The December 2008 NE1031 meeting will take place in Raleigh North Carolina beginning at 8 AM on Thursday, December 18th and ending at noon on Friday, December 19th at the Brownstone Hotel.

The room rate is $89 per night plus taxes, with free WiFi all through the hotel including meeting rooms. There is a block of 15 rooms. Please make your room reservations by Nov. 26th to get the preferred room rate.  It is best to make the booking via phone (Toll Free 800-331-7919 or direct line Tel: (919) 828-0811).  The room block name is NE1031 Regional Meeting. For more information please see http://www.brownstonehotel.com. The format will be the same with the meeting from 8 AM to 5 PM on Thursday and 8 AM to noon on Friday (a 2nd meeting for the Maine program will be held that evening in the room).  A light breakfast and lunch will be served in the room, which is covered by registration fees.  We will all go out for on Thursday night.    

 Fly into Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU).  Taxi transport is available from the airport and costs $30.  It is a short trip at 9 miles.  However, when your reservations are finalized, please check in with Craig Yencho and Mark Clough as they may be able to pick you up at the airport and transport you to the hotel using departmental vans. For those driving, the address of the hotel is on the website and you can plug those in for directions.

AGENDA
Annual Meeting of Regional Project NE-1031

Dec 18-19, 2008

Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel & Conference Center, Raleigh, North Carolina

Tentative Agenda:

1. Call to order, additions and approval of agenda – L. Wanner


2. Introductions


3. Appointment of Committees – L. Wanner
   Site selection
   Resolutions
   Nominations


4. Local Arrangements – M.Clough, C. Yencho


5. Administrative Advisor Report – K. Stafford


6. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services (CSREES) Report - Ann Marie Thro


7. Eastern Region USDA-CSREES Potato Special Grant project – G. Porter


8. State, Federal, and Provincial Site Reports
   New Brunswick
   PEI
   Maine
   New Jersey
   Pennsylvania
   Virginia
   North Carolina
   Florida
   Ohio


9. Comments from Industry Representatives


10. Pathology Tests Reports
    USDA-ARS (Beltsville)
    Maine
    Pennsylvania
    Others


11. Breeding Reports
    USDA-ARS(Beltsville)
    Maine
    New York
    North Carolina
    Virginia
    Fredricton


12. Seed orders, shopping list, new entries – Greg Porter


13. Eastern Trial Summary and Publication – Greg Porter


14. Update on AMMI analysis of NE1031 data – Don Halseth


15. Update on the NE1031 website/database development – Mark Clough/Don Halseth


16. Do we need an eastern PVMI? Regional collaboration on licensing procedures, seed generation, and commercialization – Greg Porter


17. SolCAP – Walter DeJong


18. Grants/Funding: Potato SCRI grant; ARS-state Potato Special Research Gants – Greg Porter


19. Old Business
    Marketing of new varieties


20. New Business


21. Committee Reports


22. Adjournment