SUMMARY:
One-stop shopping: You can get all 8 elective ProLogger units by attending both Thursday January 15 and Friday January 16 classes. Our Friday January 16 keynote luncheon speaker will have NO ProLogger units. Our Thursday, January 15 luncheon keynote speaker will have 1 ProLogger unit.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14:
Annual Meeting Begins
5:00 pm to 7:30 pm – President’s Reception
7:30 pm – Dinner on Your Own
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
8:00 to 11:50 am – Membership Meeting, Board and Staff Reports, Speakers (1 PL unit)
- Membership Meeting opens with:
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Invocation
- ACL Communications Specialist Kolbie Hawkins Explains “QR Code ProLogger Slips”
- President Jeff Holland Welcome Remarks
- “Program: Board and Staff Reports, Speakers, Presentations”
- “A Celebration of Life: Board Member Gary Gladen”
12:00 pm to 1:45 pm – Luncheon Keynote Speaker (with 1 ProLogger unit)
- Steve Courtney of Oregon (Introduced by President Jeff Holland)
Afternoon Classes/Panels
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Lisa Prince, Attorney at Law: “CAL OSHA Issues” (2 PL units) (Introduced by President Jeff Holland)
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm – Carolyn Luster, Safety Officer Green Diamond Resources Company: “Safety and Workers Compensation Issues” (1 PL unit) (Introduced by Executive Director Eric Carleson)
5:00 pm to 9:30 pm – Annual Meeting Reception, Banquet, Live and Silent Auctions
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16
8:00 am to10:00 am – Panel: Workforce Development 2026: “Many Projects in Many Regions” (2 PL units) (Moderator: ACL Board Member Traci Holt) Panel includes ACL Vice President Amanda Godon and her daughter Michaela Godon. Also participating: ACL Workforce Coordinator Sherri Brennan
10:15 am to 11:15 am – Assembly Member Heather Hadwick: “California Rural Legislative Politics, and the Federal Secure Rural Schools Act” (with student speakers) (1 PL unit) (Moderator: ACL Board Member and Past President Russ Hawkins)
12:00 pm to 1:45 pm – Luncheon and Keynote Speaker: Richard Schwab, Logger and Past President, American Loggers Council “Logging in Florida and Inspiration in California” (Introduced by President Jeff Holland and Past President Myles Anderson)
2:00 PM – Adjourn