Virtual December Assembly




Registration is now open for the 2023 Virtual December Assembly!

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 10:00am to 1:30pm Eastern

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Spend the full event, or any part of it you wish, with your ACF friends and colleagues as we wrap up the year with a combo of ACF's most popular virtual events, plus a little extra fun, all without leaving your home or office. Oh, and did we mention it's FREE for ACF members?

We'll start the event with a Good Morning, Foresters: Coffee, Consultants & Conversation networking session. Next will be a very special TreeLearn Virtual Education Webinar: The Intersection of Forestry & Financial Planning. We'll wrap up the event with a special virtual Celebration of ACF's 75th Anniversary during which participants will have a chance to earn special prizes! Don't miss this fun celebration to commemorate ACF's founding in December 1948.

Don't miss this great opportunity to network, earn continuing education credits, improve your financial knowledge, and elevate your ACF membership engagement!

Schedule and Function Descriptions (All Times Eastern)

10:00am - Good Morning, Foresters: Coffee, Consultants & Conversation
Grab your favorite winter morning beverage and sit down for a casual chat with ACF members near and far. Celebrate successes over the past year and share how your fellow foresters can help you in 2024.

11:00am - Break

11:15am - TreeLearn Webinar: The Intersection of Forestry & Financial Planning
This special webinar is sponsored by the Practicing Foresters Institute thanks to a generous donation by Cooperten, Inc. At the request of the donor, PFI looks forward to sponsoring this and future educational sessions on building financial health and wealth. During this session, you'll learn financial principles from a professional financial advisor who is also a consulting forester. General business priciples will be discussed in the context of a natural resources enterprise. Beginner or experienced, there will be something to be learned by all.

The session will be led by Erik Lehtinen RICP, CLTC, M.S. of Integrative Financial Life - and an ACF Associate Member! After retiring from military service in 2005, Erik began a career as an independent financial advisor and insurance broker. During the past 18 years, he as served as a volunteer environmental educator with Cooperative Extension, and in various support roles with the Nature Conservancy and Columbia Land Conservancy, recently earning a M.S. in Natural Resources. Erik has skills of both a professional financial advisor and a natural resources professional and we know you'll enjoy hearing from him.

12:45pm - Break

1:00pm - 75th Anniversary Celebration (with prizes!)
Join us for a few rounds of ACF trivia...or should we say treevia? Test your knowledge for a chance to earn special prizes commemorating this special anniversary.

Registration Information

  • Event Price: FREE - Thanks to PFI Sponsorship of the TreeLearn Webinar
  • Registration Deadline: December 4, 2023
  • This event has been approved for 1.5 SAF CFEs.
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