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Meeting Reminder: July 11, 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.  

We’ll announce results of the chapter board election, present anniversary pins, and have a short discussion about a new chapter project — a user-friendly database of native plants for Williamson County. Click to read the full meeting announcement.  

Chapter Members, July 8 is the last day to vote in the chapter election. Details at this link.

==> 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.

==> 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.

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Field Trip: UT’s Billie L Turner Plant Resources Center (herbaria) on July 20, 2024

— by Kathy Galloway

Post updated July 11: Registration for this field trip is now closed.

This field trip is limited to 20 participants. Sign up with the form in this post.

We will meet no later than 9:45 am at the west side of the University of Texas Tower (Main Building) so that we can start the field trip as close as possible to 10:00 am. For those that register, we will provide a map with recommended parking (San Antonio Parking Garage (2420 San Antonio)) and the Tower marked.

Please allow enough time from your starting point for driving to Austin, parking, and walking to the Tower so you are sure to arrive by 9:45 am.

About registration:
– After you submit the registration form, you’ll be contacted by the Field Trip Committee with confirmation about your requested space(s). (If you do not hear back within a day or so, send an email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.
– If you need to cancel your registration or update your info after you’ve submitted the form, please send an email as soon as possible to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.
– =>> Click here for the signup form <<=

If you have questions before the trip, contact the Field Trip Committee here.

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See photos from other field trips ==>

Field Trip Photo Album
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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 PositionNominee for Sept 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025
PresidentNancy Copperman
Vice PresidentGary Bowers
SecretaryAnne Adams
TreasurerMark Stoetzer
DirectorTyson Bartlett
DirectorChristie Gardner
Not Subject to Election
Past PresidentBeth 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