By Bill Hopkins
There may soon be a new Native Plant Society chapter in Uvalde.
Over 30 applications for membership have been received at the State Office from Uvalde, according to Vice-President Cathy Lustgarten. No meeting times or places have been specified as yet. Uvalde is southwest of San Antonio.
To qualify as a new chapter, there must be at least ten memberships, and be approved by the State Board. Other necessary steps are described here.
Just last month a new chapter was approved in Glen Rose. However not all the news is good. The chapter in Winnsboro has decided to disband.
If you are interested in joining the new Uvalde chapter or would like to form a chapter somewhere else, contact Pam Middleton at our State Office.
By Bill Hopkins
The State Board appointed Kevin Janni of Arlington to the post of Vice President for Environmental Liaison during its April meeting in Glen Rose. The post had been vacant since January.
Mr Janni is a botanist with SWCA Environmental Consultants, an Interim Board Member for the Society of Wetland Scientists and a Research Associate at BRIT. He has over ten years experience in ethnobotanical research. He is is currently working on environmental permitting projects in the LBJ National Grasslands (Wise County), East Texas Pineywoods, and the Texas Gulf Coast.
In other business Dell and Gerin Hood were appointed as librarians of the Society’s collection located in Fredericksburg.
Texas Native Plant Week
Texas Native Plant Week is celebrated the third week in October with a variety of entertainment and educational events that appeal to the whole family, some of which are sponsored by Native Plant Society chapters, and some by other organizations and by communities all over the state.
The State Board is seeking a chair and committee members who will help publicize and promote these events. If this is something you would like to help with please contact Lonnie Childs at lonniechilds@utexas.edu.
By Bill Hopkins
A charter meeting of the new Prairie Rose Chapter was held Saturday, March 9, at the Somervell County Citizens Center in Glen Rose.
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Our newsletter archives section has now been expanded to include all issues of our newsletter published since the beginning of the Society through 2012. The archives issues are in a pdf format which may be downloaded.
Thanks to our volunteers who helped scan the magazines.
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The 2013 annual symposium and member’s meeting will be held on October 17-20, at the Holiday Inn – Emerald Beach located at 1102 South Shoreline on the bay shore in downtown Corpus Christi.
Attendees will receive a discounted rate of $89 per night plus tax for standard rooms with the reduced rate also made available for the added nights of October 16 and 20. The discounted rate applies for all reservations booked by October 3.
Reservations at the hotel can now be booked on-line at http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/reservation/roomrate . Be sure that the “Group Code” field is filled-in with NPS in order to receive the discounted rate of $89 per night.
You may also call 361-673-9074 to book your reservation via phone. Be sure to mention that you will be a Native Plant Society symposium attendee or mention the “Group Code” of NPS.
For more information on the hotel, go to http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/corpus-christi/crpeb/hoteldetail
By Bill Hopkins
The State Board will hold its next quarterly meeting in Glen Rose on Saturday, April 20.
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