[leasbirds] Re: LEAS meeting tomorrow at 6:30pm

  • From: Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:09:56 -0500

So.... Everyone should just show up at 7:00? :D

Cameron Carver
Lubbock, TX

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> On Aug 4, 2014, at 15:51, Aveline Hewetson <aveline8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> This is becoming ridiculous. 
> At our June board meeting we discussed and voted on our quarterly meetings 
> being held at 7pm on the first Tues of each of these four months. Our 
> president changed the time for the August public meeting to 6:30pm, without a 
> vote. When questioned he stated several reasons: to give people time to chit 
> chat etc before the presentation, and to enable the speaker to start on time 
> (7pm) since he was driving in from Abilene and driving back to Abilene the 
> same night.
>  At our August board meeting the 6:30/7pm start time was discussed and the 
> vice-president stated that the president would start the meeting at 6:30pm 
> and say a few words and that we might start early, ie before 7pm. 
> My points are: you cannot run public meetings like this ( two start times), 
> you cannot change the time without a vote, you simply cannot be disrespectful 
> of anybody's time. We are all busy and we need accurate information in order 
> to plan our days.
> I know my tenure on the board is over, and I don't have a horse in this race, 
> but really?
> Aveline
> Field Trip Chair
>> On Aug 4, 2014 9:07 AM, "Dolan, Tom" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> <LEAS-Logo-square.jpg>
>> Hi everyone - don't forget our quarterly meeting tomorrow (Tue., Aug5, 2014) 
>> at 6:30pm at the Garden & Arts Center, 44th and University Avenue, Lubbock, 
>> Texas. Professional Photographer John English from Abilene will present on 
>> wildlife (plants and animals) and take questions from the audience. See 
>> examples of John's work at http://www.johnenglishphoto.com/birds.htm
>> YES! - the meeting starts at 6:30pm (since several of you asked...)
>> Tom Dolan

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