We will be holding our annual meeting and elections virtually this year on Wednesday, August 19, at 6:00 PM.  This meeting, which is traditionally held in June, was postponed in hopes that we could meet in person.  But concerns for the health and safety of all of us have forced the decision to hold it via Zoom.  Normally we have all shared a potluck dinner, so feel free to sit back and bring your meal to the meeting.  This meeting will feature a recap of events in the last year and a report on our finances.  Despite current restrictions, we have been and continue to be a busy group.
Herb Grover will present preliminary findings from our bird monitoring project conducted in May, June and July.  It will be exciting to find out similarities to and differences from last year’s study. We are investigating ways to share photos from the study on our website.
Also at this meeting we will conduct elections to the Board of Directors and officer positions. Board members are elected to a 2 year term. Your current board is comprised of Brenda Breding (secretary), Anne Stevens (treasurer), Becky Herman (past president), Herb Grover (vice-president), Jean Zirnhelt (president) and Keith Bruno, Loyette Stewart and Suzanne Coe as directors.
Officer positions up for election this year are President and Vice-President (sound familiar?). Directors up for re-election are Keith Bruno, Loyette Stevens, and Becky Herman. A paid chapter membership is required to vote and we have extended the payment deadline to August 31 this year( if you paid last year we will consider your membership current for voting purposes).
Our bylaws allow us to have up to 3 more director positions on our board.  If you are interested in joining us, please let us know at weminuche.audubon@gmail.com
It’s easy to participate in a Zoom meeting. Let us see your faces and hear your voices.  Directions and a sign-in link will be sent out prior to the meeting.