Retreat

The WBA Board held its biennial retreat in November. We discussed two important topics-the work plan for the next two years, and WBA’s policy on butterfly collecting. Future issues of G’Num will have more detailed information about the work plan and the collecting policy. For now I’ll tell you that the work plan focuses on education, conservation, membership and field trips. We’re looking to WBA’s mission statement for inspiration and vision of what WBA can be in the future. I hope all of you will also think about what you’d like WBA to be, The Board would love to hear your ideas-we want WBA to be an organization you want to be part of.

Volunteers

One of the goals of the WBA work plan is to involve more members in WBA activities. Here are some of the activities we’d like you to help with. Please contact me if you’d like to work with the Board on any of these. None of these projects requires a lot of time-you can choose how much of your time to share with WBA. My phone number is on the back of this newsletter.

• Design and place ad for spring butterfly class
• Coordinate sales of WBA materials (tee shirts, checklists, field info booklets)
• Help design booth to be used as a WBA display
• Sell donated books on Ebay.
• Help with a butterfly garden project

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