The much anticipated FBRI Annual meeting happened today.  Did we learn anything?

Board report from Dan Opalach

• Starting with a “Formal Board Meeting”
  • Rob Taylor is leaving the FBRI Board
  • The FBRI Mission
  • The FBRI Board introductions
    • Ken Borchert, BIA
    • Jim McWhorter, Terra Verde
    • Dan Opalach, Ph.D., Green Diamond
    • Brian Sharer, GreenWood Resources (Starting Jan 1, 2016)
    • Marc Vomocil, Starker Forests
  • Officers
    • President – James Arney, Ph.D., Forest Biometrics LLC
    • Chairman – Dan Opalach, Ph.D., Green Diamond
    • Secretary/Treasurer – Richard Zabel, WFCA
  • FBRI Contractors
    • James Arney Ph.D., Forest Biometrics LLC – Biometrician, Programmer, instructor, tech writer
    • Vincent Corrao et al., Northwest Management Inc – Technical Support Services, Forest Inventory, and Forest Planning
    • Richard Zabel, WFCA – Buisness Manager
    • Nora McDougall-Collins – Web Master
    • Joel Henry, Ph.D., J.D., Agile Data Solutions – Information Technology and Legal Counsel
  • 84 Supporting Organizations
    • FBRI Site
      • Consultants
      • Timberland managers
      • Owners
      • tribes
      • State and Fed
    • Over 10 million acres
    • Introductions of attendees (54 listed in handouts)
  • Board Meetings
    • January, February. March – conference calls
    • March 16 & 17 – Portland
    • June 24 & 25 – Portland
    • August 24 & 25 – Portland
    • November 9 & 10 – Portland
  • Board Accomplishments
    • Supporting Organizations Grow
    • Strategic Planning
    • Dues Increase ($0.05 / acre)
    • New Contractors
    • New Director
    • Public Comment Period
    • Seeking University Involvement
  • New 5 Year Plan (same as the old plan)
  • New Budget – Build up income in the next few years then break even in 5 years
  • Northwest Management Inc – duties
    • Tech Support – Computer only
    • FBRI Forester – On the ground
  • Endowment Contributors are asked to contribute
  • Staffing questions
  • 2016 Goals
    • Convert endowments to paying
    • Grant funds
    • Recruit Supporting orgs
  • Thanks
  • Asking contributors to take advantage of on site visits
  • Feed back is welcomed
  • Questions and comments
    • Who do we contact about software problems? NMI or James Arney
    • Consider other models for additional contributors.
    • Bylaws will be posted on the web
  • End of Board meeting

James Arney Report

• Demo Version – Starting Jan 1, 2016
  • Demo Library
• Portland office distributing “Codes”
  • FBRI Key
    • 12 Character – Activates libraries
    • User ID first 4 digits
• Insert Last Years dialog about library results
  • Trends are seen
  • all data in for calibration
• Localization
  • height growth potential
  • 10-m site
• 3 workshops
  • Inventory design in the field – Cruise and work up data – Washington – March
  • Localization in the field – Oregon – June
  • Planning workshop – Oregon – September
• Only will support working versions of FPS
• 7.5 in 2016 – New Library???
• All roads lead to Demo mode and use of demo library
• Localization vs calibration
• Website updates – more info is promised
  • update log
  • videos
  • documentation
• less than 1 tree in 25 acres will be filtered out of results
• Insert same jokes here
• difference between localization and calibration
  • Calibration
    • FBRI research foresters duty
    • compare results
    • FBRI
  • Localization
    • June workshop
    • organization trying to make the model work as expected
• FPS Regional Species Library Year End Update PPT
  • Data sets are being transferred to FBRI????  glossed over this.
  • CFI Only good for validation
  • Presentation will be downloadable from FBRI Website
  • History as presented at every meeting
  • Only Stem mapped plots with measured heights are being used in 2016 calibration