March 8th, 2017 Minutes

Forestry Club 3/8/17

Agenda

1)Divest

2)Announcements

3)Tightwad was tight

4)Mentorship

5)Planz

Topic 1 Divest

• There is a group that was going to come and talk to us about fossil fuel.

Topic 2 Announcements

• Ben isn’t here so Kathie says pay dues for him Julia doesn’t seem to care then Ben walks in and says pay dues.
• Ben also says that Humboldt hasn’t really responded so we will plan and then they can meet us there. There was a choice of two different campsites. The trip is on April 1^st.
• Alegra asks if we want to have a bean feed this month. The answer is yes so there will be a bean feed on Wednesday March 22^nd. There will be a cooking party on the 21^st at Thorsen house.
• Kevin reminds us that traditionally there is a bean feed after the Forestry Camp orientation.
• Apply for camp if you want to go this year
• Logging sports competition Redwood regional this week will be Thursday – Saturday the 16^th -18^th.
• Kevin got an award and he is very excited about it. It is a silviculture prize for the UK equivalent of SAF.
• Forestry seminars on Mondays. Great place to get axes signed. Monday was about Sudden Oak Death.
• You might still be able to get an axe for Xi Sigma Pi if you are eligible

Topic 3 Tightwad was Tight

• We planted.
• We thank Julia and Noam for all the hard work they put into coordinating the planting

Topic 4 Mentorship

• Julia asked about club interest in trying to start a mentorship program with SAF to match with someone in the field you are interested in.
• She asks what it would take to start
• Connect through Alumni
• Maybe have people be open to having us email them to ask questions about what they do

Topic 5 Planz

• Do we have a study guide archive on the google drive? If not we should start one. Jacob sends out a study guide to 134 people. Thank you Jacob.
• Textbook exchange also through google drive? Should we do it? We should.
• Someone decides that the Settlers of Catan should not be made into a movie

• Meeting ends