North Carolina Association of County Agricultural Agents 2008 Annual State Meeting Greensboro, NC July 11, 2008

First, we want to invite everyone to the 2008 NCACAA Annual Meeting. This year is a first for the NCACAA, in that the West District will be hosting our annual meeting outside of our district, in Greensboro, NC, immediately before the NACAA Annual Meeting. The State Meeting will be on Friday July 11, 2008, beginning with our business session at 2:00PM, and conclude that night with are Awards Banquet. The National Meeting will begin on Sunday, July 13, and run through that Thursday.

Meeting Location Information

Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons

We want to be sure that the National meeting gets credit for the overnight stays many of you will be enjoying after the State meeting. By combining the dates of the two meetings it is critical that you all understand the method to make your hotel reservations for the state meeting. Please read the following very carefully and if you have questions please send them to the Bill Skelton.

• If you are attending both the state and national meetings, and staying the entire time, make you hotel reservations with your National Meeting registration, indicating your arrival day and departure day for the entire stay.
• If you are attending the state meeting, departing, and returning to the national meeting, make you hotel reservations with your National Meeting registration, indicating your initial arrival day and your final departure day, and email Scott Hawbaker (exec-dir@nacaa.com) indicating the days you will not be at the hotel.
• If you are ONLY attending the State Meeting, please make your hotel reservation directly with the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons by calling 336-292-9161 or 800-242-6556 and indicate you are with the NACAA meeting (not NCACAA).

Each of these will provide you with the group room rate of $115 plus tax per room, which is within the state per diem rate for double occupancy.

Auction

Peace and Plenty Hunt ONLINE AUCTION

You can bid for yourself or you can submit a bid for someone else - you will be responsible for collecting! You will need to log in with your NACAA login and password.

The hunt includes: 1 night lodging w/meals + 1 day deer hunt at Peace & Plenty Hunting Preserve in Vanceboro, NC (Craven County) for the 2008 Season

Youth Activity: Natural Science Center of Greensboro

http://www.natsci.org/

Roam through the Dinosaur Gallery and come face-to-face with a 36 foot Tyrannosaurus rex model. Discover Earth's masterpieces in the Gem and Mineral Gallery, see endangered Lemurs and enjoy touch labs. Visit live snakes, amphibians and sea creatures. Wander though Animal Discovery, our brand new outdoor zoological park, and come face to face with tigers, gibbons, wallabies, lemurs, howler monkeys and many, many others!

We'll depart from the Koury Center at 2:15 and return approximately 5:15.