Society for the Preservation of Old Mills October 17-20, 2018 Hosted by: SPOOM and Hanford Mills Museum
Wednesday, October 17 Conference Schedule 8:30 am 5:00 pm Miller Training (workshop full/registra on closed) Hanford Mills Museum 3:00 pm 8:00 pm Registra on table open Clarion Hotel A ernoon Evening Book Store Open Clarion Hotel Board 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Hospitality Room Open Clarion Hotel Thursday, October 18 7:30 am 8:30 am Registra on table open Clarion Hotel 8:15 am Buses load Clarion lobby/entrance 8:30 am Buses depart Clarion Hotel 9:30 am 12:00 pm Hubbell Family Farm Mill 12:00 pm 1:00pm Train ride on Delaware & Ulster Railroad (boxed lunches provided) 1:15 pm 2:15 pm Kirkside Park and church clock tower tour Roxbury, NY 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Train ride from Roxbury to Arkville train sta on and rail yard 4:00pm 5:00pm Bus from Arkville to Clarion Hotel 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Registra on table open Clarion Hotel 5:30 pm 10:00 pm Hospitality Room & Book Store Open Clarion Hotel
Friday, October 19 7:45 am 8:15 am Registra on table open Clarion Hotel 8:00 am Buses load Clarion lobby/entrance 8:15 am Buses depart Clarion Hotel 9:00 am 10:45 am Fly Creek Cider Mill Fly Creek, NY 11:00 am 2:00 pm The Farmers Museum (boxed lunches provided) Cooperstown, NY 3:00pm 5:00pm Hanford Mills Museum East Meredith, NY 5:30 pm Buses arrive at Clarion Hotel 6:15 pm Buses depart from Clarion for Morris Conference Center at SUNY Oneonta Clarion lobby/entrance 6:30 pm 9 pm SPOOM Banquet Morris Conference Center at SUNY Oneonta Saturday, October 20 8:00 am Buses depart from Clarion Hotel Clarion lobby/entrance 8:15 am Breakfast Morris Conference Center at SUNY Oneonta 9:00 am 12:00pm Conference Sessions Morris Conference Center at SUNY Oneonta 10:45 am 11:00 am Mid morning refreshments 12:15 pm Buses depart for Clarion Hotel A ernoon Hanford Mills Museum open for conference par cipants (transporta on to the museum on your own no buses) East Meredith, NY
Saturday Morning Sessions TIME Morris Room 104 Morris Craven Lounge Morris Room 130 9:00 am Mills and Heritage Tourism, Liz Callahan The Civilian Conserva on Corps in the Catskills, Diane Galusha General Roundtable/ Discussion 10:00 am Mill Preserva on through Documenta on: Lis ng Your Mill on the State or Na onal Historic Register, Liz Callahan and Alisa Crawford Preserva on of Old Mills through Entrepreneurship, Dale Weed The Last Mill of Phoenix: Phoenix Mills, NY, Ron Jennings 11:00am The Power of the Past: Using History for the General Roundtable/ A Conversa on about Future: Water Powered Discussion Telling Our Stories, Mill Sites in Central New Kajsa Harley York and their Future, Alex Thomas, Ph.D
General Informa on Meals Thursday and Friday lunches, Friday dinner, and Saturday breakfast are included in the conference registra on fee. Wednesday and Thursday dinners are on your own, and check with your hotel regarding breakfast op ons. See the Oneonta area restaurant and ac vity list in your conference bag. Hospitality/SPOOM Book Store at the Clarion Hotel The SPOOM Conference Hospitality Room (with light refreshments), the SPOOM Book Store, and the Conference Registra on Table will be at the Clarion Hotel and open as shown in the schedule. Mill Tours If you are not staying at the Clarion Hotel, you can s ll park in the hotel parking lot to meet the buses for pickup on Thursday and Friday mornings. Conference Banquet and Sessions at the Morris Conference Center The banquet on Friday evening and sessions on Saturday morning will be held at the Morris Conference Center on the SUNY Oneonta campus. Buses will be available for transporta on both on Friday evening and Saturday morning. The conference center also has parking space available. A map of the SUNY Oneonta campus (Morris Conference Center is building #31) is on the back of the conference program.