2020 Annual Meeting Awards Wrap Up

Wrapping up the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, our Saturday afternoon Annual Awards Ceremony was the highlight of the weeks event with milestone awards, major announcements and awards given to our members! The winners of each category are presented below in the order presented on Saturday October 17th.

Virtual Nature Venture
Milestone Awards
Chapter Advisor Awards
Project Fair
Photo, Art & Media Contest
2021 Announcements

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Virtual Nature Venture

iNaturalist Challenge Winner: Carol Oeller
5K Participation Challenge Winner: Jennifer Smith-Castro
The social media #TexasNatureVenture Photo Challenge Winner: Jeanne Erickson

Lifetime Service Hour Milestone Awards

The Annual Milestone Awards are recognition of the attendees of the Annual Meeting each year. Other Texas Master Naturalists not in attendance are recognized for their service at their local chapter level. We recognized 194,290+ hours the week of the Annual meeting!

Attendees Receiving their First Year Certification in 2020

126 attendees
5,040 hours of service
Recognized on Day 1

Attendees Receiving the 250 Service Hours Milestone Award

79 attendees
19,500 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 500 Service Hours Milestone Award

59 attendees
29,500 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 1,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

40 attendees
40,000 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 2,500 Service Hours Milestone Award

19 attendees
47,000 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 4,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

8 attendees
32,000 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 5,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

3 attendees
15,000 hours of service

Attendees Receiving the 10,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

2 attendees
20,000 hours of service

Attendee Receiving the 15,000 Service Hours Milestone Award

TMN Chapter Advisor Award

The Chapter Advisor Award recognizes the exceptional work by an advisor or a team of advisors in one or several of the following areas…

Overall exceptional work of chapter advisors
Exemplary contributions to the organization’s mission and goals
New initiatives and accomplishments supported by the advisor
Advisor participation in the chapter
The advisor’s ability to empower members
Resource management knowledge and activities

2020 Exemplary Project Fair Awards

https://txmn.tamu.edu/2020-chapter-project-fair-entries/

This years Chapter Project Fair presentations truly showcased each chapters’ ability to adapt and pivot during these challenging times, re-imagining their projects to make them work amid the health and safety restrictions for each given areas.