TMN State Representatives 2018 Conference Call

• We will get started at 1:30pm• Call should last no more than an hour• Participants--For this meeting please call into:

• Phone: 415-655-0001• Access code 804 584 800#

• Please mute yourself once logged in to help with sound traffic!

Welcome!, but before we begin…

• Any volunteers to scribe?

• Who are we?• Name, Chapter, Position

Learn more at: http://txmn.org

Annual Meeting Website & FB• Website and FB page for ALL THINGS• http://www.txmn.org/2018-annual-meeting

• Facebook!!!• https://www.facebook.com/TexasMasterNaturalistProgram/

Matrix Agenda

Registration Costs• Still need Sponsorships to counterweigh costs• Registration Costs by July 20th

• BIG CHANGE – Registration structured differently• flat rate fee for three day, two day, one day• Lodging made THROUGH system, but paid separately in

registration total• *Don’t call Sheraton Georgetown – whole hotel is ours!

Annual Meeting Areas of NeedPre-conference

• Meeting Sponsorship – Organizations to Sponsor!• Silent Auction - Help identifying donations!

• Nancy Phillips, Good Water• Marketing Campaign – Encourage New Trainees!• Registration Reminders – Share with Chapter!

• *last week of July/first week of August

Annual Meeting Areas of NeedPre-conference

• Chapter Advisor Award• Chapter’s Video Contest • Project Fair Entry• Photo, Art & Media Contest

Annual MeetingAt conference

• Pre-Post Lodging Available +/-3 days

• Get Outside Guide – 30 different OFF SITE sessions

Thursday through Monday

Annual MeetingAt conference

• State Representatives Roundtable – 3:30pm Friday

• Endowment Presentation – 4:30pm Friday

• 20th Anniversary Project Wrap Up – 8am Saturday

20th Anniversary Gala• Thursday, October 25th

• Goals & Endowment Update• Fundraising Event – A Social Celebration• Seeking Sponsors (Different from AM)• Live & Silent Auction Items

• Help us Build the Audience!!• https://masternaturalistendowment.org/20th-anniversary-

gala/

20th Anniversary Project• Update – 300+ videos, 23 chapters• Need for More Videos*• Need for Transcriptions* (3rd Round)• *Coordinate with Alaya Keane• http://txmn.org/20th-anniversary/• Products Thus Far – FB Videos

• Next Steps for Video Material• -8am Saturday presentation @ Annual Meeting

Chapter Without Videos - 26• Balcones

Canyonlands• Blackland Prairie • Bluestem• Bois D'Arc• Brazos Valley• Brush Country• Cross Timbers• Cypress Basin• East Texas• Guadalupe• Hill Country

• Highland Lakes• Lindheimer• Llano Estacado• Longleaf Ridge• Lower Trinity

Basin• Mid-Coast• Piney Wood Lakes• Prairie Oaks• Red River• Rio Brazos• Sabine-Neches

• South Plains• South Texas

Border• Tierra Grande • Trans Pecos

Annual Report Addendum

• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017annualreportaddendum• All Chapter Contacts updated in VMS system• There are some chapters which have not completed the Annual Report

Addendum yet. They include: Balcones CanyonlandsBluestemBrazos ValleyCentral TexasCradle of TexasCypress BasinEast TexasEl Camino RealGulf CoastHeart of Texas

HeartwoodHighland LakesHill CountryIndian TrailLlano EstacadoLongleaf RidgeLower TrinityMid-CoastPanhandleRed River

Rio BrazosRio Grande ValleyTierra Grande

TMN Listserv• Weekly Digest

TMN Listserv• Lots of Radio Traffic• Daily/Weekly Digest Available

• New Granicus (GovDevlivery) newsletter emails as well!

Guiding Documents• Schedule for Documents

• Chapter Review during Summer• Edits/comments back by September 30th

• Final Draft – November• One additional Review with QUICK turn around

• Published for adoption by December 31st

• Documents:• CMOP – every year (suggestions always)• COH – up for review in 2018

Questions?