Events

2010 Memorabilia Conference

Dates March 16th & 17th

Monday, March 15th

1:00 Vendor set up

5:00 Close

Tuesday, March 16th

8:00 Vendor area open

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:15 Global Memorabilia - Tom McMurren - Director, Illinois Agricultural Historic Preservation
Society

10:30 Deere's Deer: Animal Imagery in Farm Equipment Marketing - John Bowen - Corporate
Archivist, Deere & Company

11:30 Lunch Break

12:45 Buildings at Overlook: Construction during the time of Charles Deere and Charles Deere
Wiman - Gretchen Small - Program Director, Deere- Winman House & Butterworth Center

2:00 Vindex: From Sewing Machines to Toys - Ray Crilley- Hall of Fame, National Farm Toy
Museum

5:00 Close Vendor Area

Wednesday, March 17th

8:00 Vendor area open

9:00 Deere in Art: An Artist's View - Charles Freitag - Artist

10:15 John Deere Employee Awards and Gifts - Joe Gaspardo - Parts Department Associate
KSR Equipment LLC - Pontiac, IL

11:30 Life on the Experimental Farm - Chuck Selensky - John Deere Dubuque Works Retiree

12:00 Q&A and Close

GATHERING OF THE GREEN” RETURNS AGAIN IN 2010!

March 17, 18, 19 & 20, 2010
Radisson Quad City Plaza/River Center – Davenport, IA

After researching numerous conference/convention sites in the Quad Cities and
comparing the size and number of available workshop rooms, food service, parking
availability, adequate banquet facilities, and housing appeal at each, the Directors
have chosen to move the 2010 “Gathering of the Green” to the Davenport Radisson
Quad City Plaza/River Center. We’re confident you’ll agree that the decision is a good
and appropriate one.

Take a look at the new facilities
by going to the following web sites.

Radisson Quad City Plaza (Davenport):
go to their web site for some photos of the Radisson.

Hotel Reservations: 563-... (direct to hotel)
Reservations accepted after March 1, 2009

River Center (convention center):
Go to their web site and click on "Facility Specifications"
Then click on all three categories immediately following