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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE BAY AREA AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SOCIETY Nov/Dec 2013 BEHIND BAARS Next General Meeting: January 24, 7:30 p.m. (earlier time!) Cubberley Community Center , Room M-2 Music Room, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 1Page 1
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Transcript of BAARS November 2013
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE BAY AREA AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SOCIETY Nov/Dec 2013
BEHIND BAARS
Next General Meeting: January 24, 7:30 p.m. (earlier time!)
Cubberley Community Center, Room M-2 Music Room, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
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Contents
President’sReport - 2
Elections- 3
Events &Activities - 3
Treasurer’sReport - 4
Board Members& Contacts - 5
MembershipForm - 6
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President’s Report
Hello BAARS Members and Supporters,
The BAARS Holiday Party & Elections will be on December 6th, starting at 6 p.m., at the LosAltos Library. We’ll vote in new officers and have a potluck dinner with a raffle and giftexchange! We are actively recruiting new members for the BAARS board, so if you’vebeen thinking that hanging out with fellow herpers is fun, then think about joining theboard!
We have several open officer positions, including secretary and publicity chairperson(social media). If you’re interested in getting more connected to BAARS and the boardmembers, please, come to the Holiday Party and “throw your name in the hat”!
As most members should be aware, BAARS doesn’t hold the regular general meetings inNovember or December, but we will have our Holiday Party on December 6th. BAARSdoesn’t meet in these months because of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
For those of you who missed it, for our October meeting, we had Gerold Merker, whogave a very interesting presentation on Hognose snakes, including the Mexican Hognosesnake. For those interested in finding out more about these very endearing (“cute”)snakes, along with other snakes that Gerold and Cindy are breeding, check out theirwebsite: http://geroldandcindymerkerreptiles.com/.
Next year, we will be starting the general meetings 30 minutes earlier, since the results ofthe poll that we sent out indicated that this was preferred by most respondents. Thus,instead of starting the meetings at 8 p.m., we’ll start the meetings at 7:30 p.m., and doorsopen at 7:00 p.m. (instead of 7:30 p.m.). For some meetings, depending on traffic, I mightbe challenged to get up to Palo Alto by 7:30 p.m. (since I'll be working in San Ramon or inSeaside). However, I’ll coordinate with the other board members to ensure that someoneis able to start the general meetings at 7:30 p.m.. This should work much better forfamilies and folks who work or live fairly close by. Please help us get the word out! Tell afriend, and let’s get a bunch of fellow herpers together to discuss our animals, husbandry,and breeding!
BAARS Online Resources:
www.baars.org lists upcoming activities and contact information for most board members.
The BAARS Facebook page lists events: https://www.facebook.com/BAARSociety
If you are a member of the BAARS Facebook group, you can posts and share your reptiles:https://www.facebook.com/groups/239964525544/
Sign up for the BAARS Yahoo group (via Yahoo’s groups) if you want to get more engagedwith the BAARS community, which will allow you to send out and receive emails to theBAARS distribution list: http://www.yahoogroups.com/neo/groups/BAARS/info
Sincerely,
Scott Alexander, BAARS President, 2013
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It’s Election Season!
by Kyna Hendra & the BAARS Board
To nominate yourself, or nominate someone for office, speak to a board member at the Holiday Party, or email any
of the board members, or fill out and send this form to [email protected]. Offices and responsibilities are
listed in our ByLaws at www.baars.org. Then come to our Holiday Party and participate in the elections!
I am interested in serving as or nominate the following persons for these offices:
ELECTED
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Membership Secretary:
Treasurer:
Member-At-Large:
APPOINTED
Newsletter Editor:
Newsletter Co-Editor:
Publicity Chairperson:
Show Director:
Webmaster:
UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
More details are on our BAARS.org website under Events & Shows & Meetings.
December 2013
December 66 p.m. - 10 p.m.
BAARS Holiday Party, Potluck, and Elections!Friday, December 6th at the Los Altos Library => New location!Doors open for BAARS at 6:00 p.m..
January 2014
January 107:30 p.m.
BAARS Board MeetingAt Aleks’ house. For details, contact [email protected] that this is the second Friday due to New Years.
January 247:30 p.m.
BAARS General Club Meeting >>Room M-2 Music Room<<Speaker: TBD
NEW START TIME: 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 7 p.m.)
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Treasurer’s Reportby Scott Petersen
This report covers the club’s fiscal activities for October 2013.
Overall, things are looking good for the club. We took in $284.86 in income, with $68.81 in expenses, for the month of
October. This resulted in a $216.05 positive cash flow for the month. Year-to-date cash flow is a positive $383.73.
There were two expenses for the month: the Hardcopy Newsletter printing and postage $18.81, and the $50 October
speaker stipend. There was no room rent because we will not be having a meeting in November (we pay for the
upcoming month prior to the 1st of that month).
Income for October came from two $50 show stipends (PAMP and Friends of the Library), a $25 donation from a
new/renewing member, $59.86 from the donation jar for 2 shows & the general meeting food. We also had $100 of
income from 3 memberships (one was for 2 years).
Looking towards the end of the year, we are looking at ~$305 in planned expenses. Specifically:
● at least $ 225.74 in general room rent (for January) & 2014 yearly insurance
● ~$40 for hardcopy newsletter printing & postage (assumes a November & December publication)
● up to $40 is allocated for holiday party expenses
As long as we don’t have any unplanned expenses, even if we don’t take in any more income, we should end the
year on the slightly positive side of zero. In other words, we will end the year at the same financial point that we
started at.
The one income item that has not been taken into account in the above numbers, because I have no idea what to
expect, are any funds raised by the BAARS 2013 fundraiser. The deadline was November 1st, so I will be reporting
back in the next newsletter on how the club did.
As of 10/31/2013, the club had the following assets:
● Checking: $3072.76
● Salamander fund: $213.00
● Legal & tax fund: $755.00
● Petty Cash: $40.00
Posting Date: ___YTD__ 8/31/2013 9/30/2013 10/31/2013
Expenses $1910.37 $85.04 $77.88 $68.81
Income: $2294.10 $413.25 $256.71 $284.86
Cash flow: $383.73 $328.21 $178.83 $216.05
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BAARS 2013 Board Members
ELECTED OFFICERSPresident: Vacant
Immediate Past and Interim President: Scott Alexander408-823-3675, [email protected]
Vice President: Eric Koessel510-847-4392, [email protected]
Membership Secretary: Kyna Hendra408-204-5131, [email protected]
Recording Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Scott [email protected]
MEMBERS-AT-LARGEGilbert Castro408-582-4247, [email protected]
Jim Goehring408-252-0338, [email protected]
Tania Tengan 408-499-5867, [email protected]
Aria PlebanDiana H.
T-SHITS & BAARS MERCHANDISEhttp://www.cafepress.com/baars
APPOINTED OFFICERSNewsletter Editor: Aleks [email protected]
Show Coordinator: Joanne [email protected]
Publicity Director: Vacant
Webmaster: Wolfgang Keil
Adoptions Coordinator: Austin [email protected]
NEWSLETTERSubmissions: [email protected]
We love herp-related original articles, trip and show reports,stories about your animals, and original photographs anddrawings. You retain all rights but grant us permission to use,edit, and publish in the newsletter and on our website withattribution.
BAARS exchanges Newsletters with a number of other clubs.Check out the folder of recent newsletters at the GeneralMeeting, or contact the Newsletter Editor.
MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTSEast Bay Vivarium, Berkeley - 10%Dr. R. Singh, Veterinarian, Sunnyvale - 10%
ADVERTISING IN BEHIND BAARSAdvertising PoliciesBAARS assumes NO RESPONSIBILITY regarding the health or legality of any animal, or thequality or legality of any product or service advertised in the BAARS Newsletter. Any ad may be rejected at the discretion of theNewsletter Editor; complimentary advertisements are run as space permits.
Classified AdsAll BAARS members in good standing are allowed one classified ad, run free of charge as space permits. Ads may be run three (3)consecutive months, after which time they may be resubmitted. Advertisements must be submitted electronically [email protected].
Non-members: send payments by check (payable to: Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society) to: BAARS, ℅ Palo Alto JuniorMuseum, 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Once payment has been processed, the ad will be posted.
Advertising CostsBusiness card sized ad $5/month or $40/year1/4 Page $10/month or $80/year1/2 Page $20/month or $160/year
To advertise on our website, please, contact [email protected].
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Membership Application
__New Membership __ Renewal Membership __Change of Address
Individual/Family: __1 Year ($25) __2 Years ($50) __ 3 Years ($75) __4 Years ($100)
Special: __Sustaining ($35) __Contributing ($50) __Patron ($100) __ Institutional ($20)
__Check to have your special gift mentioned in the newsletter
NAME:________________________________________________________________
EMAIL: ______________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip:___________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________________________________
What reptiles/amphibians do you own?__________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
What other herps do you have experience with?____________________________________
How did you learn about BAARS:_______________________________________________
Are you interested in:
__Learning about something in particular
__ Field herping
__Photography
__Participating in shows
__Participating in educational events
BAARS Membership Secretary
c/o Palo Alto Junior Museum
1451 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto CA 94301-3351
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