Hi all! My name is Lisa Luokkala.
I am the Vital Forest/Vital Communities’ Productivity Tour Research and Travel Coordination Summer Intern (my longest job title to date). I’ll be assisting with preparations for your tour to Finland and Sweden. This includes building your itinerary and briefing books, doing research, and posting “housekeeping” tasks on The Skidder over the coming few months.
Today, I want to highlight two particular items for you:
Upcoming Events
- November 4, 4:30-8:00 pm, Minneapolis Club
FILE CABINET
Categories
- Article
- Audio
- Bernadine Joselyn
- Bioenergy and Biochemicals
- Biomass
- Canada
- Carbon
- Carlton Owen
- Cheryl Adams
- Climate Change
- Dave Chura
- Dave Zumeta
- February 2008 Meeting
- Final Report
- Finland
- Forest Management
- Forest Products
- Global Warming
- Jim Bowyer
- Jim Hoolihan
- Jim Marshall
- Kathleen Preece
- Katie Fernholz
- Logistics
- Lori Dowling
- Mark Jacobs
- Matt Rezac
- Mike Kilgore
- Nancy Berlin
- Ontario Trip
- Participant Biography
- Peter Makowski
- Private Landowners
- Productivity Definition
- Public Engagement
- Public Policy
- Scandanavia
- Skidder Tutorial
- Sustainability
- Sweden
- Systems Change
- Tom Duffus
- Tom Saxhaug
- Video
- Wayne Brandt
- Webinar
Logistics
Jun 24, 2008
Apr 29, 2008
Two days until the Softwood Lumber Dispute Webinar!
Here are the details if you are joining us this Thursday, May 1st at 2pm for the webinar with Carlton Owen. You will need to dial in to a conference call service and also going on the World Wide Web at the same time. here are the instructions:
1. Go to the following web site address and sign in as a guest: https://umconnect.umn.edu/blandinwebinar/
2. Dial in to the Toll-Free Dial In #: (866) 316-1519 and when prompted please enter the participant code: 14223904#
If you are interested in know more about the issue you can learn more then check out:
The Canada US Softwood Lumber Dispute
Apr 24, 2008
IMPORTANT LOGISTICS INFORMATION - Thunder Bay Itinerary
It’s a short three weeks until our trip to Thunder Bay on May 14-16! You can find the current itinerary in the file cabinet at the left, creatively named “Thunder Bay Itinerary”.
Please note the following important items related to your travel:
- The flight from Minneapolis is NW 2775 and departs at 12:55 pm on May 14.
- The flight from Duluth is on Bearskin Charter, leaving from the Duluth Monaco Air Facility (4535 Airport Approach Road) at 1:00 pm on May 14.
- “Active” business casual is appropriate dress for this trip, which will include field visits. Jeans are welcome. I will report to you the Thunder Bay weather forecast on the Monday before we leave.
- You will need a credit card on which to charge your hotel room (~ $96/night + tax). Beyond that, you will only need money on the trip for personal incidentals. Time permiting, there will be an opportunity to explore shops in a Finnish-influenced district of Thunder Bay.
- I am researching the best way to handle currency exchange, and will let you know when I have a sound recommendation.
I hope this is a helpful start as you begin your travel preparation for Thunder Bay. Please do not hesitate to contact me with additional questions or concerns. More to come! Matt
