BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:VEVENT UID:242@nkff.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20210107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20210107T210000 DTSTAMP:20210105T210530Z URL:https://nkff.org/events/january-virtual-club-meeting/ SUMMARY:January Virtual Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:Patrick H. Berry was named the President &\; CEO of Fly Fish ers International in May of 2019.  NKFF is very pleased to announce that he will be the keynote speaker for our January 7th monthly meeting.  Jen Ripple\, member of the Board of Directors with FFI will introduce Patrick Berry.\nBerry brings over 27 years of experience within the environmental conservation field\, having come to FFI from the Vermont Community Foundat ion where he served as vice president of philanthropy. A former commission er of the Vermont Fish &\; Wildlife Department\, Berry is recognized as a visionary conservationist and is widely respected by his peers.\n\nPatr ick is an expert fly fisher who began his career as a professional fly fis hing guide and commercial fly tier. He lives in Vermont with his wife and two teenage sons. Their family also includes two English springer spaniels \, Keller and Griffin\, that Berry trains for hunting and field trials\, a nd one English cocker spaniel\, Fergus\, who specializes as a bird hunting dog. Berry plays guitar and banjo in a local band. He is accomplished pai nter\, and the brook trout he painted is featured on one of Vermont's cons ervation plates.\n\nFly Fishers International has been an organized voice for fly fishers around the world since 1964. They represent all aspect of fly fishing from the art of fly tying and casting\, to protection of the n atural systems that support healthy fisheries and their habitats so essent ial to the sport. Their mission is to preserve and enhance fly fishing opp ortunities around the world.  They strive to ensure the legacy of fly fis hing for all fish in all waters continues by focusing on conservation\, ed ucation\, and a sense of community. These three pillars collectively guide FFI’s vision for the future of fly fishing — a future in which opport unities to fly fish prime waters continues\; fish thrive in healthy\, prot ected habitats\; in which learning never stops\; and the true value of cam araderie prevails.\n\nMeeting link for January 7th meeting\nhttps://zoom.u s/j/93263383874?pwd=c1huY1J4N0lRZkpJcFhYTWYvUWxKZz09\n\nPasscode for Janua ry 7th meeting\nNKFF     This passcode is case sensitive so all caps pl ease.\n\nJack Randall developed some detailed instructions on using Zoom i n case you are not familiar with this service and you can download these i nstructions by clicking HERE.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/nkff.org/wp-content/uploads/20 20/12/Featured-Image-1.png?fit=1030%2C438&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR