NPSOT-Wilco – Page 50 – NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter

June 23, 2024

Chapter Members, your 2024-2025 ballot is “in the mail”

As announced at June 13’s chapter meeting and in a blog post, we’re holding an online election for Williamson County Chapter officers for the term September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. Only Williamson County Chapter members are eligible to vote.

Separately from this blog post, online voting instructions were emailed directly to chapter members today, June 23, using the email addresses on file with the Society’s state office. If you do not see the ballot email in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you still do not see your ballot email, please contact webmaster Pat Donica using this form.

Election results will be announced at our chapter meeting on July 11, 2024 (meeting announcement).

Officers are elected by chapter members. The remaining board positions are appointed, not elected. Position-holders for appointed positions will be announced at a future date.

NPSOT-Wilco Nominees for Elected Positions (Officers)

Officer Position	Nominee for Sept 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025
President	Nancy Copperman
Vice President	Gary Bowers
Secretary	Anne Adams
Treasurer	Mark Stoetzer
Director	Tyson Bartlett
Director	Christie Gardner
Not Subject to Election
Past President	Beth Erwin

(Board positions are described in our chapter documents. On the page Wilco Home scroll to the bottom for the section Chapter Documents -> Chapter Board Member Duties.)

Schedule Recap:
June 13 – Nominations for elected offices open, initial slate announced (chapter meeting & blog post)
June 20 – Nominations for elected offices close
~~by June 24~~ on June 23 – Ballot emailed to chapter members; blog post to alert members
July 8 – Last day to vote
July 11 – Election results announced at chapter meeting
Sept 1 – New board term begins

June 21, 2024June 23, 2024

Field Trip: Tree Walk at Rivery Park on June 29

What: Tree Walk with Gary Bowers at Rivery Park, Georgetown.
- (This trip was originally planned to be at Old Settlers Park, Round Rock.)
When: Saturday, June 29, 2024, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.
Where: Meet at the Rivery Park parking lot, Georgetown, Texas.
- Google GPS location is 30.648088822636854, -97.68497180641552 or see this link.
- If navigating with the what3words app, use ///mixture.blog.drill.

NPSOT field trips are free and open to the public.

Learn about local trees and enjoy a lovely walk along the San Gabriel River. Please remember that even though it’s early, it’s still going to be very warm! Bring water, snacks, a hat and sunscreen to protect yourself. We’ll walk until it gets too hot, no more than a couple hours of easy strolling.

An Extra Invitation for You: On June 27 at 7pm, just a couple days before the tree walk, Gary Bowers will present The Trees of Williamson County at Good Water Master Naturalists’ monthly meeting. Gary gives this talk to a number of groups and is very knowledgeable about his trees! GWMN is extending an invitation to join their meeting by Zoom to hear Gary’s talk.

Gary’s presentation follows the business section of GWMN’s meeting agenda. It’s suggested that you join that evening no later than 6:55pm in order to hear Gary’s talk starting at 7pm. Register ahead of the meeting using this GWMN link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tf-uprz0uE9Tp-98Lsb72PJiUsIbtLfR5#/registration

See photos from other NPSOT field trips in our album=>

Field Trip Photo Album

June 19, 2024June 20, 2024

July 11 Chapter Meeting: Annual Chapter Meeting

Join NPSOT-Williamson County Thursday, July 11, 2024, for our annual chapter meeting. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Results of the chapter board election will be announced and membership anniversary pins will be presented (if the recipient attends in-person; if not attending this meeting in-person, the pins will be provided another way after the meeting).

Exciting news! We’ll also have a short discussion about a new project. NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter is developing a user-friendly database of native plants for Williamson County. Find out the goals and the benefits to the chapter and the public.

==> This month, if you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library*, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit. (*in case you have old data, this month was originally planned to be at GT Parks & Rec but we were able to reserve the library after all)

==> To attend via Zoom register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuce6tqj4uG9xDoQwv-lUAiKNDQJIMxfk3#/registration

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person attendee!

Have an idea for a speaker? Let Program Leader Susie Hickman know via email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you attend! Meetings may be in person, virtual, or both, so be sure to check details in the meeting announcement. Meetings are announced on our website, our calendar and Facebook. See upcoming topics on our page Wilco Home or on our Calendar.