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ORIR-Hosted Recreation Leadership Session with Secretary Zinke Revised Agenda
April 23-24, 2016 at Skyland, Shenandoah National Park
April 23
3:00 PM Meeting with Nicole Reynolds (540 395 5068) and Skyland Resort conference
team at Conference Hall
4 PM Set up at Skyland Conference Hall (AV, WiFi, indoor banners, etc.)
4 5 PM Placement of large exhibits near Conference Hall 6 PM Countdown meeting: Conference Hall
7:00 PM Informal dinner-Pollock Hall, Skyland Lodge
April 24
7:00 AM
Meeting room set up and AV
7:30 AM
Breakfast hosted by RVIA for Presenters: Tap Room, Skyland Lodge
7:30 AM Hang outside banners and related materials (Delaware North maintenance)
8:00 AM Coffee, continental breakfast at 8 AM. Displays of key industry
communications programs including Take Me Fishing, Go RVing, Take a
Friend Snowmobiling, Discover Boating.
9:00 AM - Conversation with USDA Forest Service Deputy Chief Leslie Weldon and NPS
Acting Director Mike Reynolds: Conference Hall (45 minutes)
10:00 AM - Secretary Ryan Zinke Arrival
1. Welcome and Introductions, coordinated by Hugelmeyer
(10 minutes)
2. The Recreation Industry Today: A Powerful and Positive Force in America (20 minutes)
a. Why ORIR was created
(Hugelmeyer)
b. Our Numbers
(Roberts)
c. An Industry Built on Innovation, Partnerships
(McAninch)
d. Key Challenges - Infrastructure and Access
(Vasilaros)
3. Comments by the Hon. Ryan Zinke: Goals, Opportunities and Challenges at the U.S.
Department of the Interior (15 minutes)
4. Recreation CEO Panel: American Jobs Unlocking America's Great Outdoors (35 minutes of
comments and discussion)
a. Bob Martin, Thor
b. Jim Houser, Delaware North
c. KC Walsh, Simms Fishing
d. Marshall Funk, Safe Harbor Marinas
e. Paul Vitrano, Polaris
11:20 AM - Break with coffee and visits to outside displays (20 minutes)
5. ACTION - discussion led by Derrick Crandall, Chris Edmonston (55 minutes)
PROVIDING MORE ACCESS FOR MORE PEOPLE, MORE FUN AND MORE JOBS
CONNECTED TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS
6. NEXT STEPS, including possible June events: Secretary Zinke and Frank Hugelmeyer
12:35 PM Adjourn for lunch and follow up discussions, end by 1:30 pm. Lunch will be reception
like: outdoors (weather permitting), with food not requiring knives and forks. Group picture to be
taken at appropriate time.
4/21/17