Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

1. Meeting Welcome - Dan Ciolkosz, Penn State Dr Ciolkosz gave a brief welcome, overview of the meeting agenda (see attached), and discussed the purpose and function of the regional project 2. Station Reports --Penn State: Extension - bioenergy short course series, sun grant project including webinars and fact sheets, active web site and project support efforts, short rotation woody crops being grown at bioenergy crop display site; Research - conducting harvest time and motino comparison, working on tree genetics for bioenergy; Education - one undergraduate course in bioenergy, online masters in bioenergy under development --Cornell/Geneva: See submitted report --University of Maryland: Extension-Working to develop a Maryland Wood Energy Coalition, Working with Alliance for Green Heat; research - Working on poplar genetics, and use of poplar and sludge on mine land. A university biomass team is forming. --West Virginia University: see submitted report --University of Kentucky: bioenergy interest is minimal at present 3. Selection of Officers Mike Jacobson was selected as chair Jonathan Kays was selected as secretary 4. Discussion of Group Activities and Format We will plan to have a conference call early in 2012 to firm up plans Next meeting will probably be at Geneva 5. Close