FC Meeting 2/17/2016

Memorabilia: Connor

• Closet Treasure!!! Russel tree farm picnic competition trophy

• Working on making more stickers

Bean Feed: Ben and Alani

• March 10th SAF bean feed! #HellaBeans -Noam

• Bay Area SAF chapter will be coming biyearly meeting (after beans)

• Potential brownie cook-off, stay tuned

Publicity: Maya

• Trying to figure out how to login into the website, emailing ricky

Treasurer: Jacob

• Come to him for reimbursements!

Logging Sports: Justine

• Sierra Cascade last weekend:

  • We made friends with the pros

  • Alumni donated $6,300 to logging sports, a record amount (very emotional moment for justine, plz support)

    • Justine will be getting thank you notes together

    • Will send out photos

  • If you drove she has gas money for you

• Upcoming

  • Will be driving up to work on the site Friday (choker set), she’ll send an email

  • Practice Sunday

  • Redwood regionals march 17th/19th (thursday-saturday of Spring break)

VP: Alan

• Taco Tuesday, huge turnout

• Dodgeball team! --> not too late to sign up for the game tonight. Contact Alan and he’ll add you!

• Humberk camping trip scheduled for March 11th-12th

  • Alan will send out doodle to see if you want to go, so that he can book the sites

• Wiffleball on Sunday Feb. 28th

President: Sophia

• For Xi Signma Pi do not need to be professional to make an axe and join frat

• Can go to Prof. Stephens office to get a hunk o’ wood

• Can get a ring, but must be an SAF member

California SAF Rep:

• CA SAF is trying to be more supportive of student chapters

  • Partial reimbursement for student attendance at the meeting

• Summer meeting in the later half of August

  • Funding support approved for student chapter participation

• Discussion: How can a volunteer organization like SAF support us? Results of the panel at the Winter meeting:

  • Providing job support (Announcements, resume collections)

  • What about offering a young professional rate? Already exists ($95 per year)

  • Are students represented in the leadership of CA SAF? Student Chapter chairs should be able to attend meetings.

    • Are student chapter chairs receiving notifications of committee meetings? Yes, but not at convenient times for students to attend (out of Berkeley, mid-week).

  • What does an active role in SAF look like? Want to be involved where there is a potential for impact.

    • Would need people to be involved at the chapter level, lots dying off.

  • Field Trips to visit SAF professionals at work? → Bay Area SAF chapter does this, but having some trouble getting the ball moving on that

    • Workshops on new technologies in Forestry?

  • Make SAF more social:

    • Forestry club is social, can we transfer this to SAF? Bean Feeds?

• What does SAF do?

  • SAF is the professional society for foresters in the US.

  • SAF produces policy statements, represents us in Washington.

  • Accreditation society to ensure educational programs are up to standards (ie for the new Forestry major!)

  • Fun fact: Kevin has been a member since 1980. Join the league of legends.