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2007-2008 Meetings
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| Meetings are conducted on the first Wednesday
of the month at the Edgewater Library at the corner of US 1
and Indian River Boulevard. They start at 7:00 p.m. and are
open to the general public. You do
not have to be a member to attend. |
| Meeting Date |
Program |
| October 3 |
Mr. Eric West, an environmental activist, will
talk on the Unreasonable development in East Central Florida. |
| November 7 |
The guest speaker will be Adam Kent who is employed
as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)'s
Scrub-Jay Conservation Coordinator. He will talk about the world
of sparrows. |
| December 5 |
Linda Evans of the University of Florida Extension Services
located at the Volusia County Fairgrounds office on State
Road 44. Linda's topic will be "What's Bugging You?"
She will discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the insects
which we encounter in our yards, gardens and travels.
We will also have a brief presentation by a representative
from the "Hometown Democracy" initiative explaining
the reason for their action and the current status of their
petition.
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| January 2 |
Gil and Donnadine Miller. As all our membership
is aware, Gil is a dedicated and excellent photographer.
Gil and Donnadine travelled to Ecuador this past spring to
visit the Galapagos Islands.
His pictures and their commentary will be of interest to all. |
| February 6 |
Our February speaker will be Karen Stauderman the newly appointed
Volusia County Urban Horticulture Extension Agent. Karen will
speak to us on the wise usage of water in the Florida home landscape. |
| March 5 |
Nomination of officers for next year.
Kevin Schweizer of the firm Schweizer-Waldroff
Architects, Inc of New Smyrna Beach. Using the Snowden residence
in New Smyrna Beach which he designed, Kevin will demonstrate
energy production and conservation as well as water reuse and
preservation. He will also discuss availability of state and
federal assistance for solar power. |
| April 2 |
Annual pot luck at Menard-May Park in Edgewater.
Election of Officers. |
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| Tentative 2008-2009 meetings |
| October 1 |
Ron
Paradise will talk on growth management and how to more effectively
participate in the process. He has 18 years experience in
government land management planning and is currently a consultant based
in Edgewater. Click here for his bio. |
| November 5 |
Samantha McGee, Park Biologist, St Sebastian River State Park. She will speak on the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Click here for her bio. |
| December 3 |
Drs. Roger Reep and Pete McGuire from U of F speaking on manatees. Click here for their bios. |
