NASCOE

2012 NASCOE

Legislative Conference

Your NASCOE Legislative Committee is pleased to announce a 2012 Legislative Conference.  This year’s conference will be a full conference.  NASCOE invites and encourages all states to participate.  Our venue for the conference will be the Marriott Metro Center from February 6, 2012 through February 9, 2012.  Below is an abbreviated agenda for this year’s conference.

2/6/12     Travel Day for Conference Attendees

                5:30pm—7:30 pm   NASCOE Reception

2/7/12     Legislative Training

 8:30am—3:00pm  

     Legislative Update from Bob Redding

                   Position Paper Discussions

                   Legislative Report Card Process

2/8/12     NASCOE visits Capitol Hill

               6:00pm—7:00pm   Face-to Face Feedback from Key States (All are welcome to attend)

2/9/12     NASCOE visits Capitol Hill (if necessary)

               Travel Day for Conference Attendees

The Legislative Committee is currently working on developing position papers for the conference.  A conference package including the full agenda and the final position papers will be distributed to conference attendees prior to arrival in WDC.  For this year’s conference, NASCOE has approved a stipend of $750.00 per state.  Additional hotel information to allow states to make necessary room reservations will be forthcoming in the near future.

Thank you for participating in NASCOE’s 2012 Legislative Conference.  We look forward to seeing everyone in our nation’s capitol in February.

Marriot Hotel 

^{Please, only book the rooms you will need as rooms are limited. If you book an extra room and later find you will not need the room, don’t cancel that room until you contact NASCOE as the room may be needed by another state. The cost of the rooms will be $188.00 plus tax.}

^{We are planning a short get together for Monday night from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. This get together will be a kick off meeting for the leg conference. Those who will be able to make it in to WDC early enough, come join us for some fun and education. We see this meeting as a great way to get everyone excited and pumped up about the days to follow. We will get more details out as we get closer to the leg conference.}

^{For states that will be making visits to Congressional Members who are on either the House or Senate Ag Committees or the House and Senate Ag Appropriations Committees, we will be holding a meeting Wednesday night to discuss how your visits went. We are asking these states to try and schedule these visits on Wednesday so you can take part in the Wednesday evening meeting. We will be getting more information out on this in the near future.}

^{This will be a very important Legislative Conference for NASCOE and its Members. We will need a very energetic and excited group of NASCOE Members to help us push our message while we are in town.}

^{Look for more detail to come soon.}

^{Dan Root and Kevin Wooten.}

Monthly Activity Reports 

Legislative Fly-in Conference Picture

Lto R: John Lohr-PA, Dan Root-MN,

Kelly Turgeon-MN, and Collin Peterson. 

Mr. Peterson is the Ranking Member

of the House Ag Committee.