8:00 am

60

Breakfast

9:00 am

20

Welcome and Announcements (Judy Fenerty, Chapter Council Chair)

Welcome and Land Acknowledgment (Terri Burgess, Channel Islands Chapter Delegate)

9:20 am

10

Blessing of the Meeting (Chumash Elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie)

9:30 am

10

Roll Call (Susan Mullaney, Acting CC Secretary)

9:40 am

10

Secretary’s Report, Review and Approve December 2025 Minutes. (Susan Mullaney, Acting CC Secretary) (Potential vote) draft Dec Council minutes

9:50 am

45

Executive Director Report (Jun Bando, CNPS Executive Director) March 2026 Quarterly Program Report,
Executive Director Report 2026 March CC
Chapter Complimentary Memberships Overview

10:35 am

10

Break

10:45 am

15

Budget Update, Fiscal Year 2026 (Brock Wimberley, Sr. Director of Operations, Carol Witham, CNPS Board Treasurer) 2025-1231_financials

11:00 am

20

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

11:20 am

10

Leadership Development (Vince Scheidt, Board Vice President) Board and Chapter Council Openings

11:30 am

20

Rewild program (Claire Woolson, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy)

12:00 pm

60

Lunch

1:00 pm

20

CNPS Conference Update (Lila Higgins, CNPS Director of Education and Horticulture)

1:20 pm

15

DEIJ Committee Update (Karah Fisher, CNPS Conservation Advocacy & Outreach Senior Coordinator) DEIJ CC Update 3.21.26

1:35 pm

10

A quick break for poetry (Leslie Warren, Board Director) The green door

1:45 pm

20

Channel Island Chapter Update (Terri Burgess, Chapter Delegate)

2:05 pm

20

Wildfire Policies Update (Alice Cantelow, Wildfire Community Lead) proposed wildfire policy

2:25 pm

20

Resolutions Initiative, Urban Biodiversity Working Group
(Karah Fisher, CNPS Conservation Advocacy & Outreach Senior Coordinator) Resolutions Initiative 3.21.26 CC Update

2:45 pm

10

Grants to Chapters (Woody Elliott, Chapter Grants Committee Chair) Grants for Chapters in Financial Need

~3:00 pm

10

Break

3:10 pm

15

Strategic Plan Committee – Recruitment and Kick-Off (Judy Fenerty, Jun Bando, Vivian Neou) 2022-26-CNPS-Strategic-Plan, Strategic Plan Recap 3.26

3:25pm

30

Chapter Roundtable:  Successes/Challenges/Feedback Stop-Invasives-In-Your-Tracks

3:55 pm

15

Volunteer Recognition Program

4:10 pm

15

Carbon Neutral Goal Update CNPS Carbon Neutral Goal 2020_06_06_

4:25 pm

Projects and Topics for 2026.

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

• June 2026, Berkeley.  Hosted by East Bay and Bryophyte Chapters
• September 2026, location TBD.  (Would your chapter like to host?)

Social Hour

6:00 pm

Dinner

7:00 pm

John Knapp, Catalina Island Conservancy

“Santa Cruz Island: Past, Present, and Future”