Summer
Meeting and Workshop
At the Annual
Meeting in February, chapter members recommended that the Chapter hold both
a summer meeting and a wildlife workshop this year. The Board is soliciting
ideas from you, the members, about your ideas for both a summer meeting and
a workshop.
As we all
know, expenses are increasing for traveling out of state to the Joint Annual
Meeting when it occurs in
New Mexico.
With agency budgets putting limits on out-of-state travel, some of our
members are not able to attend the JAM each year. Those limitations make
in-state activities more important to our members.
As we know,
purposes of our Chapter include doing good things for wildlife and serving
our members. A summer meeting can be an opportunity for members to learn
something about
Arizona
wildlife, do something positive for wildlife, and to reconnect with other
wildlife professionals. Usually, our summer meetings have been in the
field, a time when we spend a weekend doing some wildlife survey or project,
camp out, bring our families, have a face-to-face membership meeting, and
spend time talking with our peers.
Have you got
an idea for a summer meeting?
The board is discussing several ideas, but we’d like to hear your ideas.
What would excite you about coming to a summer meeting? Do you need
volunteer help on an important project? What would you like to do or like
to learn?
The Board is
also discussing holding a workshop
either this year or next. Have you got an idea for a training
opportunity? Is there some training you’d love but just can’t seem to find
at an affordable price? Sometimes the Chapter has been able to bring
specialists to the state to train our members in an important wildlife
subject, maybe an opportunity that our agencies have not been able to fund.
Sometimes our own members are able to train other members in specialty
skills. Workshop ideas that have been discussed include:
- How to do Powerpoint presentations
- Statistics
- Wildlife telemetry
- Wind energy
- Lead Ammunition
- Outdoor skills
- Wildlife handling
- Dutch oven cooking
What training
would you like to see the Chapter host? What would you attend?
If you have
ideas for either a summer meeting
or a workshop, please contact
Joan Scott at
jscott@azgfd.gov.
Joan Scott
5501 N. Maria Dr., Tucson, AZ
85704
Phone: 520.292.1487, Email:
joanscott@comcast.net
