THE CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE

 

announces its

 

Winter Symposium & Meeting

 

     Saturday, March 6, 2010

 

All events located in:

 

Warshof Conference Center, Room Monroe A & B

(Enter through lobby at northeast corner of Building 3)

Brighton Campus, Monroe Community College

1000 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14623

 

See attached maps

 

Parking:  Lot M, Center Road

 

Chairs:  T. X. Grasso, D. L. Kipp, R. Mangold and D. C. Minor

Executive Director:  Michele Beilman

 

Program

 

8:00 A.M - 8:40 A.M.          Registration     Coffee, Continental Breakfast   

     Note:  Mr. Steven J. Hasseler of HSBC Bank, East Rochester Branch,
      Premier Relationship Manager will be available for counsel and advice on
      Available Services for International Travel
      (HSBC is the Canal Society’s Banker)

              

8:45 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.         Fairport—Premier Erie Canal Town

                                             Frederick “Fritz” May, Mayor

                                             Fairport, NY

 

9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.       Historic Canals & Waterways of South Carolina
Robert J. Kapsch, PhD, ACSE, Author & Researcher at the Center for Historic Engineering and Architecture, former NPS Sr. Scholar in Historic Architecture and Engineering, former Chief, HABS/HAER, author of several books on canals

                                             North Potomac, MD

 

10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.     Coffee Break  

 


 

10:45 A.M.– 11:30 A.M.      “Ship By Canal”….Connecting East Coast Ports with All NYS
                                             Canal & Great Lakes Ports

Rob Goldman, President, NYS Marine Transportation Highway

                                             Troy, NY

 

11:30 A.M. – 12:00 Noon    The Blue and Yellow Report—Whither NY Canals

                                             Carmella R. Mantello, Director, NYS Canal Corporation

                                              Albany, NY

 

12:00 Noon. – 12:45 P.M.    Lunch     Soup, Pasta, Sandwiches,
                                             Coffee, Soft Drinks, and Brownies

 

12:45 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.          Hudson River PCB Dredging Project Status and Update

David King PE, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, Hudson River Field Office

                                             Hudson Falls, NY

 

1:30 P.M. – 2:15 P.M.          Canal Winter Maintenance

                                             John Hatch, Section Superintendent, NY Canal Corporation

                                             Lyons, NY

 

2:15 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.          Old Erie Canal Heritage Park (Port Byron):
History and Potential for the Future

                                             Thomas X. Grasso, President, CSNYS

                                             Pittsford, NY

                                                     

3:00 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.     CSNYS Annual Meeting and Reports,
Announcements & Discussion

o   --Annual Meeting and Elections

o   --Call for Papers:  Winter Symposium March 5, 2011

o   --Spring On the Erie—Bike and Boat Day

Rochester to Pittsford and Return
June 19, 2010  Dave Kipp

o   --2010 World Canal Conference in Rochester

September 20-23, 2010
(combined with NY Canal Conference)

(No CSNYS Fall trip this year)  Tom Grasso

o   --Camillus Nine Mile Aqueduct Grand Opening 

               Dave Beebe

o   --Germany Canal Trip  Tom Grasso

o   --Downtown Rochester Erie Canal & Aqueduct
     Restoration--Update on Rewatering
 Tom Grasso

o   --Canal NY Report
      Peter Wiles, Jr.
Midlakes Navigation

 

3:45 P.M.                              Adjournment


 



CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE

 

Pre-Registration Form for CSNYS Winter Symposium &Meeting

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY

 

Return this Pre-registration by:  Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

If you are planning on attending, PLEASE send this form in—it is necessary for our lunch count and arrangements.

 

To:            David L. Kipp, CSNYS

                  61 Thistledown Drive

                  Rochester, NY 14617

 

If questions:      Phone (585) 387-0099

                          E-mail: tgrasso1@rochester.rr.com

 

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Pre-registration fee is $38.00 per person which covers, continental breakfast, coffee break, lunch, parking, speaker fees and sundry costs.

 

¨ Check for $38 per person enclosed

¨ Will pay $38 per person at the door (cash or check).

 

Note:  Without Pre-registration, the Fee is $50 at the door.

 

Make checks payable to:  Canal Society of New York State

 

                 $38.00 x ___________  =  $________________

 

Name(s):  ___________________________________________________

 

                 ___________________________________________________

 

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Phone Number:  ________________________