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CAMN News for 2006
 TMN 2006 Annual Meeting
CAMN was well represented and well honored at the Texas Master Naturalist annual meeting at Mo Ranch near Kerrville on 20-22 October. Roger Myers won third place in the art category for his trout drawing. Barb Coutant won first place and Best in Show for her gorgeous nature quilt. CAMN sponsored the Saturday night bonfire, which was well attended by a bevy of fun loving naturalists from around the state. The weekend was packed with educational sessions, highlighted by a weekend long facilitator workshop for the Leopold Education Project, taught by the director himself, Ed Pembleton. You can experience the weekend vicariously through some great picture by Jon Brandt, accessible via our Yahoo group.
 $1500 Grant from REI
The money will go toward this year's curriculum expenses, in
particular, the geology bus and the student manuals. CAMN President Tim Scoggins accepted the check from Kurt Hill, CAMN Class of 2005 and REI Outreach Coordinator, at the store during their morning 'huddle' on Friday. Many thanks to REI, Kurt Hill, and CAMN Past President Jeri Porter who did the leg work to make this happen.
Keep Texas Beautiful Award
CAMN tied for first place for Keep Texas Beautiful's Civic Organization Leadership Award for the entire state of Texas. CAMN's commitment to education and community improvement stood out to the panel of judges, and your hard work will be recognized at the 39th Annual KTB conference in Plano on June 27-28. The conference is attended by Keep Texas Beautiful affiliates as well as many leaders dedicated to community improvement.
Visit www.ktb.org to learn more.
Keep Austin Beautiful Award
Out of 92 applications, CAMN was chosen as a Keep Austin Beautiful Award Winner for Education in 2006! CAMN was honored at the 21st annual Keep Austin Beautiful Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Rd., on February 8, 2006. The luncheon recognized various groups for efforts to help clean, beautify, educate and protect the Austin environment.
First CAMN Couple!We learned recently of the impending nuptuals of a couple of our most committed volunteers, Melissa MacDougal and John Smith.We wish the first CAMN couple every happiness together!
Congratulations to all CAMN members!
CAMN tied for first place for Keep Texas Beautiful's Civic Organization Leadership Award for the entire state of Texas. CAMN's commitment to education and community improvement stood out to the panel of judges, and your hard work will be recognized at the 39th Annual KTB conference in Plano on June 27-28. The conference is attended by Keep Texas Beautiful affiliates as well as many leaders dedicated to community improvement. Visit www.ktb.org to learn more.
CAMN says Thanks!
CAMN recently took possession of an IBM ThinkPad computer, generously donated by Jean Nance and her husband Seay. The board has been debating how to handle the growing need to present PowerPoint presentations for speakers at general meetings and during spring class. We were in the process of surveying the board and the membership to find out who had computers we might borrow. Jean, who edits our newsletter and sits on our board of directors, responded to the inquiry with the offer to give us a computer. This solves a big problem for us and we are very grateful. Thank you Jean and Seay.
The Naturalist’s Workshop and Trading Counter in the ANSC Visitor Pavilion is open for your enjoyment! Bring items to trade and open an account, or just enjoy perusing this wonderful new resource.
Seen any Box turtles lately? Your field observations could help.
Now available for your downloading pleasure, the recently updated CAMN Membership Manual (PDF format). Or, you can read it online.
For those who missed the November Field Trip, here is a report from Walt Brown on the Temple Trek.
Tim Scoggins has been at it again...documenting volunteer activities. Check out their most recent adventures.
What to do with all that stuff
Lone Star Legends - CAMNer honored by Texas Parks and Wildlife as Lone Star Legends for work in conservation!
Save your stamps! New Online Reporting Form available. Also, you can now update your contact information online. |
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