MOTHER EARTH: Straw Bale Gardening: Breaking New Ground!
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: Joel Karsten, Author, Gardener, BS in Horticulture Science

Grow a garden without weeding, without heavy lifting, and without getting down on your hands and knees. If you thought the only place to grow healthy vegetable crops was in black dirt, you are wrong. Learn to grow a bountiful garden without using herbicides or insecticides. Any backyard, concrete patio, rooftop, or driveway can become a garden space. Learn this revolutionary and easy new gardening method to create a beautiful and productive garden, without lifting a shovel and without using soil. -Shari Parsons

EDUCATION: Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Presidents’ Hall

Presenters: A Panel of AAUW Members

Consider the pencil, the printing press, penicillin, the pacemaker, and GPS. Just how did someone come up with those ideas? The book, Where Good Ideas Come From, by Steven Johnson, identifies key patterns behind innovation throughout history. This stimulating book offers a set of useful strategies for encouraging new ideas and creative environments in our own lives. -Jeanne Bearmon and Bette Stacy, Facilitators

Business Meeting
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

• Vote on new Bylaws and Standing Rules
• Honor members of the 50 Year Club

Luncheon
12:15-1:15 p.m.

Luncheon Hostess: Beth McCabe and Jeri Strand
Guest Hostess: Karen Landro

• Program Committee – Association Room

JUSTICE: Drones, Targeted Killings, and the Law of War
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Presidents’ Hall

Speaker: David Wippman, Dean of University of Minnesota Law School

Wippman will discuss the legal and political issues surrounding the United States’ use of drones to target and kill individuals abroad who are deemed threats to the United States. He will focus in particular on the law of war, the international law of self-defense, and the difficulties posed by rapid technological change. -Jacqueline Heinrich