Meeting Minutes
Business Meeting
Natural History Club at San Diego State University
09 February 2016 In Attendance Advisors: Officers: Allan Cabrero, Stephanie Castillo, Casey Richart, Steven Bryum, Sean Harrington Members: Agenda
Club Meetings Field trips Community Service and Outreach Next Business Meeting Mission Statement
Old Business Club Meetings
3-Feb-2016 o Fliers not flown o 31 in Attendance - 1 speaker - 1 adviser - 5 officers - 10 new members - 1 staff - 11 graduate students/post docs - 17 undergraduates o Money generated - We now have $260
Field Trips
6-Feb-2016 Attendance - 16 participants Marshal Hedin, Allan Cabrero, Sean Harrington, Casey Richart, Shahan Derkarabetian, Erik Funk, Amelia Demery, Constance Gramlich, BJ Stacey, Doug Aguillard, Shannon Savino, Breana McNeill, Eileen, Brendan Boyer, Paul Maier, Rachel Shoop
To Do List
Upload materials to Google Drive Use NHC email for NHC emails Type meeting notes, archive publically (Casey; started)
Meeting Minutes
Business Meeting
Natural History Club at San Diego State University
o 4 of 8 meetings done CV for NHC (Casey; started, others to help) o After comments returned from current officers, will be sent to previous officers o Final CV should be ready early March Solicit a paleontologist as a speaker (Steven) Bank Account (Steven) o Since we did not receive funding this probably not necessary o For now we plan to keep funds in safe box Solicit Marshal or Brad as a speaker (Allan) Solicit Jann Vendeti as a speaker (Casey) o Email request sent on 5 February; no reply yet Solicit Funk and Demery for a birding trip (Sean)
New Business Mission Statement
We have no official Mission Statement? An email sent between officers to hammer one out o When finalized, post on Facebook, Webpage, and CV
Field Trips
13 February, eBird Collegiate Challenge (Casey) o 7:00, Scripps Pond o send out email today 27 February, Herping Trip (Sean and Paul Maier) o Otay Lakes for Rosy Boas, etc. 6 March, Tide Pooling (Constance) o iNaturalist focused trips 12 March, Torrey Pines State Park o iNaturalist focus o Per request from active members ~19 or 20 March, Fossil Trip (Bridget and Steven) o Steven charged with finding a paleontology speaker to complement this field trip Steven has gotten Bridget Borce to agree to give a talk; details below o Try to make field trip 20 March, for 19 March is the same day as Explore SDSU Open House 9 April, Plants and Pollinators II o iNaturalist focus Share with iNaturalist Project Pollinator Tracker o Desert Wildflowers o Camp? 16 April, BioBlitz o Citizen Science Day
Meeting Minutes
Business Meeting
Natural History Club at San Diego State University
o Focus on a SDSU research preserve o All officers should read the iNaturalist BioBlitz Protocol o http://www.inaturalist.org/pages/bioblitz+guide o Follow up with Paul Maier on the progress of the BioBlitz (Allan) Bird-oriented trip (Funk and Demery) o Ask Funk and Demery if they would be willing to lead a bird walk for the BioBlitz (Sean)
Club Meetings
9 or 16 March o Bridget Borce to ready us for paleontology field trip o Steven will ask her which date would be better Next Meeting o Report (Casey) eBird Collegiate Challenge Update CV allows for comparison to previous administrations o Upcoming Field Trips (Sean) o Make sure we get dues (Steven) We need an April Speaker o Perhaps two speakers in April (early and late) if we get two confirmations Potential Spring Semester Club Meeting Speaker o Jann Vendetti, curator of Malacology at LACM (Casey) o Brad Hollingsworth or Marshal Hedin (Allan) Allan is waiting to hear back from "Bat Guy" (does not recall name) If still hasn't heard from him in a week, will solicit Brad and/or Marshal o Meeting to prepare for BioBlitz? (Paul, all officers?) o Maybe someone from the San Diego Chapter of the California Native Plant Society? http://www.cnpssd.org/
Outreach and Community Service
19 March, SDSU Science and Engineering Sampler San Diego Zoo Global Lake Hodges Restoration Project o http://sdsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/planting-flier.pdf o January: 7 th, 21st, 23rd, 28th , 30th o February: 4 th, 11th, 18th, 20th, 27th
Business Meetings
Next business meeting will be: Tuesday, 1 March, 2:00, LS269