8:00 am

60

Breakfast

9:00 am

20

Welcome and Announcements (Judy Fenerty, Chapter Council Chair, Kristin Jakob, President Marin Chapter – Welcome / Land Acknowledgement, Ann Elliott – Field Trips, Woody Elliott – Logistics)

9:20 am

10

Roll Call (Carrie Strohl, CC Secretary)

9:30 am

15

Secretary’s Report, Review and Approve June 2026 Minutes. (Carrie Strohl, CC Secretary), June minutes for review and approval

9:40 am

40

Executive Director Report (Jun Bando, CNPS Executive Director), CNPS 2026 annual Impact Report – online flipbook, CNPS Staff September 2026 Quarterly Report, August 2026 ED Update CC

10:20 am

10

Break

10:30 am

30

Public Policy and Legislation Update (Liv O’Keeffe, Sr. Director Public Affairs), Public Policy Update – August 2026

11:00 am

15

Chapter Guidelines – Central Sierra Chapter (Letha Goger, Central Sierra Chapter, Carol Witham, Chapter Guidelines Committee), Central Sierra Chapter – Guidelines Update, August 2026

11:15 am

30

Marin Chapter’s Efforts to Protect Native Plants on Marin Water District’s Watershed (David Long, Marin Chapter)

11:45 am

15

Leadership Development and Elections (Vince Scheidt, Board Vice President), Open Volunteer Leadership Positions (2027 – 2028 term), CNPS-State-Board-CC-Self-Nomination-Form-2026-Five-Directors

12:00 pm

60

Lunch

1:00 pm

10

CNPS Board Report (Vivian Neou, Board President; Angel Garcia and Larry Levine, CC Board Representatives)

1:10 pm

10

DEIJ Committee Update (Angel Garcia, CC Board Representative), Expanding Access Webinar – Sept. 23, 2026: DEIJ Committee

1:20 pm

10

Consent to Electronic Transmission Form (Judy Fenerty)

1:30 pm

60

CHAPTER ROUNDTABLE. Successes/Challenges/Feedback, Chapter Leadership Issues. Five minutes per chapter requested!

2:30 pm

60

Wildfire Policy Review (Alice Cantelow, Wildfire Community Lead), Comprehensive Wildfire Policy for Council review

10

Break (as needed during discussion)

3:40 pm

10

Grants for Chapters in Financial Need (Woody Elliott), Grants for Chapters in Financial Need – Aug. 2026

3:50 pm

10

Review of available resources for delegates:  chapter handbook, recurring meetings, etc. (Judy Fenerty)

Wrap Up, Action Items, Topic / Agenda Suggestions for Next CC Meeting

• December 5, 2026.  Virtual

Proposed Schedule for 2027:

• March 5-7, 2027 (alternate March 12-14)
• June 4-6, 2026
• September 10-12, 2027.  (Labor Day is September 6, 2027)
• December 3-4, 2027 (virtual unless decided otherwise)

~5:30 pm

Social Hour

6:30 pm

Dinner

Evening Program: “Stewardship Planning at Pt. Reyes National Seashore,” Greg Richardson, Point Reyes Project Director, The Nature Conservancy, Stewarding Point Reyes’ Grasslands