BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29@dev20251008.minnesotamycologicalsociety.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261026T210000 DTSTAMP:20260817T132535Z URL:https://dev20251008.minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/events/highlights- from-the-2025-nama-annual-foray/ SUMMARY:Highlights from the 2025 NAMA Annual Foray DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nHighlights from the 2025 NAMA Annual Foray (NAMA New Engl and)\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nCourtney Keiser (MMS Marek Scholarship)\, Presley Martin (NAMA Affiliate Club Scholarship) and Kathy Yerich (NAMA Ma rketing Chair) \;\n\n\n\n\nOur October 13th meeting will be shared rem otely via Zoom.\n\n\n\nJoin Marek Scholarship winner Courtney Keiser\, NAM A Affiliate Club Scholarship winner Presley Martin and NAMA Marketing Chai r Kathy Yerich to hear about the North American Mycological Association (N AMA) Annual Foray\, held this year on September 11th - 14th in Vermont.\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\nKathy Yerich has been a member of MMS since 2009\, joined NAM A shortly after and has served on the board of both for many years. Co-aut hor of the local field guide\, Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest\, she loves attending the NAMA Forays\, teaching people about MN mushrooms and learnin g about mushrooms from other regions. She is enchanted with the lifelong f riendships found through these forays\, and thrilled with the success of t he Marek Scholarship\, honoring the memory of one of those friends.\n\n\n\ nCourtney Keiser is the 2025 Marek Scholarship Recipient.\n\n\n\nPresley M artin is an artist who lives and works in Minneapolis. His work questions commonly held assumptions about the environment. Based on countless hours of direct field observations\, his works take many forms including sculptu res\, installations\, photographs and performances. Presley has an MFA in sculpture from San José State University and a BA in art history from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the recipient of an Artists Initiative gr ant and a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Check out his work at presleymartin.com.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresen tations are recorded and posted a few days later on the MMS YouTube channe l. This meeting is free and open to the public. \;Members receive Zoom  \;links on meeting announcements and reminders. Also\, anyone can cli ck on the button below and provide their contact info to be sent the Zoom link for this meeting.\n\n\n\n[frmmodal-content class="frm_button" label=" Request Zoom link"][formidable id=10][/frmmodal-content]\n\n\n\n.stk-2ab0c d5 {height:25px !important\;}\n\n\n\nIf you haven’t used Zoom before and don't want to miss anything\, click on the meeting link to download Zoom and familiarize yourself with it at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting. \n\n\n\nHow to join a Zoom meeting – You do not need a Zoom account\, bu t you will need the Zoom app installed on your desktop or mobile device. Y ou will be automatically prompted to download and install the Zoom app whe n you click on a meeting link for the first time. If you prefer\, you can download the Zoom app in advance here. You can also join a test meeting at any time at https://zoom.us/test.  \;Watch a video on how to join a Z oom meeting here.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev20251008.minnesotamycologicalsociety. org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/NAMA-2025-New_England.jpeg CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings LOCATION:https://dev20251008.minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/send-zoom-link / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR