BOARD DIRECTING SCHOOL
The Trustees of Reservations is offering a workshop geared to conservation organizations: "Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity."

The workshop covers the legal, ethical and fiduciary responsibilities of a board, the roles and responsibility of board members and the connection between a dedicated board and land conservation success. The workshop will also delve into creation of nonprofits, bylaws, make-up of boards and governance and reaching agreements on land purchases.

The Land Trust Alliance, a co-sponsor of the workshop, will lend two instructors, Judy Anderson, herself a land trust executive director, and attorney Erica Holthausen, who specializes in fundraising, nonprofit law and management, to lead the workshop

The workshop will be held this Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Mass. It costs $35 per person or $50 for two people from any organization. To sign up, contact Miriam Scagnetti at 978-840-4446 x1935 or email mscagnetti@ttor.org.

LESS C02 FOR ME AND YOU Trees live off carbon dioxide, the same CO2 that is warming the planet, and Empress Splendor Trees consume six times more C02 than most other trees, making them the kind of foliage you would want in your yard.

Through its nationwide Trees Please campaign, Energy IndependenceToday is offering a chance for individuals or groups to participate in a mass planting of Empress Splendor Trees. Individual tree sponsorships are $8 per seedling, while group rates are $6.60 each for 100 or more seedlings - with the remaining $1.40 retained for the group's efforts. Groups can also sell trees for Trees Please and earn $2 more per tree.

Trees must be ordered a full season ahead of the April and September planting seasons. Groups ordering more than 400 trees will get their shipping costs waived.

To learn more about the Trees Please Campaign and EnergyIndependenceToday, go to http://www.2reduceco2. com/trees.html and http://www.energyindependencetoday. com/, respectively.

NATURAL HAPPENINGS The Maria Mitchell Association will sponsor two family-oriented events this Saturday.

At the Maria Mitchell Birthplace at 1 Vestal St. decorate ornaments using natural materials with your children (aged four to 10) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members per adult-child pair.

For those who want to experience what island outdoor lovers enjoy during winter afternoons, register for Maria Mitchell's long-tailed duck watching trip at Eel Point, led by Director of Natural Sciences Dr. Bob Kennedy from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Watch the daily migration of thousands of longtailed ducks as they fly in massive flocks over Madaket Harbor to rest for the night in large flotillas on Nantucket Sound. Wine, cheese and other refreshments will be served.

The cost is $30 for adult members and $20 for their children, and $40 for adult non-members and $30 for their children. Go to www.mmo.org or call 228-9198 for details.

CORRECTION In Peter B. Brace's story about the Shellfish & Harbor Advisory Board's Nov. 15 emergency meeting that appeared in the Nov. 21 issue of The Nantucket Independent, it was incorrectly reported that scalloper Ken Kelley suggested the site of a public scallopers' shanty as the town pier. Kelley actually recommended the Brant Point boathouse, currently housing the town's marine laboratory, as the site for a public shanty.

No formal proposals for such a shanty have been made or reviewed. I