8:00 am

60

Breakfast

9:00 am

20

Welcome, Announcements and Roll Call (Michael Mulhern, CNPS Staff, Judy Fenerty, CC Chair, Woody Elliott, CC Vice Chair, Snowdy Dodson, CC Secretary)

9:20 am

10

Secretary’s Report, Review and Approve September 2024 Minutes. (Snowdy Dodson, CC Secretary) (Potential vote) September 2024 Council Minutes draft

9:30 am

15

CNPS Board Report (Vivian Neou, Board President; Alice Cantelow and Larry Levine, CC Board Representatives)

9:45 am

15

Election Results, Leadership Development Committee.  (Vivian Neou, Board President) CNPS 2024 Election Results and 2025 Volunteer Leadership

10:00 am

15

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee (DEIJ) (Barbara Lezon, Bill Waycott). Dec 2024 CC DEIJ Comm Update

Appointment of CC DEIJ Sponsor (Judy Fenerty)

10:15 am

10

Break

10:25 am

10

Chapter Grants Committee update (Woody Elliott)

10:35 am

30

Bylaws Ad Hoc Committee (Carol Witham) Chapter Bylaws Presentation

11:05 am

30

Sacramento Valley Chapter, Homegrown Habitat (Chris Lewis) Homegrown Habitat projects for Chapter Council updated
Five Reasons To Add Native Plants_Dec 2024

11:35 am

10

Sierra Foothills Chapter Name Change (David Campbell) proposed chapter name change: Sierra Foothills to Central Sierra

11:45 am

15

Zoom live transcription and translation for webinars (Cynthia Typaldos and Misty Regaldo, NSJV Chapter, Caty Franco, CNPS Staff)

12:00 pm

60

Lunch

1:00 pm

60

Executive Director Report (Jun Bando, CNPS Executive Director). Dec 2024 ED Update

2:00 pm

20

Code of Conduct Policy Ad Hoc Working Group (Jordan Collins, CNPS Staff, Vivian Neou, Board President)

2:20 pm

20

Chapter Physical and Electronic Archives Storage, Retention Policy (Snowdy Dodson, Brock Wimberley) [Attachment 6]

2:40 pm

20

Efficient Publishing of Local Plant Guides (Bruce Homer-Smith) CNPS Build a Local Book 3

3:00 pm

10

Break

3:10 pm

10

Chapter Council Board Survey (Judy Fenerty, CC Chair)

3:20 pm

30

Chapter Roundtable and Updates. 

3:50 pm

10

Committee Reboot:  Carbon Neutral, Volunteer Recognition, Volunteer Workshop Training.  (Judy Fenerty, CC Chair)

4:00 pm

Year in Review, Projects and Topics for Next Year.  (Judy Fenerty)

Wrap Up, Action Items, Topic / Agenda Suggestions for Next CC Meeting, February 28-March 2, 2025, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter Edited Chat CC 12

5:30 pm

Social Hour

6:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm

Program: “Native Plants are for Everyone” – Saturday, December 7, 7:30 pm.  (Talk time is approximate) – Panel led by Sarah Barnes, CNPS Director of Education & Stewardship. Join us for a discussion with leaders from four Sacramento-area organizations that engage young and diverse people in native plant projects. Be inspired by their success, and learn approaches to try in your chapter! – American River Conservancy | Cache Creek Conservancy | Center for Land Based Learning | find out farms  
Register for the talk. (You are already registered if you attended during the day.)