Our November meeting consisted of a lot of “housekeeping” chores & fun.
A new slate of officers was decided upon for next year. These are:
President Melinda West
Vice President Christina Stallings
Secretary Jean Henderson
Treasurer Donna Mackiewicz
Melinda West was named as Master Naturalist of the Year.
Ideas for programs and advanced trainings were discussed as were plans for our Christmas Party (12-11-09).
We then got down to the program for the month – “A tutorial of the Master Naturalist website.” Kristy Wicker led us through the new website that was developed for us by MerchantMetrix. This was very informative & generated a lot of discussion. I think we developed some really good ideas on how to improve the site even more. If you haven’t been to the website lately I would encourage you to give it a look.
Our final treat/challenge for the day was to make binocular straps. Jean & Jerry Henderson learned how to make these on a recent trip to Alaska. The strap lets you freely move the binoculars up to your eyes yet holds them snuggly against your chest when not in use. I’ve seen these advertised on TV for $40 on up. The ones we made cost an estimated $1.25 apiece! We all had fun making these & learned a lot about tying knots in the process.