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STRATUM Workshop Schedule
DAY 1 - Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center, Founders Board Room
10:00-10:45 a.m. Intro and STRATUM Overview (Greg McPherson)
10:00 - 10:10 Introductions of presenters/participants
10:10 - 10:25 Workshop Overview
10:25 - 10:45 STRATUM Overview Structure, Function, Value
  • Why Tree Valuation?
  • Why STRATUM?
  • STRATUM Process
  • i-Tree Overview
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Tree Inventory Overview (Scott Maco)
  • Defining the inventory scheme
    - Considerations before the inventory begins.
  • Conducting a sample inventory
    - Simple random sampling
    - Tiger Line File Sampling Protocols
  • Data Collection
    - STRATUM default data fields
    - Paper vs. PDA
    - Typical resources needed
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. i-Tree Program Generator & PDAs (Shelley Gardner)
  • i-Tree Desktop Configuration
  • Synchronization of desktop and PDA
  • Configuration QA/QC
2:00 - 4:15 p.m. Field data collection
  • Data entry demonstration
  • In-field QA/QC
  • Teams
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Data Transfer & QA/QC (Shelley Gardner)
  • Data Transfer Process (Field Data)
  • QA/QC of Microsoft Access File (Davis Data)
7:30 p.m. Dinner (Cafe California)
DAY 2 - Meyer Hall Computer Lab, Room 1131
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Beginning a STRATUM project (Scott Maco)
  • Formatting your inventory database
  • Converting Excel inventories to Access format
  • Import Access database into STRATUM
  • Define Unmatched Species Codes
  • Define Inventory
9:00 - 9:40 a.m. Entering Data into STRATUM (Greg McPherson)
9:00 - 9:10 City data
9:10 - 9:20 Tree care costs (program and non-program)
9:20 - 9:40 Pricing benefits
9:40 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:00 - 12:00 p.m. STRATUM Reporting and Interpretation (Scott Maco and Paula Peper)
  • Report types and functionality
  • Structural reports
    - Interpretation and application
  • Benefit-Cost Reports
    - Interpretation and Application
  • Putting STRATUM to work
    - Management decisions
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Maximizing Benefits from STRATUM
1:00 - 1:20 Data Collection: Recruiting, Training, Deploying Volunteers (Shauna Cozad)
1:25 - 1:40 Communicating the Messages (Jim Geiger)
1:40 - 2:00 STRATUM in Action - Use in other cities (Greg McPherson)
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Wrap-up (Greg McPherson)
2:00 - 2:10 Reference City Database and Customization
2:10 - 2:20 Future STRATUM model development
2:20 - 2:30 Feedback on the Workshop from Participants
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 - 5:00 p.m. Personal Technical assistance
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