{"id":6938,"date":"2026-06-13T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindheimerchapternpsot.org\/?page_id=6938"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:48:45","slug":"board-minutes-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lindheimerchapternpsot.org\/?page_id=6938","title":{"rendered":"Board Minutes June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lindheimer Chapter Board Minutes June 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9:30 AM 6\/9\/26.&nbsp;&nbsp; Called to order at 9:38 AM<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tye Preston Library Boardroom<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Attendance<\/strong>: Dick _x_ Sara T. _x_ Debbie _x_ Bev _x_ Sarah M. _x_ Craig (phone) _x_<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nancy _x_ Christina _x_ Mike Laffey __ Jan Walker _x_ (Quorum met, 9 of 7 required).<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Old Business<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Laffey \u2013 review proposed changes to the By-Laws.&nbsp; Updated version approved at the May 19th chapter meeting (picnic).&nbsp; Dick will load the new version on the web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State Society<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sara talked about upcoming events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a membership survey out, please take it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fall Symposium is Oct. 4-6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>President\u2019s Report: Sara Torres, Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continue Board meetings at TPML at 9:30, on the second Tuesday, reserved for January to April at TPML.&nbsp; During construction our Board can meet in the Chamber of Commerce meeting room.&nbsp; We will hold our chapter meetings at Mammen Family Public Library during construction.&nbsp; Nancy has reserved a room at the Mammen Library for the June, July, August, and September chapter meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please turn in your Event Liability Forms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy has offered to update the Chapter pages on the State website, mainly the event pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workday to replace storage shed flooring.&nbsp; The flooring has been replaced, unfortunately the roof is now leaking.&nbsp; Workday June 19 to seal it at Sara Torres&#8217;s place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secretary\u2019s Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dick Bigelow, <strong>VOTE<\/strong> to approve minutes.&nbsp; Dick made a motion to approve the March, April, and May minutes.&nbsp; Jan seconded.&nbsp; Unanimous approval.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong>: Sarah Mato<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The bank balance as of 06\/3\/26 is $3,434.96.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please email all receipts to Sarah.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All NLCP receipts have been submitted to the State for reimbursement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update on 2025 audit.&nbsp; Being worked on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director of Formal Education: <\/strong>Craig Bruska<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Native Seed Library Program, upcoming workdays<ul><li>June 11th (second Thursday) Mammen seed cleaning 2-4 PM.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>June 12th (second Friday) TPML seed cleaning 2-4 PM.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 18th (third Thursday) Garden Ridge seed cleaning 1-3 PM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 19th NLCP 2 Mammen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 31st NLCP 3 Mammen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debbie, Leon, and Craig are redoing the NLCP I, II, and III plant walk lists for the new locations they will be taught at.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NLCP IV is being updated to comply with US Government changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are plenty of seeds being returned to the libraries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director of Community Outreach: <\/strong><em>Sara Torres, Acting<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Demonstration Gardens<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country &#8211; Mickey Riviere, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Thursdays at 9:30-11:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any update?&nbsp; Mickey says the garden is looking good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Chamber of Commerce demonstration garden &#8211; Sara Torres, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Wednesdays 9 AM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our next workday is Wednesday June 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamman Demo Garden &#8211; 2nd Wednesdays only June, July, and August 9:00-11:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Debbie said the garden is looking really good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Debbie was asked to give a talk by an audience member at her retired teachers presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director of Communications<\/strong>: Open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Facebook \u2013 Nancy, as of June 9th -152 followers, 9 new followers since last month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy, I&#8217;m learning how to use the State website to input our chapter information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send upcoming events to Dick to be updated on the website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our hosting website will be up for renewal in February 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director of Plant Sales<\/strong>: Debbie Kyrouac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our Fall Plant Sale will be at Mammen and will be mostly trees and shrubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Past President:<\/strong> Sara Torres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><strong>Program Committee Chair<\/strong><\/a>:&nbsp; Mike Laffey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 9<sup>th<\/sup> room B at Mammen speaker Casey Williams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 9<sup>st<\/sup> room B at Mammen.&nbsp; Elizabeth McGreevy, author of Mountain Cedars Wanted Alive or Dead.&nbsp; Will order her book for a door prize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 18<sup>th<\/sup> room B at Mammen, Tracey Brown will speak on &#8220;Fruitful Choices&#8221;, the talk will explore a variety of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs that thrive in Central Texas, focusing on both native species and well-adapted cultivars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 15<sup>th<\/sup> Jeff Pavalat at Mammen &#8211; the Curator of Cacti &amp; Succulents of the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, speaking on \u201cCacti &amp; Succulents of South Texas\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Field Trip Chair:<\/strong> Christina Campbell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Looking at new field trips, nothing definite yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Membership<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As of 6-2-26 107 primary members + 38 affiliates = 145 total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hospitality<\/strong>: Jan Walker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 19th from 6:00 to 8:00 was our chapter picnic, it went really well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Business<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A month or so ago, Joanne Hall from STG invited me to join Alignable which is a networking system.&nbsp; I accepted the invitation and have been very conservative with connections, but because I missed the last board meeting it was never discussed.&nbsp; I would like to know if the board wants to continue this or leave the group.&nbsp; Bev, suggests sticking to MailChimp, she says Alignable is for Business 2 Business which we are probably not qualified for.&nbsp; Debbie will continue to evaluate this.&nbsp; Our chapter will not join.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debbie attended the Bring Back the Monarchs organization meeting.&nbsp; They are looking at doing a tiered structure which would have the chapters looking at applications for way stations in their area to validate that the proposed plants are native locally.&nbsp; There was discussion about concern that many local chapters could or would not participate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adjourned at 10:53 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindheimer Chapter Board Minutes June 2026 9:30 AM 6\/9\/26.&nbsp;&nbsp; Called to order at 9:38 AM Tye Preston Library Boardroom Attendance: Dick _x_ Sara T. _x_ Debbie _x_ Bev _x_ Sarah M. _x_ Craig (phone) _x_ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nancy _x_ Christina _x_ Mike Laffey __ Jan Walker _x_ (Quorum met, 9 of 7 required). 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