Friday, October 24, 2008 -- Leadership Rural North Dakota Agenda

RLND Seminar Six Agenda
Understanding the Resource Spectrum
New Town, ND
4 Bears Casino
October 23-25, 2008

Objectives of the Seminar:
• Participants will understand the seven capitals (resources) in a community.
• Participants will discuss the seven capitals and how they relate to their community.
• Participants will visit resources in New Town, Tioga and Stanley area.

Prework for the Seminar
• Read Rural Communities Legacy and Change by Cornelia Butler Flora and Jan Flora

Hotel arrangements
4 Bears Casino
202 Frontage Road
New Town, ND 58763
800-294-5454
701-627-4018

Meeting room arrangements
4 Bears Casino
Arikara Meeting Room
202 Frontage Road
New Town, ND 58763
800-294-5454
701-627-4018
FYI - 4 Bears Casino is four miles west of New Town on Hwy. 23.


Marie’s cell phone # 701-730-1282


Thursday, October 23rd Dress – Business Professional

11:00 – 11:45 Check into hotel – Please note: The seminar starts an hour early with lunch.

11:45 – Noon Arrive at Arikara meeting room

Noon - 2 p.m. Lunch
Welcome to Year Two of RLND and Seminar Six
Networking with fellow RLND participants
Mary Schmitt and Jim Hennessy, share seminar information
Marie Hvidsten, facilitator

2:00 – 2:20 Welcome
Clare Aubol, Mayor of New Town

2:30 – 3:30 Connecting Citizens to Strengthen Communities-Understanding
Capitals Workshop
Lynette Flage, presenter
Horizons Community Leadership Specialist
NDSU Extension Service

3:30 – 3:45 Break

3:45 – 5:45 Capitals discussion continued

5:45 – 6:30 Open

6:30 – 9:00 Leadership Dinner - RLND Alumni are invited to attend.
4 Bears Casino restaurant, Arikara meeting room
Waterbuster DVD will be shown
Guest Speakers: Fred Baker and Marilyn Hudson, Tribal Elders


9:00 - ? Networking (use meeting room)









Friday, October 24th Dress – Business Casual

6:45 – 7:45 Breakfast - meeting room (January SMT will meet for breakfast
from 7:10 to 7:45 a.m.)

7:50 – 8:00 Load bus in front of casino
Representative Onstad will be on the bus with us.

8:00 – Noon Tour old bridge section
Tour Crow Flies High area
Tour New Town – drive by college
Northrop Grumman tour – Terry Wilbur and Brian Fleur,
Northrop Grumman Industries
North Segment Building – Cheyene Erickson, NDSU
Extension Service – Fry Bread break
Visit Wolf’s Trading Post
Drive 1804 Highway to Tioga

Noon – 1:00 Lunch
Sportsman Café, Tioga
Lunch Sponsor: Sheldon Welding and Steel, Inc.
Roger Baker, owner
Lunch Speaker: Kathy Neset from Neset Consulting, Tioga
Guests: Representative Dorvan Solberg
Representative Kenton Onstad
Jamie Eraas, Tioga City Auditor

1:00 – 2:30 Tour Sheldon Welding
Tour the city of Tioga
Tour an oil rig

2:30 – 3:00 Travel to Stanley

3:00 – 5:00 Tour Ina Mae Rude Aquatic Center
Visit Dakota Drugstore for ice cream break - sponsored by Mountrail Ag Improvement
Drive by daycare center, building projects in Stanley
Visit bronze studio

5:00 – 6:00 Drive to New Town through the oil fields in Palermo, Parshall area
Drive by Gas Plant
Arrive at Scenic Restaurant near New Town




6:30 – 8:30 Dinner
Scenic Restaurant – New Town
Guest speaker: Gary Peterson
President
Lakeside State Bank
Seminar Sponsor
Guest Speaker: Dwight Schmitt
General Manager/CEO
Northwest Communications Cooperative (NCC)
Seminar Sponsor
Guests: Senator John Warner
Representative Kenton Onstad

8:30 – 8:45 Bus takes us back to hotel.

9:00 - ? Networking


Saturday, October 25th Dress – Jeans

6:45 – 7:45 Breakfast in meeting room (November SMT meet from 7 to 7:45
for breakfast.)

8:00 – 9:00 Connect capitals to RLND Project
Marie Hvidsten, facilitator

9:00 – 9:45 Washington DC seminar update
Rich and Lowell

9:45 – 10:15 Break – travel to earth lodges for rest of seminar.

10:15 – 11:15 “Open mike” – participants share issues, concerns, etc. they are
dealing with in their community. Ask for ideas on what others
have done in similar situations.

11:15 – 11:30 Update on November seminar – Angie and Candice


11:30 – Noon Discuss Legislative Social during January 2009 seminar.
Reflections, evaluations

Bringing It Home: * Map the capitals in your home community. What does
the information mean for your community?

* Connect the capitals information to your RLND Project.