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The first annual TRCA state
conference was completed on March 20/21 2009 in Kerrville, Texas. We feel this conference was a tremendous success and were
very pleased with the attendance, sponsors, vendors, speakers, workshops and all who were involved. We want to thank the many
volunteers from the different master gardener organizatons who assisted with registration and workshops, etc.
On
Wednesday and Thursday (3/18 &3/19) Billy Kniffen, Justin Mechell and Ramiro Ortiz held an ARCSA accreditation course
with 50 people in attendance.
There were a total of 105 people who attended on Friday. That total includes vendors
(13 booths) and speakers. We did not take a count on Saturday, as there was a lot of in and out going on, but we estimated
as many if not more people in attendance on Saturday.
Friday at noon we help our annual business meeting and elected
board members for 2009/2010. We had a quorum of 32 out of 89 members (36%). Attached below are the minutes for that meeting.
click here to download minutes from business meeting
We really want
to thank our sponsors. We had three platinum and one silver sponsor. We raised enough operating capital at this meeting
to make conducting business going forward much more efficient, and we could not have accomplished this without the generosity
of our sponsors. Help us show them our appreciation whenever and however you can.
Dallas Drain Company,
Dallas Texas. Chuck Sowders.
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| Chuck from Dallas Drain |
BlueScope Water, Austin Texas. Colin Chatfield
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| John from BlueScope Water |
Rainfilters of Texas, LLC,
Austin Texas, Joe Wheeler
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| Joe from Rainfilters of Texas |
Ranch Tech, Kerrville, Texas. Rusty
Hendrickson
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| Rusty from Ranch Tech |
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The Texas Rainwater Catchment Association
was proud to present to Rainwater Harveting Pioneer awards at our first state conference. The two winners were Hari Krishna
and Billy Kniffen. We are all very appreciative and thankful for all they've done to promote Rainwater Harvesting in Texas
and throughout the United States!
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| Billy and Hari, Pioneer Award Recipients |
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And here are a couple of additional photos taken during the
Conference.
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| A little break in the action |
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| Saturday's workshop on rain barrells |
2009 TRCA State Conference Speaker Presentations |
Pam Daniel REALTOR, GREEN EcoBroker Certified pamdaniel@ebby.com 972-467-6769
Green Building and Where Rainwater Capture Fits in;
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Darrel McMaster, President, Sustainable Homes Inc.
Master Builder and Certified Green Professional
Fully Sustainable Homes
(This presentation
was built using an Apple computer and may not run propertly on a PC)
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Sanjeev Kalaswad
Program Specialist
Texas Water Development Board
Innovative Water Technologies
Program
TWDB State Government Efforts for Rainwater
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Cindy Haynie
Public Drinking Water Section
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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James P. Champion
Texas Rainfall Catchment
Otherwise known as the "Survey Guy"
TRCA Rainwater Survey
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Dan Pope
Dan Pope Associates
Commercial Application of Rainwater Harvesting
(warning, this is a very large file and may take a while to open)
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Herman William (Bill) Hoffman, Jr. PE
Principal H.W. (Bill) Hoffman and Associates,
LLC
Water Resource Planning and Conservation Services
The Future of the Industry.
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Saturday's Workshop Presentations
Justin Mechell, Raingardens
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Saturday's Workshop Presentations
Brad Ackerman, Bog Gardens
(warning, this is a very large file and may take a while to open)
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click here to open bog presentation in a smaller (pdf) file
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Saturday's Workshop Presentations
Billy Kniffen, Potable
and Non-Potable Systems
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Saturday's Workshop Presentations
Hay's County, Wildlife
Guzzlers
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