Society for Range Management

California-Pacific Section

October 16, 2003

Board of Directors Meeting

Hunewill Guest Ranch, Bridgeport

Members Present: President Henricus Jansen, Past President Dan Macon, President Elect Edie Jacobsen, Ken Fulgham (Treasurer), Mike Dolan (Director through 2003), Dennis Dudley (Director through 2005), Dick McCleery (Director through 2005), Royce Larsen (Director through 2003), David Kelley (Director through 2004), Sheila Barry, Rick Delmas

Absent:  K.C. Pasero (Director through 2004), Cindy Horney (Newsletter Editor)

President Henricus Jansen called the meeting to order at 1:10 a.m.

Guests:  Jenny Gabor, Larry Ford, Barbara Allen-Diaz, James Bartolome, Diana Waller, Danny Marquis

Minutes approved M/Kelley, S/Macon

Agenda M/Macon, S/Larsen  (McCleery) new business announcement gross overgrazing on the part of the local water quality control board

Treasurer’s report:  (Fulgham)

Account Name             Balance (9/30/03)

Main                                     $15840.55

Checking                                     323.78

Range Camp                            1897.43

Bentley                         6823.66

Certification                              1895.83

Continuing Education                2726.62

Total Assets                             29507.87

2002 financial report is available for audit committee this evening (Kelley and Larsen)

This meeting:  53 paid professionals and 68 total (includes comps for speakers)

Some discussion ensued with regards to whether meeting registrations should be prepaid.

Ken was asked to look into the possibility of setting up payment with a credit card.

Approve financial report.  M/Macon, S/Dudley

 Committee Reports:

Awards (Janssen for George) – Excellence in Range Management Award – Todd Swickart, East Bay MUD, Navy), “nothing” on range manager of the year

M/Macon, S/McCleery approve committees recommendation of 5-Dot.  Will be given at joint California/Nevada Cattlemen’s meeting

Information and Education  (Barry) – Proceedings will be recorded by graduate students, will be available in CD and paper.  Fees/costs for production should be easily covered by price for proceedings.

Nomination of state grass, purple needlegrass – Frank Maurer from Quail Ridge Conservancy is pushing it.  CNGA and CNPS are behind it.  We ask that Edie Jacobsen write a resolution or letter of support.  Moved that a letter be forwarded to Frank Maurer supporting the establishment of purple needlegrass as the California State Grass. BOD Cal-Pac SRM.  M/Fulgham, S/Jacobsen.

Meetings (Spring and Fall 03) (Macon/Delmas) – Appreciation shown for Rick Delmas’ involvement in meeting arrangements.  Dan gave a quick overview of the program. American Land Conservancy will help sponsor meals for speakers.

4.  Membership (Dolan)  - Current members number 248, 42 members up from last year.  Mike sent postcards to new members thanking them.  He communicated with defunct members asking them back. 

5. Newsletter (Horney not here) – Ken suggested that we put out a newsletter shortly before the end of the year.
6. Nominations and elections – President elect Mitch Perdue, Board members Elizabeth Kellogg and Orrin Sage. Moved that candidates be notified of election results by the secretary before the fall meeting and that the successful candidates should attempt to attend the Board Meeting at the fall meeting.  M/Fulgham, S/Macon .
7. Professional Affairs (Frost not present)  Bill Frost sent along a written report highlighting meetings offering SRM CEUs throughout the past year M/Fulgham, S/Macon
8. Public Affairs (Sullins) Sullins recommended that members of public affairs committee be people who are connected with Woolgrowers, Cattlemen’s, NRCS, etc.  Edie will work with Jim to augment committee membership, including getting Swickard and Budzinski active on this committee.
9. Student Affairs and Range Camp (Jacobsen/Gabor) Range Camp had 13 members in attendance.  Jenny Gabor (NRCS) gave a Powerpoint presentation about camp. It’s on the section website address.  Various incentives were discussed to recruit campers were discussed. Move to move $994.50 from Bentley to Range Camp account.  M/Fulgham, S/Dolan (for expenses to Annual SRM meetings in Casper, Wyoming).  Move to move $731.68 from general account to range camp account for travel expenses for staff at the camp.  M/Fulgham, S/Jacobsen.  Ken explained the details of this.  Edie feels that the standing policy should be changed to not just cover the camp director but all staff involved.  Amend policy such that up to $1500 from general fund be allocated for expenses incurred by range camp, distribution of which will be determined by the range camp committee.  M/Macon, S/Dudley.  June 20-25, 2004.  Board is invited to attend Thurs.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Strategic Planning Meeting (Macon) 7:45 pm after dinner, notes are available from Harris Ranch strategic planning session

2.  Action item:  Reimbursement policy for Proxies at SRM Advisory Council. Moved that this matter be tabled until the next meeting.  M/Fulgham, S/Jacobsen.

3. Action item:  Student Member Recognition and Discounts at Section Meetings.

Moved that there be a 50% discount for students on registration and meeting included meals at cost.  M/Fulgham, S/Larsen.  It was strongly encouraged that students and new members be introduced at section meetings.

Charter Member Oral Histories (Jansen) Henricus has asked several times.  Dennis Dudley interviewed John Fenley, Dan Macon hasn’t yet interviewed Walter Howard, Royce hasn’t yet interviewed Clint Wasser, Sheila Barry interviewed Charles Graham on videotape, Jim Bartolome shifted responsibility for interviewing Harold Heady to Barbara Allen-Diaz.

Spring 2004 Meeting and Tour (Jansen/Dolan)- no progress.  Moved that meeting be moved forward from June 10-11 to June 3-4.  M/Fulgham, S/McCleery.  Mike Dolan will check with Cal Pine to see if that date will work. 

Fall 2004 Meeting and Tour (Jansen/Fulgham) Jansen will start to work with Bill Frost and Joe May about the program, Nov. 10-12 in Kona, Hawaii.

Certified Rangeland Manager (Allen-Diaz/Bartolome) – Larry Ford, Ray Budzinski, Lisa Bush, James Bartolome and Barbara Allen-Diaz met.  Invoice was submitted to the Treasurer for creation of revised exam.  The panel is working on the calendar of events for testing procedures.  They are working on a letter (Ford) that would be sent out to critical parties concerning need for CRM presence on relevant land management activities.  Larry Ford is very concerned with the quality of work that is being done.  Not just agencies are involved, but also land conservancies and private consultancies are involved.  Nine hundred and fourteen entities have been identified. Fulgham mentioned that real estate appraisers and realtors may also be involved in inappropriate consultation.   Allen-Diaz read a draft letter that emphasizes the legal requirement for certified rangeland managers to be involved under certain circumstances.  CRM panel is also working on an updated brochure.  Four individuals are taking the CRM exam October 17, 2003.  It is anticipated that six individuals will be taking the CRM exam in April 2004. 

     We were reminded that the state code and requirement for CRM pertains to rangelands with actual or potential 10% or more tree cover, and to non-federal land, not owned by the consultant.  It is unclear whether the code applies to ranch managers and leased lands. The brochure explains this more thoroughly.

M/Marshall, S/Fulgham.  Approve letter in spirit, pending final approval by the BOD by e-mail when the letter is finalized.  Larry Ford spoke to the importance of protecting people who have the experience and who have worked hard to gain the license to gain professional standing.  It was generally agreed that the CRM panel should be the “keeper of the list of contacts.”  The letter should go out under the signature of the Cal-Pac SRM President.

     Ken Fulgham revived the discussion of specified CEU requirements for the CRM program.  M/Fulgham, S/Dudley.   Move that the HSU Range Club reprints   and mails the letter for the cost of materials plus $0.25 per piece for folding, labeling and mailing from certification account.

    It was suggested that the CRM panel work with professional affairs committee to develop a proposal for CEU policy.

NEW BUSINESS

1.  Joint meeting California Grazing Lands Coalition – Henricus Jansen had a call from Chuck Pritchard regarding ecological site descriptions - possibly as a topic for Spring 2005.  We could hold the meeting jointly with Soil and Water Conservation Society, California Native Grass Association and other organizations.

 Adjourned at 5:05 pm

 Respectfully submitted

October 15, 2003

 Susan Edinger Marshall

Secretary

Society for Range Management

California-Pacific Section

June 19, 2003

Board of Directors Meeting

Conference Room at USDA Building, Davis, CA

Members Present: President Henricus Jansen, Past President Dan Macon, President Elect Edie Jacobsen, Ken Fulgham (Treasurer), Mike Dolan (Director through 2003), K.C. Pasero (Director through 2004), Dennis Dudley (Director through 2005), Dick McCleery (Director through 2005), Royce Larsen (Director through 2003), David Kelley (Director through 2004), Cindy Horney (Newsletter Editor)

President Henricus Jansen called the meeting to order at 10:26 a.m.

Agenda: M/K.C. Pasero, S/ Dick McCleery

Minutes approved as amended M/Royce Larsen, S/Mike Dolan with minor changes

Treasurer’s report:  (Fulgham)

Account Name             Balance (31 May 2003)

Main                                        15,686.83

Checking                                  1,495.36

Range Camp                            2,915.28

Bentley                         6,757.45

Certification                              1,877.43

Continuing Education                2,700.16

Total Assets                             31,432.51

Spring meeting at SFREC yielded a net profit of $537.95

 Committee Reports:

1.      Awards (George/Koopman) – absent, no report (Holly George asked Cindy Horney to use the same form as last year, without simplification).  Moved that Henricus ask the awards committee to coordinate nomination process at the same time (while maintaining the award presentations at the same events, different times). (RMY, ERM). M/Dave Kelley, S/Dick McCleery. 

2.      Information and Education  (Barry) – no report

3.      Meetings (Spring and Fall 03) (Macon/Delmas) – Conference call was held on May 29 to talk about fall meeting.  Dan Macon passed out some meeting notes and follow-up information since the conference call.  Betsy Hunewill will return the call later in the week regarding questions Dan Macon had.  Working title is “Environmental Values and Economic Sustainability in the Eastern Sierra.” Land Trust Alliance Rally will be held in Sacramento in the same week.

4.      Membership (Dolan)  - not much to report, four new members

5.      Newsletter (Horney) – Should there be reports on students in the newsletter?  (Issue was raised by a member via e-mail.)  McCleery offered that a word limit might be useful.  Kelley and Janssen opined that it might be a regular feature on members (retiring, members at large, students looking for jobs, transfer of SRM members from other sections, etc). M/ Marshall, S/Jacobsen. That Cindy name and advertise a new member “bio” feature for the newsletter, leaving to Cindy’s discretion the difference between a “bio” feature and a classified ad. (i.e. job solicitation). 

Ken asked when the fall meeting announcement would come out.  There will a “teaser” for the fall meeting in the July newsletter.    September is when the details will be forthcoming.  Bios for candidates for director should come out in July newsletter. Rick Delmas told Henricus he would have the bios out in time.

6.      Nominations and Elections (Delmas) President nominees – Royce Larsen and Mitch Perdue, Directors:  Orrin Sage, Liz Kellogg, Leigh Sevy, Larry Ford.  M/Ken Fulgham, Sdick McCleery.  One abstention.

7.      Professional Affairs (Frost/Kellogg) no report

8.      Certified Rangeland Managers (Allen-Diaz) – no report per se.  Ken Fulgham has not received a request for a check for compensating Larry Ford and Lisa Bush. Dick McCleery will ask Barbara Allen-Diaz for a progress report, Cindy has received an e-mail promise of an article. Henricus Janssen doesn’t know who to send “forceful” letters to.  Dick McCleery will ask Barbara Allen-Diaz about this as well.  There may be an educational opportunity for the Cal-Pac Section here for groups that “should” have CRMs in their ranks.

9.      Public Affairs (Sullins) no report

10.  Student Affairs (Jacobsen)  – Thirteen campers (10 women, three men) are presently at camp, camp was almost cancelled this year.  Edie thinks it’s a low participation year all over. Dick agrees with the concept of a post-camp marketing review.  Edie commended Dave Kelley for spending three days of his time and for general support on the part of the section.  Edie feels that it will be a “break-even” year financially.  Next year should be stronger and hopes that the Thurs. after Father’s Day BOD meeting will coincide with the camp.  Dave Kelley felt that Nevada and Oregon youth should be invited.  Much discussion ensued.  The student affairs committee worked on job descriptions for students, director and operations/logistics were refined.  Day moderators were added.  (max. cap. is 25)  Henricus suggested that the cattleman’s organization be more involved.  RCD’s have been the main sponsor in the past. Ages are 15 to 18, it would be appropriate for incoming freshman to attend as campers.  (They might get picked up through university orientation.)

OLD BUSINESS

1. Section stationery (Fulgham/Marshall) – Samples with pili grass and purple needlegrass were passed around for comment.
2. Nomination Form Excellence in Range Management (George)
3. Rangeland Trust Working Group (Macon) – a good cross section of CRT and SRM members, there hasn’t been much activity so far.
4. Interpretive Display at State Fair (Macon/Kelley) – no report, haven’t been able to get a scheduled meeting together, will need to postponed until next year, they’ll try to go to the fair together this summer.
5. Priorities for Strategic Planning Meeting (Macon) – Dan Macon passed out a handout.  He felt that this could be discussed at board dinner at Bridgeport meeting.  He hoped that we could review goals in October and come up with several actions to meet goals, feels that we need to send these ideas to membership in newsletter and/or discuss it with membership in October.  Finally, we need to look at organizational structure to see if has the capacity to achieve goals and action steps or create an ad hoc committee.  Action requested on part of the board:  Can we talk about it in October and is it ready to send out in newsletter?  Move to include mission, vision, and goals and brief article in July newsletter (also include that there will be a report at business meeting in October and to send comments to Dan Macon).  M/ Dan Macon moved that section purchase dinner for participants at October 16 meeting on Strategic Plan (not bar bill).  S/Dick McCleery. One abstention.  (Explanation:  To invite new board members, existing board and officers and former participants to attend a strategic planning meeting on the evening of October 16.)
6. Reimbursement Policy for Proxies at SRM Advisory Council (Jacobsen) -  (get copy from Edie) M/David Kelley, S/Ken Fulgham to table a decision on the policy.  They asked that Edie send a copy of the written policy via e-mail for BOD consideration.
7. Student member/new member recognition and discounts at section meetings (Jansen/Marshall) – John Stechman searched newsletters from 1982 through 2003 and found no consistent pattern of discounts for students.   Ken Fulgham wanted to look farther back for older policies, in particular the spring meeting of 1981 (Susanville). Dan Macon amended his motion to include previous policy.  Cindy Horney and Dan Macon related that livestock organizations (i.e. CCA) have recognized student members and also have out them into service as recording secretaries for committees.  Having experience with professional organizations is perceived as a plus.  M/Dan Macon Charge students 50% of registration fee at 2003 fall meeting, review policy on student discounts, pending review of previous minutes, S/Mike Dolan.  (Ken will look through minutes.) One opposed.  It was generally agreed that this should be taken up at the fall meeting during strategic plan discussions.
8. Charter Member Oral Histories (Marshall) – Marshall read e-mail message from John Stechman.  (no interviews are known to have taken place).  John Fenley will be covered by Dennis Dudley.  Harold Heady needs to be interviewed by James Bartolome or one of the UCB folks.  Clinton Wasser will be interviewed by Royce Larsen and/or John Stechman.  Henricus gave them contact information from the membership list and will make copies of suggested interview questions.  Walter Howard will be interviewed by Dan Macon.  Charles Graham  - Sheila Barry will be asked to perform this interview.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Range Manager of the Year Award –applications are due in August 15 to Holly George. Henricus Jansen asked Mel George to submit one.  Dan Macon will ask John Stechman to resubmit a prior nomination.
2. Spring 2004 meeting and field tour (Jansen) Mike Dolan and Tim Burke have worked with Henricus Jansen to plan June meeting in Alturas (not to conflict with range camp).  Henricus handed out a draft registration form for the spring 2004 meeting.  Much discussion ensued about rooms, meals, transportation, etc.  Henricus Jansen and Mike Dolan may call Nevada and PNW sections to jointly sponsor Spring 2004 meeting
3. Fall 2004 meeting (Fulgham) – Ken contacted PNW section SRM about jointly sponsored meeting in Kona.  $130/night, kids under 19 free, Nov. 10-12, 2004, rates will be extended beyond meeting dates, subject to availability, at King Kamehameha.  Program and activities need work before formal contract can be finalized.
4. Announcements – official Section map and Proceedings were sent to parent society and received with compliments, career brochure has been sent forward with comments to parent society

Adjourned 1:30 pm

 Respectfully submitted

June 19, 2003

Susan Edinger Marshall

Secretary

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