September 25-26, 2008 - First Annual Meeting in San Francisco
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS ANNUAL MEETING
San Francisco, California—September 25-26, 2008
****THIS MEETING OPEN TO MEMBERS ONLY****
It's finally that time of year! The American College of Environmental Lawyers is having its first Annual Meeting in San Francisco, September 25-26 at the offices of Morrison Foerster. Conference fees may be paid online below. Please note that dress attire is business casual. The agenda is as follows:
Thursday, September 25: Reception and Dinner 6:00 PM @ Michele Corash’s residence (1070 Green Street, between Leavenworth and Jones Streets; Recommendation: do not drive, walk from hotel or share cabs)
Friday, September 26: Annual Meeting….Morrison & Foerster, 425 Market St., Phone: (415) 268-7000, (Go to Reception, 34th Floor…3 blocks from hotel)
9:00……. President Greetings
9:05-10:20…..Round the room member introductions, brief description of what each of us does in the environmental field
10:20-10:40….Break, refreshments
10:40-12:00….Business Meeting: 1) Election and Induction of New Fellows (5 minutes); 2) Discussion and Vote on by-law changes (5-10 minutes); 3) Election of Officers and Board of Regents (5 minutes); 4) Plans for 2008-9 from incoming President (15 minutes); 5) Announcement of Committee Chairs and Duties of Committees—Nominating and Membership, Program and Education, Website, and Policy Committees; (5 minutes); 4) Committees each break into separate rooms have a preliminary meeting; those who have not previously selected a Committee can sit in on any meeting (45-50 minutes)
Noon-1:30….Lunch at Morrison Foerster; Keynote Speaker—California Attorney General Jerry Brown (invited)
1:45-4:00….. Panel presentations to College and general discussions on climate change initiatives in each major region of the U.S. (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South-Central, California and Northwest), Canada/Europe/Asia (Panels to be made up of current and new members…about 10-15 minutes per presenter)
4:00-4:30….College meeting to briefly report on and discuss Committee plans or ideas, solicit feedback, answer any questions, and then adjourn.
4:30-5:45….Reception for Fellows with refreshments at Morrison & Foerster
Evening: Dinner - Choose from several venues (below) and sign up in no-host groups; attendance not mandatory but encouraged, spouses/partners/significant others welcome.
Anna Mandara - Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
The Scene
This beautiful restaurant (the name means "beautiful refuge") is in Ghirardelli Square -- a fun neighborhood to explore. It is a cable car ride from downtown, a five to ten minute cab ride, or a classic San Francisco up and downhill 40 minute walk.
The Food
The food Vietnamese haute cuisine. Wonderful combinations of tastes, and many fresh fish. Crab, shrimp and shiitake imperial rolls in a lettuce leaf with mint, Striped bass seviche draped over cucumber and shallots in rice vinegar and chili oil, freshwater prawns with a turbinado sugar glaze flecked with chili pepper, quail with plum sauce on black sticky rice, and marvelous deserts.
Greens Restaurant, Fort Mason, San Francisco -- Amazing vegetarian
The Scene
Another beautiful restaurant -- this one right in the harbor, with big glass windows overlooking the Golden Gate bridge and the waterfront.
The Food
One of the premiere vegetarian restaurants in the country. Braised tofu, yellow-squash risotto, yellow curry rattlesnake bean soup. Signature dishes include eggplant lasagna, linguine with hot peppers and char-grilled veggie brochettes are popular. A changing seasonal menu guarantees even more succulent successes.
Chef Annie Somerville's daily menu draws from a repertoire that has made Greens From the airy, art-filled dining room, with floor to ceiling windows you are treated to sweeping views of the Marina, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Marin headlands.
Boulevard, near the Embarcadero, San Francisco
The Scene
A block from your hotel, this is one San Francisco's finest. The lights from the Bay Bridge can be seen at night.
The Food
Depending on the time of year, dishes might include a fried squash blossom stuffed with ricotta, paired with a roasted porcini mushroom, dabs of pesto and tomato vinaigrette. Scallops topped by Dungeness crab salad on an artichoke puree with lemon-butter sauce. Grilled lamb chop or roasted lamb loin, New York steak with portobello mushroom, petrale sole with fava beans and marinated baby fennel etc
Meeting Fees
The meeting fee is $275 per person. You may use the PayPal button below to pay your conference fee and indicate in the "Additional Comments" section if you are bringing a guest, will be attending the dinner Thursday night, and if you have a Friday evening restaurant preference.
