hotel guests | The Tower and The Lodge |
| 6:00 – 10:00 pm | Cocktail Reception and Dinner, followed by entertainment with Charlie Thomas’ Drifters |
Shenendoah Club House |
| Monday - October 4, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 – 10:00 am | Breakfast | Wildflowers Restaurant (Lodge) or Seasons Harvest (Tower) |
| 8:15 am | Welcome and Introductions John Toale, Jr., Conference Chair and Jay Ivler, President |
Adirondack Room at the Shenendoah Club House |
| 8:30 – 9:45 am | NYSAC Annual Members Meeting | Adirondack Room |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | NYSAC Annual Suppliers Meeting | Appalachian Room at the Shenendoah Club House |
| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Spouse/Guest Activity: Complimentary Nature Walk Meet in front of the Shenendoah Club House for an exhilarating guided walk of the beautiful landscape at Turning Stone. Don’t forget your walking shoes! |
Shenendoah Club House |
| 9:45 – 10:15 am | Introduction of Suppliers | Adirondack/Catskill Rooms |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | Catskill Room |
| 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Keynote: Generational Marketing and Demography Kenneth W. Gronbach, KGC Direct, LLC |
Adirondack Room |
| 12:00 – 1:15 pm | Past President’s Luncheon | Appalachian Room |
| 1:15 – 2:15 pm | Keynote: Strategic Marketing Plan Kenneth W. Gronbach, KGC Direct, LLC | Adirondack Room |
| 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Spouse/Guest Activity: Floral Arrangement Design The florist at Turning Stone will demonstrate three arrangement techniques. This activity is complimentary and everyone will get to arrange and take home a Halloween or fall theme floral arrangement. |
Briar Room, 2nd Floor, Tower |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | New York City’s African Burial Ground: From Forgotten Cemetery to National Monument Dr. Dennis Montagna, Architectural Historian, National Park Service |
Adirondack Room |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Afternoon Break | Catskill Room |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Government and Legal Affairs Update Frank Giglio, Chair, NYSAC Government & Legal Affairs Committee David Fleming, Jr., Featherstonhaugh, Wiley & Clyne, LLP State of the State Update Richard Fishman, Director, New York State Division of Cemeteries |
Adirondack Room |
| 6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception | Adirondack Room |
| 7:00 pm | Annual Banquet with Installation of Officers |
Adirondack Room |
| Tuesday - October 5, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 – 10:00 am | Breakfast | Wildflowers Restaurant (Lodge) or Seasons Harvest (Tower) |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | Stories in Stone – Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography Douglas Keister, Photographer |
Adirondack Room |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | Standing on the Borders of Two Worlds:
Thoughts on the Nature of Cemetery Landscapes Dr. Dennis Montagna, Architectural Historian, National Park Service |
Adirondack Room |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | Catskill Room |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Health Reform - The Time is Now! Michael A. Young, Principal, Buck Consultants |
Adirondack Room |
| 11:00 am | Check-out for hotel guests | |
| 12:00 noon | Board of Directors Meeting (Lunch will be served) |
Wildflowers Restaurant (Lodge) |
| 12:00 noon | Supplier Breakdown* | Catskill Room |
| * Suppliers contact Jill Cyr if you need to break down prior to Tuesday. | ||