Thank you, Gordon, for compiling the information and offering our collective, well-deserved gratitude to all. Linda Whyte
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:41 AM Gordon Andersson <gpanders...@msn.com> wrote: > MOU listserv readers: > > Over 200 people attended the annual meeting of MOU on December 01. I > would like to thank the MOU officers, the presenters, and the organizations > and volunteers that made it happen. I thought the whole event was > exceptionally good. > > Clinton Nienhaus/Hawk Ridge & Sax-Zim Bog reprised the role of MC from > last year. Holly Menninger and Denise Young spoke about the new Bell > Museum. The science & research papers were given by Keith Barker/UM; > Carrol Henderson/retired DNR; Kristin Hall/DNR; Jennifer Vieth/Carpenter > Nature Center; Alexis Grinde/NRRI; Mike Worland/DNR; Steve Kolbe/UM; Steve > Stucker/DNR; and Kim Eckert/MOU. All the presentations were interesting > with new research, data, initiatives. Kim Eckert/MOU and Larry Sirvio > presented the awards. Congratulations again to Tom Bell and the Theo > Voelker and Young Birder award winners. > > Every year, donated books are sold to raise money for the Savaloja grants > for public education and conservation research. For many years John > Moriarty was solely responsible for the booksale. For the last three > years, Liz Harper and Alex Sundvall have worked the booksale. This > involves receiving and storing boxes of books, hauling them to the St Paul > Student Center (last year the Arboretum), selling them, and repacking and > transporting the remainder for the next year. This year over 500 books > were on offer at the sale. Because of staffing the booksale, Liz and Alex > cannot attend the presentations. In addition, they spent many uncounted > hours (they have no idea, but it is a lot) in taking in books, book > loading/unloading, transportation, and selling. This year 2018 - $1784.50 > was raised; in 2017 - $1046.00; and in 2016 - $1368.00. This is over $4000 > that goes to the Savaloja grants. If you donated or bought a book, you did > good. And Bob Dunlop/MOU President has been storing books in his basement > for a few years for the booksale. That is a lot of heavy stair climbing. > He was also helping to rebox and transport the books after the meeting. > > In addition to each presenter and the book sale volunteers, these also > should be acknowledged: MRVAC provided all the pastries and coffee. > Richard King/MOU VP arranged the lunches and also the exhibtors space. He > also reserved the Ballroom with the UM and scheduled the speakers. > However, I am guessing that if Bob Dunlop compiled the printed program, he > did not acknowledge his own efforts in selecting speakers. He also did a > superlative job of keeping everything on time. Once again too, Tony > Hertzel illustrated the program cover with a beautiful tern drawing. Last > year it was a Boreal Owl. > People might need reminding that Tony is one of the MOU webmasters, with > David Cahlander, and is also editor of The Loon. And Gerald Hoekstra edits > Minnesota Birding. All of these people volunteer for MOU and it can > entail many hours. There were many other volunteers who had roles in the > meeting. The whole paper session was well-organized and very educational. > It also provided a place for many to meet or reconnect with fellow bird > lovers. > (corrections/addns welcome) > > Gordon Andersson > St Paul > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
