This past week (June 3-4) FPAN West-Central and FPAN
Northeast co-hosted the first-ever CRPT conference in the Thomas Center at the
University of Florida, Gainesville. The 2-day program was broken into field and
presentation components, respectively. Despite being the inaugural--and experimental--CRPT conference, the sessions ran smoothly, and the meetings were a huge success.
Day 1
The morning session of the first day took place at Evergreen
Cemetery, and included numerous demonstrations:
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| Kevin Gidusko, FPAN-EC staff demonstrates how GPR works |
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| Sarah talks about maintaining historic ironworks |
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| Sarah instructs the group while Ryan and Emily Jane (FPAN-NE) reset a headstone |
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Ryan (FPAN-NE) and Becky (FPAN-WC) show how to clean headstones
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..And was followed in the afternoon with some noted cemetery
speakers:
Day 2
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Sarah had groups practice some cemetery conflict management
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| Mary Homick, photographer, speaks about the aesthetic value of cemeteries |
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| As a city planner, Adrienne Burke talks about managing municipal cemeteries and developing long-term plans |
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| At dinner, Sharyn Thompson talks about her many year's work in FL Historic Cemeteries |
Of course, this isn't everything, but a just a snippet of what went on at the conference. We hope to see you next year! Later on this year, pay attention to the FPAN
website, especially the Northeast and West-Central calendars for details about next year's event!