2.  The Landowner Workshop was held annually starting in
2004 and had more than 100 participants in the first two
years.
 Participation dropped to about 25 and then it was
cancelled in 2007 for lack of participation.
 With the right topics we should have a lot of interest
from the target audience.

3.  Primary Focus: Landowners with 100 or fewer acres
 There will be additional interest from larger landowners
based on the topics presented.
 We expect at least 100 participants to attend, but again
there may be more attendants based upon the topics and
the presenters.

4. Date: Friday, July 27, 2012
Time: 8 a.m. or so until 4 p.m.
Registration begins at 7 a.m.
Location: The Extension & Research Center
in Dallas on Coit Road
Meeting Room: The auditorium in the Whitehurst Education
Building.
The pavilion will be used for lunch
The foyer of the auditorium will be used for snacks

5.  Preregistration for the event will take place through
Monday, July 23
 Use PayPal online through the NTMN website
 Download a registration form and send it in with a
check
 Cost to preregister is $50
 Registration after July 23 is $75
 Volunteers and state employees
 Do not pay registration fee
 Pay $15 for lunch and snacks

6. Dale Rollins is a quail
expert and founder of
Rolling Plains Quail
Research Ranch in
Abilene (funded in part
by Boone Pickens and
Park Cities Quail Club)
and wildlife specialist
at the AgriLife
Extension & Research
facility in San Angelo.
He will share his
expertise on managing
habitat for wildlife.

7. Billy
Higginbotham, Professo
r at TAMU Research &
Extension Service, is a
wildlife and fisheries
specialist.
He will speak on pond
management and weed
control.

8. David Sierra of the East Texas Ecological
Education Center in Tyler will cover techniques
for prescribed burning.

9. Michael Brooks of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service will speak on drought
management and erosion control.

10. Brett Johnson, Urban
Wildlife Biologist with
Texas Parks & Wildlife,
will speak about the
fundamentals of Wildlife
Tax Valuation and will
fill in on other topics that
may arise during the
course of the seminar.

11. • At the last workshop Kubota brought in small tractors
and other machines that would appeal to this
demographic. They sold a few.
• We have a sponsor for lunch, Lone Star Ag Credit, which
Fred Burrell has lined up.
• We should be able to solicit and sell exhibit space in the
foyer.

12. Sponsor $1,000 level
Your company’s’ name will be announced during the program as a
“Sponsor” and included in all print, website and social media
marketing plus you will be able to hand out promotional materials
at the event.
Supporter $500 level
Your company’s’ name will be announced during the program as a
“ Supporter” and included in all print, website and social media
marketing.
Exhibitor $200 level
Your company’s’ name will be announced during the program as
an “ Exhibitor” and included in all print, website and social media
marketing.

13. • Texas Parks and Wildlife and AgriLife Extension would
manage the content of the program and the presenters.
• The NTMN would provide support for the program.

14.  We have prepared a press release and flyers and are
distributing them to the target audience.
 You may assist if you have someone who might be
interested, you may attach these documents to an email.
 Or you may simply send them to the NTMN Website, the
announcement for the Landowner Workshop is on the
homepage.

16.  We have prepared a cover letter and a document
describing the sponsorship levels.
 If you have a person or company in mind that might
want to sponsor the Landowner Workshop, you could
contact them by email and attach the cover letter and
sponsorship document.
 If you meet them in person, you may printout the cover
letter and sponsorship document and give it to them.

17.  We will have a drawing for door prizes at the end of the
program.
 We already have one terrific prize: a framed photo of a
pair of wild turkeys by Rob Wilbourn.
 Door prizes will be displayed in the foyer and so
someone donating a door prize will also get an exhibit in
the foyer.

18.  Lunch will be catered and served in the Pavilion by
Randy White’s catering. Fred uses them often and it will
be easy to carry out.
 Pavilion will need to be setup for the lunch: tables, table
clothes, etc. This may be done the day before.
 There will be morning and afternoon snacks served in the
foyer.

19.  The proceedings will be put on an CD or DVD and will
include presentations, papers, and etc. from presenters.
 We will also include brochures from AgriLife and TP&W
 Fred’s assistants will be able to duplicate disks and
labels.
 Materials for the proceedings disk should be sent in to
Fred by June 20.

20.  Registration will be online through the NTMN website
using PayPal to collect the funds.
 On the day of the event we will have to check people in:
 Everybody gets a name tag and ticket for door prize
 Pre-registrants will present their prepaid form
 People registering the day of the event will have to pay
by cash or check
 Volunteers and state employees will have to pay $15 for
lunch if they want to lunch with the group.

21.  We will be able to park 100 vehicles at the Coit facility.
 We are asking people to car pool
 Overflow parking will be at the Home Depot parking lot.
 We will use a rented bus to take people to and from
overflow parking.
 You would be busy before and after the event with small
involvement during the program (if any).

22. Administrator for Fred and Brett on
the day of the event.

23. Exhibit Coordinator
 Eighteen exhibits setup in the foyer
 Exhibits from sponsors, presenters, state agencies, door
prizes, and NTMN projects
 Setup the day before, Thursday July 26
 Monitor during the day to prevent losses

24.  Work with the onsite coordinator to insure everything is
setup and working properly.
 Many volunteer hours plus able to attend the entire
workshop.

25. Date: Thursday, June 21
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Marsh Lane AgriLife office

26. • Volunteer hours
• Advanced training: 6 AT hours for the entire program
• Cost of seminar is waived for volunteers
• Volunteer hours