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Upcoming Workshops - Register by 7/26!
CLCC's Summer Land Trust Focus Group 2013
-- for Board Treasurers and Finance Committee Chairs
Friday, August 2
9:30am - 2:30pm
The Lyceum
227 Lawrence St., Hartford
Henri Jordan, Facilitator
Lunch will be provided. Space is limited.
Cost is FREE for CLCC members and $25 for non-members.
Reserve your space by Friday, July 26.
CLCC is pleased to offer its 2013 Focus Group, the latest in a series of consultant-led roundtables for Connecticut land trust officers, board members and committee chairs held annually each summer. This year's focus group will be for Treasurers and Finance Committee Chairs.
What is the Focus Group Series?
The purpose of the CLCC Focus Group Series is twofold: to provide peer-to-peer networking for a group of individuals serving in a similar capacity in diverse land trusts, who otherwise might not get the opportunity to meet and talk; and to gather information and gain a better understanding of how Connecticut's land trusts use their boards, staff and volunteers to increase organizational capacity.
Why should your Board Treasurer and/or Finance Committee Chair Attend?
The goal of the 2013 Focus Group for Board Treasurers and Finance Committee Chairs is to provide participants with information and insight about issues connected with the management of land trust finances, such as managing reserve accounts with board or other designations/restrictions, calculating and providing for adequate stewardship reserves, completing and explaining annual budgets and 990 returns, and planning for increased financial complexity in accordance with organizational growth.
Ultimately we hope to be able to draw conclusions and make recommendations regarding the needs of land trusts in order to improve organizational capacity within their financial management function. We will be producing a written report and will present our findings at the 2014 Annual Conference in March.
Please email any questions and/or RSVP to CLCC Executive Director Amy Paterson.
Planning for Your Land's Future -- a workshop presented by the American Farmland Trust
Tuesday, July 30
5:30 - 9:00pm
Middlesex County Extension Center
1066 Saybrook Road
Haddam, CT
Light dinner provided. Space is limited.
Cost is FREE!
Reserve your space by July 26
Do you own a farm or forest land in Connecticut? Have you planned for its future -- whether or when to protect it, how to treat it in your estate planning, whether or how to rent it, how to manage it for farming or forestry?
Whether you are just beginning the planning process or developing questions with planning that is already underway, this workshop can help you understand your options and make informed choices.
From 5:30-6pm, during dinner, there will be a special meet and greet opportunity for farmland owners and farm seekers.
For more information or to register, please click here or contact Kip Kolesinskas at 860-878-0393 by email with any questions.
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