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Board of Directors / Council of Chapters Report May 2025
« Last post by Melanie Simon on Today at 08:37:03 AM »See attached.
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Board of Directors / Conservation Committee Report & Request for Grant Approval from the BOD
« Last post by John Benton on Yesterday at 06:40:09 PM »The Conservation Committee met on March 30th to consider the 2025 Conservation Award and Dan Austin Award applications. I've attached a document with more detail. Our recommendation is that the BOD fund the Conservation Award to Thomas Greene for a second year of work in the Point Washington SF. The project focuses on removing woody species from sensitive wetland areas which fire management cannot access. The committee recommends approval for the Dan Austin Award to Mia Davis of FIU for her work on Trichostigma octandrum in South Florida, a species that has wide culinary, medicinal and artisanal use throughout the Caribbean. Abstracts of both projects are listed in the attached document and our scoring for the six Conservation Award applications that we received. We received a good application from the Putnam Land Conservancy for acquisition of outparcels adjacent to the Etonia Creek. If additional conservation funds become available, it would be worthy of considering this request.
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Board of Directors / Board of Directors Meeting on May 15 at 6;30 pm
« Last post by Eugene Kelly on Yesterday at 03:58:38 PM »Hello Board Members:
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Topic: FNPS Board of Directors Meeting
Time: May 15, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Time: May 15, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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BOD Minutes / April 3, 2025 Board Metting Minutes
« Last post by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes on Yesterday at 12:58:25 PM »Posting for Bonnie 
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Board of Directors / Policy and Legislation Committee Report
« Last post by Eugene Kelly on April 02, 2025, 07:39:50 PM »The Policy Committee has been busy tracking the legislative session and coordinating with Travis Moore, our Government Affairs Advisor. Several action alerts have been issued since the previous Board meeting. The attached slide presentation, which is to be presented during the FNPS Annual Conference, is attached as the Committee's report for April.
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Board of Directors / Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday April 3 at 5:00 pm
« Last post by Eugene Kelly on March 29, 2025, 12:41:47 PM »Hello Board of Directors! For the first time in a VERY LONG TIME I am announcing an in-person Board meeting AND that it will be conducted in conjunction with our first in-person Annual Conference since 2019. This also means it will convene a bit earlier than our regularly scheduled virtual meetings. The zoom link is provided below for those BoD members who will be unable to attend the Conference. As usual, if you have a report to file please do so well in advance of the meeting so it can be reviewed beforehand. An agenda will be posted soon; however, it will be brief because I am planning to limit this meeting to a maximum of 1 hour 15 minutes and the main issue we discuss will be putting the 2024 Annual Report into a final form. If you have not already done so, please review the draft Report and share any comments or editorial suggestions with Melissa. Please pay special attention to the section(s) of the report most relevant to your role on the Board. This is especially important for Committee Chairs. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing many of you in person on the 3rd!
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Time: Apr 3, 2025 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Topic: FNPS Board of Directors Meeting
Time: Apr 3, 2025 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Changed occurrence(s):
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BOD Minutes / March 20, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes
« Last post by Bonnie Basham on March 27, 2025, 11:42:15 AM »Here are the minutes from the March 20th board meeting.
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Meetings / Minutes: February 23, 2025 Council of Chapters Meeting
« Last post by Melanie Simon on March 24, 2025, 11:26:12 AM »Meeting minutes attached.
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Meetings / Minutes: January 26, 2025 Council of Chapters Meeting
« Last post by Melanie Simon on March 24, 2025, 11:25:24 AM »Meeting minutes attached.
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Board of Directors / Re: Board of Directors Meeting on March 20 at 6:30 pm
« Last post by Natalia Manrique on March 20, 2025, 02:31:27 PM »Landscape Committee Report