The Silver sponsors were-Bartlett Tree, Environmental Consultants Inc., Swingle Tree and Trees Inc. Friday we kicked things off with a bit of a twist, we had our first ever Arborist Mentoring. This program was a trial and a prelude to the ISA Baltimore 2000 conference. The Mentoring was a loosely structured tree climbing training for students, by students. The students had some help from Tom Dunlap of Canopy Tree Care, as well as some other professionals and instructors.
Students discuss technique before entering the climbing area.
Tom Dunlap works with students during the Arborist Mentoring. Fridays dinner was sponsored by Arbor Care and was a logistical miracle as a site that has a capacity to feed 70 people managed to feed the conference participants. After dinner we had our business meeting where we discussed the rcent changes to the SSA Constitution, and voted on the new position of the Director of the Student Society of Arboriculture. The students approved Tim Walsh to serve as the Director of the SSA, supporting the ISA Board of Directors recommendation. After dinner, the group was welcomed by Immediate Past President of the ISA, Dan Neely, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources Dean Victor Phillips, and we had a surprise, yet fleeting, visit from the Chancellor of the University, Thomas George.