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2011 Awards

The International Forest Engineering Achievement Award winner was Daniel Guimier.

 

The Student Communication Award, which includes two free years of membership, $300 toward travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting, and a waiver of registration fee, was given to Eric R. Labelle.

 

The Operator Award, which includes two free years of membership, $300 toward travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting, and a waiver of registration fee, was given to Rejean Pare.

 

 

(See Page 3 of this Newsletter for complete awardee vitae.)

 

 

 

Future Annual Meetings Scheduled

COFE 2013

   Location:  Moline, Illinois

   Host:  John Deere

COFE 2014

   Location:  Missoula, Montana

   Host:  University of Montana

 

Regional Groups

Financial and activity reports were given for WR.COFE (Loren Kellogg), NER.COFE (Jeff Benjamin), SR.COFE (Tom Gallagher).

 

Proceedings on the Web

The Proceedings Internet Distribution Committee is completing the job of putting our yearly proceedings from 2000-2011 on line at www.forestry.vt.edu/cofe.

 

COFE Financial Year

Changing COFE’s fiscal tax year was discussed at the Executive and Business meetings.  It was decided to keep the end of our financial year at June 30.

 

 

Business & Executive Meeting Highlights June 2011

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Nominations for 2012 Achievement, Operator, and Student Awards

Papers submitted for the Student Communication Award need to be received before April 15, 2012.  Nominations for the International Forest Engineering Achievement Award and the Operator Award need to be received before April 15, 2012.  Send nominations and student papers to Dale Greene <greene@warnell.uga.edu>.

COFE Committee Members

Awards Committee

Dale Greene (Chair), Woodam Chung, Loren Kellogg, Robert Rummer, Bryce Stokes, and Billy Watson.

 

Membership Committee

Mathew Smidt (Chair), Elizabeth Dodson, John Garland, and Jingxin Wang.

 

Scholarship Committee

Joe McNeel and Mike Duncan.

 

Website Committee

Dale Greene (Chair), Awatif Hassan, Joe McNeel, and Tom Reisinger.

 

Proceedings Internet Distribution Committee

Rien Visser (Chair), Shawn Baker, Chad Bolding, and Daniel Guimier.