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On July 9, virtual chapter meeting: 2020 Results & 2021 Lookahead

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— by Randy Pensabene

Our chapter meeting on Thursday, July 9, will again be virtual. (We are extremely fortunate to have the in-house talent to host our virtual gatherings.) These online meetings have proven to be very effective and well received. We’re reaching a wider audience and are even sharing our meetings with other NPSOT chapters! Information on how to register for the July 9 meeting will be provided closer to the date via a blog post and on our website.   [UPDATED July 2, PD:  Register ahead for this virtual meeting at this link=> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_De4NfWPiS464E-Gth_fSGQ.]

At the July meeting, Randy Pensabene, NPSOT-Wilco Chapter President, will summarize our chapter’s activities since September 2019 when the current board took office and she will review our financial status:

  • Our traditional fundraiser plant sale at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center that was canceled and how this impacts the chapter budget
  • What we can expect for the fall plant sale
  • What we learned at our much smaller recent plant sales at the Georgetown Farmers Markets

Looking to the future, Randy will present results from the 2020 NPSOT-Wilco Brainstorming survey*, discuss our plans for the chapter, and announce the much-anticipated NPSOT-Wilco Board of Directors election results.  (The election ballot will be emailed to members only on June 24.)

On July 9, pull up your chair, plug in your computer, pop open your favorite refreshment and join us for this annual review.  “See” you there!

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* The 2020 Brainstorming Survey is open for input and closes on June 30. All NPSOT-Wilco members and all blog subscribers, members and non-members, are reminded to fill out the survey – we want and need to hear your opinions so the chapter can continue to be vital and responsive to members’ interests and needs. (If you have not had a chance to submit your input yet, you’ll find the hotlink to access the survey in the blog post at this link.)

Whether virtual or in-person, NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and activities are canceled until further notice.

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Take NPSOT-Wilco’s 2020 Brainstorming Survey

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— by Randy Pensabene
Thank you for participating in this survey from NPSOT-Wilco! Your responses will help the chapter line up interesting speakers and plan field trips in the coming year.

Not a NPSOT or Williamson County Chapter member? That’s ok!  We value input from members and non-members alike.  Please share your ideas.

The survey will close on June 30, 2020.

Results will be presented in our virtual chapter meeting on July 9, 2020. (Registration instructions for the virtual chapter meeting will be provided via blog post and on Facebook as soon as they are available.)

Click here to take the survey => NPSOT-Wilco Brainstorming Survey 2020.       Be sure to hit the Submit button at the bottom of the form to record your responses.

The survey does NOT collect email addresses unless you choose to provide one in the last question.

If you have questions about the survey, please contact us at wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

Randy

P.S.   FYI to chapter members:  to make sure we reach all chapter members, we’re announcing this survey in this blog post which goes to subscribers and emailing a copy directly to chapter members.  If you are a member and a blog subscriber, you’ll receive the announcement twice. Just ignore the extra notice. 

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NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sales!

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— by Beth Erwin

We are having a plant sale!

Would you like to have a native Texas pollinator garden in your yard?  Create a Monarch butterfly waystation?  Add some colorful flowering plants that will attract and benefit pollinators?  Get some expert advice on growing native plants?  Figure out what the deer don’t like to eat?

Then come to our NPSOT-Wilco booth at the Georgetown Thursday afternoon Farmer’s Market, June 4 & 11 from 2:30-5:30 and the Tuesday morning Sun City Farmer’s Market, June 9 & 16 from 9:00-12:00.  We will have several different species of milkweeds in one-gallon pots.  There will be 4” and one-gallon pots of our tried-and-true nectar plants that we install in our chapter pollinator gardens.  We are willing to take requests for native plants you may be seeking.  Email me with those using this contact form.

Milkweed (Asclepias) species include Antelope-horns, A. asperula; Green Antelope-horns, A. viridis; Butterflyweed, A. tuberosa; and Zizotes, A. oenotheroides.

Georgetown Farmers Market Association rules:  Customers are strongly encouraged to wear masks.  Masks are mandatory at the Sun City location.  Social distancing protocols are followed.

Market locations: 

Thursday markets are in the parking lot between 4th St and 5th St in downtown Georgetown.  Address is 400 S. Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626.

Tuesday markets in Sun City are open to all.  The market is located in the parking lot of the Social Center, 2 Texas Drive, Georgetown, TX 78633

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