Plan and implement four birding events with social time to follow.
Have at least one of the birding events at a location new have not tried before.
Ask for volunteers from the accessible birding community to assist with scouting.
Archives and Records Committee
The primary goal of this committee will continue to be the maintenance and support for chapter electronic archives, currently housed in Dropbox.
Maintenance of the Board Resource Notebook will continue as required, with Board member access to the contents facilitated by committee members as needed.
Audubon House Committee
Absorb the duties and responsibilities of the Audubon House Manager among the Volunteer Coordinators and the Audubon House Chair
Continue to canvass for new volunteers through newsletter articles, program announcements and social media.
Update the Audubon House Answer (Resource) Book and have a digital copy stored in Dropbox.
Bird Information Committee
Learning California Bird Sounds-Jan-March 2024
Advanced shorebirds Pt 2 July-September
Birds of Southern California- Oct-Dec 2024
Conservation Committee
Continue to work to protect birds and wildlife and natural habitats and resources and to work with other organizations to accomplish this.
Host the ‘4th Tuesday’ Conservation Lecture series.
Update and improve the Conservation Website to make it more useful and informative for the chapter and its members.
Legislation and Advocacy Sub-Committee Legislation and Advocacy will track 13 or so state bills, possibly expanding their work to include federal legislation. We will meet with legislators on an as needed basis. We will participate in Audubon California’s advocacy day if it is held.
Tackling Climate and Trash Sub-Committee The Tackling Climate and Trash subcommittee will continue to investigate climate change and trash and pollution and share what we learn with our members and the public. We will refine materials created for achieving “reusable instead of disposable” for chapter events and will seek better storage solutions to improve accessibility to these materials. We will increase our education and outreach efforts.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Conduct outreach at local parks in underserved communities.
Conduct several special birding events, i.e. LGBTQ and Friends Sunset Walk and Juneteenth Awareness Bird Walls
Education Committee
Please see MEP Annual Report 2023 FINAL document.
Events Committee
The Events Committee sees a need to involve younger members of Sea & Sage in the planning and execution of the Events. We should make a concerted effort to listen to ideas from the younger members of the Chapter, use them, and ask younger active members of the Chapter to take responsibility for overseeing one or more portions of the Events Committee activities.
Exhibits Committee
Continue working with Roger’s Gardens and with an important, recent venue, the City of Santa Ana.
Field Trip Committee
Continue to expand our outreach with offerings of a wider range of field trips for our membership.
Explore strategies to include Diverse communities.
Continue our outreach to all members with mobility issues and meet their needs for accessibility.
Finance Committee
Review all bylaws and policies pertaining to the Chapter’s finances to ensure that they are up to date, in conformity with California law, and sufficient. Additions and/or changes will be proposed as necessary.
Create annotated Chart of Accounts to provide consistency and accuracy in accounting for the Society’s income and expenses.
Restructure the role of the Treasurer and explore ways to outsource some of the treasury tasks.
Create an operation manual for the Treasurer to clarify all treasury duties and responsibilities, as well as ensuring sustainability.
Membership and Data Operations Committee
Continue the fine work we are doing.
Raptor Research Committee
Organize the 2023 and upcoming 2024 data in a user-friendly database.
Continue the Orange County Nesting Raptor Survey and Monitoring Effort
Assist in fund raising for and development of a specialized raptor flight cage for Peregrine Falcons at the Orange County Bird of Prey Center (OCBPC)
Research Grant Committee
Continue to select the Bloom-Hays grant recipients as well as recipients for the new Zembal Wetlands grant.
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary Liaison Committee
Continue to collaborate throughout the year with the members of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary Board of directors to address our mutual interests and goals.
Social Media Committee
Facebook: Engage more followers with humorous Sunday posts. Get more content from SAS committee chairs.
Instagram: Increase frequency and consistency of posts (Use app buffer to help schedule posts to have more scheduled, regular content). Develop a graphic to be used consistently for announcements. Better collaborate with other Sea & Sage committees: it helps greatly when others send us info and photos for posts. It is difficult to harvest photos and links from the newsletter or emails, which slows down the frequency of posts. Better organize shared photos: post frequency is sometimes limited by access to appropriate, social media quality, photos.
