{"id":1098,"date":"2019-03-16T15:41:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T22:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saquailforever.com\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2024-01-09T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:44:23","slug":"meeting-minutes-and-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saquailforever.com\/dev\/meeting-minutes-and-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes and Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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flipping pancakes SAQF Youth Hunt <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The chapter received a commendation from the AZ G&F commission this morning. \u00a0Howie Swenson, Linda Pfister and myself attended the meeting in Bisbee to accept the award. \u00a0Thanks to all that helped make this possibleMark Hart out of the Tucson G&F office also received an award for the improved social media presence he has worked for G&F. \u00a0Congrats to Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Coveted Arizona Game and Fish Award Presented to Southern Arizona Quail Forever <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


SAQF conducted its March meeting Thur 14 Feb at the American Legion in Green Valley\/Sahuarita
The meeting started at 6:50 PM with 33 people in attendance and had a quorum of chapter officers.
Upcoming events\u00a0were covered and are available on the web.\u00a0 Dates for the 19\/20 season are included.
Treasurer Report by Steve Geerligs.\u00a0We have about $29000 in the bank but with membership bills to pay.
Banquet.\u00a0 We discussed lessons learned from the banquet to make next year year even better. Our 2020 banquet is scheduled for 2 Feb. \u00a0
Habitat was briefed by Jim Littlejohn.He also briefed the multiple opportunities to do habitat work at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in support of the endangered Masked Bobwhite.\u00a0 He is also going to a land access meeting with Coronado Forest and AZ G&F next week to continue working the San Rafael road closures.
FamilyDay\/Youth HuntWe reviewed lessons learned from our successful Family Day\/Youth Hunt.\u00a0 Next years event is scheduled for 29 Feb.
Guest speaker-Sarah Gandaria from AZ G&F and QF gave a great presentation on the impact of the new farm bill to AZ and an update on activities of the AZ farm bill biologists.\u00a0 The presentation<\/a> will be available on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brit Oleson in action at the Youth Hunt <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


New business<\/strong>\u00a0-Brit Oleson was nominated, seconded and voted to fill an at-large board seat.\u00a0 She will make a great addition to our board.\u00a0 As an employee of AZ G&F she will recuse herself on any vote which directly involves the department.-Mike Wilbur was nominated, seconded and voted to be the co-chair of our youth activity and work with Tony Valentino.\u00a0 Mike actively helped with our Family Day\/Youth Hunt and will also be a great addition.-The chapter has elected to join AZ Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation which will pull us closer together with likeminded AZ outdoor groups.-Based on input from members we are going to stop buying breakfast for participants of our highway cleanup unless it can be done through the Sonoita volunteer fire department breakfast the first Sat of each month.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.\u00a0
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