Chapter Council Agenda: Saturday March 1, 2025

Questions? Email Council Chair Judy Fenerty

8:00 am

60

Breakfast

9:00 am

30

Welcome, Announcements and Roll Call (Gabi McLean, SGM Chapter, Judy Fenerty, CC Chair, Woody Elliott, CC Vice Chair, Carrie Strohl, CC Secretary) 

9:30 am

10

Secretary’s Report, Review and Approve December 2024 Minutes. (Carrie Strohl, Snowdy Dodson, CC Secretaries) (Potential vote) 2024-12-07ChapterCouncildraftminutesDecDraft

9:40 am

45

Executive Director Report (Jun Bando, CNPS Executive Director). Mar 2025 ED Update, March Quarterly Staff Report

10:25 am

15

Budget, Financials (Brock Wimberley, Sr. Operations Director) 2025-26_Budget_Presentation-CC

10:40 am

10

Break

10:50 am

20

Update on CNPS Campaigns (Liv O’Keeffe, Senior Director, Public Affairs) 3-1-25-CC Mtg-Campaigns

11:10 am

15

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

11:25 am

15

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee (DEIJ) (Karah Fisher, Committee Co-chair). DEIJ CC Update 3

11:40 am

15

Advocacy Corps Update (Karah Fisher, Conservation Advocacy and Outreach Senior Coordinator) Advocacy Corps Update CC

12:00 pm

60

Lunch

1:00 pm

50

San Gabriel Mountains Chapter Presentation, Part 1 (Gabi McLean et al.) CC March 2025 – SGM Chapter

1:50 pm

20

Rejuvenating CNPS:  How to increase engagement by younger people (Brent Misher, Gordon Leppig) Rejuvenating CNPS BOD-CC Meeting

2:10 pm

25

San Gabriel Mountains Chapter Presentation, Part 2 (Ty Garrison)

2:35 pm

30

Code of Conduct Policy Ad Hoc Working Group (Gordon Leppig, Angel Garcia, CNPS State Board) 20250226 CoC WG – for Feb 28 and Mar 1_copy
CNPS CODE OF CONDUCT FD

3:05 pm

10

Break

3:15 pm

15

Chapter Grants Committee update – 2025 Awards (Woody Elliott, Chapter Grants Committee Chair) CNPS Grants Awarded 2025

3:30 pm

30

Chapter Roundtable and Updates, including updates from grant recipients. 

4:00 pm

 

Fellows Committee, Request for Updated Guidelines (Judy Fenerty)

 

 

Projects and Topics for 2025.  (Judy Fenerty)

Wrap Up, Action Items, Topic / Agenda Suggestions for Next CC Meeting, June 6-8, Coloma, El Dorado Chapter

5:30 pm

Social Hour

6:30 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm

 

After-dinner speaker:  Danielle VonLehe – Test Plot, an experiment in community based land care

ATTACHMENTS
March Quarterly Staff Report
CNPS Grants Awarded 2025
Advocacy Corps Update CC
2024 December draft minutes
The Three CNPS Campaigns
free student membership flier
20250226 CoC WG – for Feb 28 and Mar 1_copy
CNPS CODE OF CONDUCT FD
DEIJ CC Update 3
Rejuvenating CNPS BOD-CC Meeting
CC March 2025 – SGM Chapter
2025-26_Budget_Presentation-CC
Mar 2025 ED Update