# Donation to the Mammal Survey Group, who have lost all their equipment in the February bush fires. Moved that we donate $1,000 to the group. Also to inform them that member Proo Pyke is willing to donate them sets of bird books to sell for fundraising if they are interested.
# Frank van der Peet to be congratulated on our excellent website.
# FOGG PHOTOS . We decided to purchase a portable hard disk to be kept in our volunteers room on which we can store members’ photos from events. Budget of $200. Frank to be requested to source it.
# A list was made of items we need to discuss with Graham and Mike (including progress on the volunteers room, follow up to Mike’s small mammal research, deer research, the proposed Long Distance Walk, Brush tailed rock- wallabies ….)
# PROGRAMME FOR 2010. Mostly on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
# VOLUNTEER TRAINING: Names of those desiring training in chemical handling, chainsawing, 4wheel driving and first aid were collected.
# PUBLICITY We had been invited to have a stand at a senior’s expo in Stawell on October 14. It was agreed that this was a good opportunity for recruiting. Margo will set up using our digital photoframe and recycling the Wildflower show posters.
That was the business of the meeting. However the real highlight was our serendipitous discovery of a colony of spiral sun orchids actually in flower, a first for almost all of us. Much clicking of cameras. Not to mention other orchids and fields of hibbertias.