{"id":2437,"date":"2021-12-11T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/?page_id=2437"},"modified":"2022-11-21T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:16:14","slug":"2022-annual-chapter-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/annual-meetings\/past-annual-meetings\/2022-annual-chapter-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Annual Chapter Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>NEW!\u00a0 FINAL MEETING PROGRAM FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS NOW AVAILABLE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final meeting program and abstracts for the in-person sessions of the 2022 chapter meeting is now available!\u00a0 Please <a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/03\/2022InPersonScheduleAbstractsFINAL-1.pdf\"><u>click here<\/u><\/a> to view what we have planned for this weekend from Friday April 1 to Sunday April 3, 2022.\u00a0 Online registration is still available until Saturday April 2.\u00a0 See below for registration link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW!\u00a0 ONLINE MEETING REGISTRATION IS OPEN!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Annual Meeting Committee we are pleased to announce that online registration for the 2022 chapter meeting is now open!\u00a0 One does not need to be a member of the SER MWGL Chapter register for this meeting.\u00a0 However, those who are members of the Midwest-Great Lakes (MWGL) SER Chapter will receive discounted registration prices.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>To begin registration <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ser.org\/events\/EventDetails.aspx?id=1610252&amp;group=\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will take you to a landing page and once on the landing page,\u00a0 then click the \u201cRegister\u201d button.\u00a0 This will take you to a sign in page that will give one the option of either signing in with your SER user name and password (for SER MWGL Chapter members) OR registering as a guest by clicking the &#8220;continue as guest&#8221; button (for non-members).<\/p>\n<p>Details on the three virtual sessions, the in-person plenary session, workshop, contributed poster and oral presentations, the meeting host field tour, offsite field trips, can be found<a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/03\/2022MWGLSERmeetflyerFINAL.pdf\"><u> here<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 Information on the established meeting policies are also provided here (<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ymaws.com\/www.ser.org\/resource\/resmgr\/event_images\/2022MeetingCodeofConductFINA.pdf\">code of conduct<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ymaws.com\/www.ser.org\/resource\/resmgr\/event_images\/Public_Health_Safety_Protoco.pdf\">COVID-19 safety protocols<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>NEW!\u00a0 Extended Deadline for In-Person Oral and Poster Presentations:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are extending\u00a0<strong>the deadline for in-person contributed oral presentation abstracts\u00a0and in-person contributed poster presentation abstracts<\/strong>\u00a0until\u00a0<strong>Monday March 14, 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0 Abstracts are to be submitted via email to ser.mwgl@gmail.com by attaching the word document with the formatted abstract to an email and using &#8220;MWGL SER 2022 Annual Meeting Abstract&#8221; as the subject header.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/ser.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f17f91d2a71840cffa4a85bfd&amp;id=8cbe2b37e7&amp;e=37f11376b0__;!!KGKeukY!kTOp5qPEEo0pGtd8RU0eSaRb-N6hnbacw8Ea01G3mkRRcwUU6-r-8Tx_2RREFKNySQ$\">Click here<\/a>for the call for abstracts and information on abstract submission and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/ser.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f17f91d2a71840cffa4a85bfd&amp;id=edb226eb1a&amp;e=37f11376b0__;!!KGKeukY!kTOp5qPEEo0pGtd8RU0eSaRb-N6hnbacw8Ea01G3mkRRcwUU6-r-8Tx_2RQjH0va1A$\">click here<\/a>\u00a0for examples of correctly formatted abstracts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>New! (3\/12\/2022)<\/u><\/strong><u>\u00a0 <\/u><strong><u>Continuing Education Credits for Annual Meeting attendance!\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong>Portions of the 13th Annual Meeting have been preapproved for continuing education credits (CECs) from the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).\u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/03\/CEC-Cheat-Sheet_draft_3.10.22-1.docx\">here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW!\u00a0 Reminder 3\/10\/2022 Deadline<\/strong><strong> for Discounted Rates at Local Hotel for Meeting Attendees: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For those of you are traveling from out of town we have secured a block of rooms at the Courtyard Willoughby (<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/clewb-courtyard-cleveland-willoughby\/overview\/__;!!KGKeukY!jQaXW4NUeKhX01VFqt4aT_s_-6EuFbuSy64VEa7Y8138j1o7v7Udno7cT_nLXYgH3g$\">https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/clewb-courtyard-cleveland-willoughby\/overview\/<\/a>) with discounted rates of $139 plus tax for a room with a king or queen sized bed.\u00a0 The information on the block is below:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website for Block Reservation Discount Code: <\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/event-reservations\/reservation-link.mi?id=1645043490836&amp;key=GRP&amp;app=resvlink\">https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/event-reservations\/reservation-link.mi?id=1645043490836&amp;key=GRP&amp;app=resvlink<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discount Code for Discounted Prices: <\/strong>\u00a0SER2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phone for Reservations: <\/strong>\u00a0Call 440-530-1100 and provide SER 2022 as the group name and dates 3\/31\/2022 to 4\/3\/2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadline for Discounted Prices:<\/strong>\u00a0 March 10, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b>Meeting Registration Rates:\u00a0 <\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For registration rates and associated deadlines <a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/02\/ApprovedRegistrationPrices2022.pdf\"><u>click here<\/u><\/a> .\u00a0 Note that students, chapter members, and those that register before March 29 receive discounted registration prices.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Meeting Schedule:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Annual Meeting Committee is still working on finalizing the final meeting agenda.\u00a0 However, <u><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/02\/PreliminaryScheduleRSedits.pdf\">click here<\/a><\/u> to view a preliminary meeting schedule for both our virtual and in-person components of our upcoming Annual Chapter meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting Host Field Tour:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our meeting hosts Cleveland Metroparks have organized a field tour for the afternoon of Saturday April 2, 2022 to visit a historic upland forest and a recent stream restoration effort located in Cleveland Metropark\u2019s North Chagrin Reservation.\u00a0 <u><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/02\/MeetingHostFieldTour-1.pdf\">Click here<\/a><\/u>for more details on this field tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offsite Field Trips:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five offsite field trips are scheduled for Sunday April 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and range from a bus tour of restoration sites to an opportunity to perform hands on restoration work.\u00a0 <u><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2022\/02\/SundayFTinfo-1.pdf\">Click here<\/a><\/u>for more details on these field trips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS MEETING HOSTS AND SPONSORS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meeting Host: <\/strong>Cleveland Metroparks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharp-lobed Hepatica:<\/strong> Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow Trout Lily:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rue Anemone: <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prairie Trillium:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ecosystems Connections Institute; Holden Forests and Gardens; Western Reserve Land Conservancy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bloodroot:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CONTACT US:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions related to our upcoming meeting then please contact Dr. Rocky Smiley (email smiley.54@osu.edu).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2445\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2445\" src=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-2000x1335.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-1300x868.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/midwestgreatlakes\/files\/2021\/12\/jA.B.Williams_Woods-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JA. 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