WA-BC – AFS Chapter

EXCOM Teleconference Meeting Minutes

September 27, 2011

 

Roll call: Mark Celedonia, Mark Pedersen, Lisa Harlan, Brian Missildine, Jessica Rohde, Orlay Johnson, Stephanie Caballero

Absent: Emily Pizzichemi, Chris Clark

Minutes: The minutes for July 12^th, and 26^th , Aug 23^rd, and Sep 13^th, 2011 were approved.

 

Officer Reports  - Due to technical difficulties at the beginning of the meeting, Officer reports were not given.

 

President – Mark Celedonia: Yvonne resigned from her position as President Elect so filling her position is top priority.  By-Laws indicate that the Excom can replace vacated positions with a qualified candidate.  First choice is to try and replace with another Canadian.  Will try to set a timeline of one week for finding a Canadian able to continue throughout the positions.  Other choices include either finding a qualified person from Washington or to elevate Brian to President Elect and fill Vice President position.

President Elect – Vacant:

Vice President – Brian Missildine:

Past President – Mark Pedersen:

Treasurer – Emily Pizzichemi:

Secretary – Lisa Harlan:

Communications Officers– Orlay Johnson / Stephanie Caballero:

Student Sub-Unit Representative – Chris Clark:

UW Student SubUnit – Jessica Rohde:

 

Old Business:

2012 AGM UVic update – No update.

Fall 2011 EXCOM Retreat update – Date is set for October 22^nd – location and agenda will be developed.

Pacific Marine Expo sponsorship update – Nov 17 – 19 at the Exhibit hall between the two sports centers in Seattle.  Mark P will be out of town, but the cost is minimal – electricity only, which will be around $90.  Orlay will be able to pick up the booth and help assemble it, but we will need people to staff it.  A motion was passed to be a sponsor for the cost of the electrical.

Time/Day of Excom meetings – Ok except for Jessica who has classes on Tues and Thurs.

Discussion of social media improvement – Postponed.

Habitat enhancement support grant: Mark P will work with Jim Shannon to get this started.  We would like to require the grant be used for post construction monitoring of a fish habitat project. We are looking at $5,000 for the grant amount. Jim will write up a paragraph outlining the goals of the award.

New award for Chapter: Habitat Restoration Project of the Year: Mark P will work with Jim to get this started. To be submitted to ExCom for review with other annual awards. Jim will write up a paragraph outlining the goals of the award.

Newsletter – Discussion postponed.

 

New Business:

State of the Salmon Conference sponsorship – November 15 – 17 in Portland, OR. We sponsored this conference last year and Mark C attended.  The motion was passed to sponsor this year for $1000.

Salish Sea Conference sponsorship – Oct 25 – 27 in Vancouver Canada.  Attendees typically consist of field biologists and technicians from multiple disciplines.  Lowest sponsorship level is $1500, which includes exhibit space, and one complementary registration. There will be a UW Student Subunit Excom member attending who could probably help out.  Lisa might be available to go up as well.

Support for BC student subunit which is in early stages of forming – Discussion postponed.

WA-BC Chapter Salmon Barbeque Celebration.  Tentatively planned for Saturday, November 5 from 2:00 pm until ???  Location TBA.  All WA-BC members and families are invited.  Oregon Chapter members involved with Parent Society 2011 and 2015 Annual Meetings are also invited.  A save-the-date announcement will be distributed via listserve when more details have been fleshed out (hopefully later this week).

Action Items for next meeting:

Action:  Mark P will talk with some Canadian chapter members regarding the Excom vacancy.

Next Teleconference: October 11, 2011, 9:00am – 10:15pm, via WebEx.