13:24:40	 From  Jean Suplick : Hello all
13:25:26	 From  Michelle Broussard : Hello! Michelle from Gulf Coast Chapter.
13:25:51	 From  Lisa Tuck : Lisa Tuck from Heartwood, sitting in for Scott Ball
13:25:52	 From  Ruth Reeves  to  Meuth, Mary P(Privately) : Hi, this shows me as Ruth Reeves, I'm Marsha Stephens, outgoing Training Director
13:26:04	 From  Jeanette Geiman : Hello from Alamo Area Chapter
13:26:05	 From  Janet Mason : Janet Mason, Galveston Bay Area Chapter
13:26:08	 From  Regina Dale : Regina Dale Elm Fork Chapter
13:26:20	 From  Elise Spain : Hello Everyone!  Elise Spain, Elm Fork Chapter
13:26:40	 From  John Atkins : Central Texas Chapter present.
13:26:48	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : could you all introduce yourself in our text chat here with your name and the chapter you represent 
13:27:02	 From  Bruce Neville : Bruce Neville, Brazos Valley Chapter, New Member Training Director
13:27:08	 From  Jean Suplick : Jean Suplick, Blackland Prairie - Education Director
13:27:13	 From  Nora Schell : Nora Schell - Heart of Texas Chapter
13:27:14	 From  Sheila Endres : Sheila Endres, Training Director, Balcones Canyonlands
13:27:15	 From  Michelle Broussard : Training Director
13:27:21	 From  Joe Finneran : Hi from Joe Finneran Education Director Lindheimer MN
13:27:23	 From  Sheryl Pender : Sheryl Pender Hill Country chapter 2020 Class Director
13:27:35	 From  Ruth Reeves : Marsha Stephens (aka Ruth Reeves), outgoing Training Director, Prairie Oaks
13:27:50	 From  Jeanette Geiman : Jeanette Geiman, Alamo Area, New Training Director
13:28:01	 From  Kay Murphy : Kay Murphy here from Rolling Plains Chapter
13:28:06	 From  lynn fleming : Lynn Fleming Central  Texas 
13:28:07	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : betsy from gideon Lincecum chapter
13:28:12	 From  Gary Wood : Lynn Wood, Prairie Oaks, new training dir.
13:28:13	 From  Emily Hansen : Emily Hansen from Capital Area chapter
13:28:15	 From  Elise Spain : Elise Spain, Training Committee Co-Chair, Elm Fork Chapter (Denton, Wise, and Cooke Counties)
13:28:18	 From  Mark Wojcik : Mark Wojcik for Hays County Master Naturalists
13:28:20	 From  Parr Rosson : Parr Rosson, Interim Assoc. Head, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Dept.
13:28:38	 From  Beverly Guthrie : This is Beverly Guthrie Training Director from East TX Chapter MN
13:28:41	 From  Bert Stipelcovich : Bert Stipelcovich, President, Coastal Prairie Chapter
13:28:59	 From  Kay Murphy : Kay Murphy, President of Rolling Plains Chapter
13:29:00	 From  David Cook : David Cook from Capital Area Master Naturalists
13:29:05	 From  Regina Dale : Regina Dale, Training Committee Co-Chair Elm Fork Chapter
13:29:16	 From  Sheila Endres : Maery, will the attendees be automatically noted?
13:29:26	 From  Sheila Endres : mary, sorry, mistyped
13:29:53	 From  Carol Hawkins : Carol Hawkins Coastal Prairie Chapter Fall Training Director hi🙂
13:30:00	 From  Carla Criner : Carla Criner, Training Co-Director, Capital Area Master Naturalists
13:30:11	 From  Nancy Wilson : Hi—Nancy Wilson, North Texas Chapter Training Director, Dallas
13:30:22	 From  Bibi Dalrymple : Bibi Dalrymple, President, South Texas Chapter
13:30:38	 From  Janet Mason : Hello! Janet Mason, Training Director, Galveston Bay Area Chapter.
13:30:49	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : Thanks Everyone!
13:31:09	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : Nancy Rabensburg, Lost Pines Chapter, Training Director
13:31:15	 From  Philip Woods : Philip Woods Director South Texas Chapter
13:31:37	 From  Wayne Rhoden : Wayne Rhoden Good Water New Class Director
13:31:59	 From  Philip Woods : Director South Texas Chapter intern training
13:32:48	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : Hi everyone... if you are just joining us please introduce yourselves, your position in your chapter (if you are not the training director) and the chapter you represent today
13:33:00	 From  Rena Sutphin : Indian Trail has decided to postpone at least until February
13:33:13	 From  Donell Frank : Donell Frank Brazos Valley Chapter President
13:33:23	 From  Rena Sutphin : Rena sutphin Indian Trail
13:33:31	 From  Bruce Neville : Brazos Valley is hoping for a spring class, probably starting in late January.
13:34:24	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : My trainees have just finished their requirements. Need to figure out a fun way to have graduation in the near future.
13:36:36	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : If you have recently just joined our meeting please introduce yourselves, the chapter you represent and the position you hold in your chapter's leadership 
13:37:02	 From  Lisa Tuck : Heartwood had originally intended to push the Spring 2020 class to Fall 2020. It has now been pushed to early 2021, no firm dates. We just held a Meet and Greet for any interns who wanted to pick up their books. Held outdoors at Jones Forest in Conroe. I believe 20 interns came by.
13:37:07	 From  KATHLEEN LESTER : This is Kathy Lester from the El Camino Real MN
13:37:08	 From  Bruce Neville : That will help our Class of 2019 make up missed classes that they would have made up this fall.
13:37:23	 From  Susie Wheeler : Hello! Susie Wheeler Panhandle Chapter
13:37:40	 From  Nelda Tuthill : Hello, I'm Nelda Tuthill acting president and training class director, Piney Wood Lakes Chapter
13:37:46	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : gideon Lincecum finished our Program May 4th - finished with 1.5 months of online training that went really well
13:37:49	 From  Bob Cunningham : Bob Cunningham, with Mid-Coast Chapter.
13:38:25	 From  Ian Shelburne : Ian Shelburne, president Big Country chapter
13:39:41	 From  Sheryl Pender : Please repeat questions
13:43:31	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : would participants mute themselves so that we can reduce background noise and increase clarity for everyone 
13:44:46	 From  Nancy Wilson : We have stated in the invitation to an event (so far just among members) that if you attend, your attendance will be recorded in case names must be reported.  So—it’s the attendees choice—if you want to come, you consent to disclosure of your name.
13:45:32	 From  Sheila Endres : who was speaking just now, before wayne?
13:45:45	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : Michelle Haggerty 
13:45:47	 From  Bruce Neville : Isn't there still a limit on the number of persons who can  gather in person?
13:46:02	 From  Sheila Endres : thanks
13:46:35	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : yes-- limit for gatherings in person indoors is still 10 or less. 
13:46:36	 From  Emily Hansen : Bruce, I think that depends on where you live.  In Austin, we’re not supposed to meet in groups greater than 10, and all non-essential travel and outings are prohibited.  In more rural areas, the requirements may not be as strict, depending on the number of cases.
13:47:02	 From  Nancy Wilson : We are limiting attendees to 10—including instructors—per Dallas County guidelines.
13:47:20	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : Will you send the ppt please?
13:47:23	 From  Bruce Neville : What about TMN?
13:48:18	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : We will send the PPT and notes after the meeting.  
13:48:36	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : TMN guidelines are still groups of 10 or less. 
13:48:42	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : Thanks
13:48:43	 From  Nelda Tuthill : Greaat!
13:49:07	 From  Nancy Wilson : We have issue where attendees want to require masks, but speakers do  not want to have to speak with a mask on.   Hard to ask attendees to wear a mask if the speaker is not going to wear mask.
13:49:36	 From  Bruce Neville : Michelle, please take your mask off when you speak.
13:51:31	 From  Nora Schell : Can you let us know which chapters are in our local ecoregions?
13:51:34	 From  Sheila Endres : Balcones Canyonlands is planning fall classes too
13:53:52	 From  Nancy Wilson : Chat among our students was awesome!!
13:53:58	 From  Sheryl Pender : I am completely new to this topic. Could you please give the backdrop to what Distance Basic Training is and from where is impetus?
13:54:10	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : We will work on a map with the Ecoregions overlay on the TMN chapter map. We will also send out the regions we have put TMN chapters in 
13:54:37	 From  Emily Hansen : Sheryl, Distance Basic Training is just doing the training online vs in person
13:56:34	 From  lynn fleming : Central Texas has been using online.  We did something similar to GL as a Nature Quest.  All feedback from the online presentations has been positive.
14:02:21	 From  Nancy Wilson : 11
14:02:34	 From  Nancy Wilson : lumper of splitter?
14:02:47	 From  Bruce Neville : Depends on the question you're asking.
14:03:34	 From  John Atkins : Yes, do it.
14:03:35	 From  Jean Suplick : Yes it would be helpful. 
14:03:43	 From  Bruce Neville : Yes! Yes!
14:03:49	 From  Susie Wheeler : Yes!! Do it!
14:03:54	 From  Carla Criner : Yes please!
14:04:04	 From  Bruce Neville : Could we make that a project for chapters or the State meetings?
14:04:09	 From  Rena Sutphin : yes! we would like that
14:04:17	 From  Nancy Wilson : We completed 7 classes online.  We recorded Zoom instruction and loaded videos onto Vimeo.   Some files are big-had to buy a larger Vimeo account.    Do we need speaker’s permission to share presentation more broadly?
14:05:00	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : YES!  you NEED speaker permission to record their content and share their content!!
14:05:19	 From  Gary Wood : yes!  this would be useful as part of a “flipped classroom” approach to teaching.
14:06:06	 From  Bruce Neville : Can we get volunteer chapters to partner to do one and knock them out?  Maybe do it virtually and have representation from multiple regions.  I'll volunteer our chapter (meaning, most likely, me).
14:06:10	 From  Michelle Broussard : Yes! That would be great! 
14:06:15	 From  Kay Murphy : This would be very helpful!!!!
14:06:18	 From  Shannon Westveer : I would want trainees to have an interactive aspect to training, aka LIVE classes. If recordings are offered for hours, I’m afraid people would have a built-in reason not to attend a live class.
14:06:20	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : Lost Pines has a video library of training classes from 2016 forward.
14:06:21	 From  Wayne Rhoden : Yes it would be helpful.
14:06:37	 From  Sheila Endres : We would like it too (Balcones Canyonlands) We have some of last year's classes videoed (with speaker permission)
14:07:05	 From  Nancy Wilson : Our class on Texas Water Resources was excellent and would be broadly applicable—I don’t remember any area-specific information—lots about water chemistry/quality….
14:07:18	 From  Elise Spain : Yes, it would be great. What is the timeline for posting videos for our consideration?
14:07:33	 From  Shannon Westveer : Zoom offers breakout sessions, which we’ve used to discuss topics in smaller groups (3-5). It is a great way to make a remote session feel more face-to-face.
14:07:44	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : That Water Resources one is one that we were thinking could be done universally 
14:08:03	 From  Nancy Wilson : Some instructors had a lot of interaction which would be annoying for a later listener.
14:08:08	 From  Emily Hansen : Right now, we require some kind of discussion for AT, even if it’s virtual.  A film discussion, a book discussion, a chat or Q&A, etc
14:10:40	 From  Shannon Westveer : I had trainees watch a 2-hr video by TAMU’s Wizzie Brown which was a great ‘filler’ while we continued to build the schedule as hoc. We had trainees submit a quiz in order to complete the IT requirement, with a deadline attached to it.
14:11:19	 From  Nancy Wilson : Using other chapters videos would be just for those chapters/topics where local chapters don’t have resources to hold their own online classes….  We love our instructors and would probably want to carry on s we have in the past.
14:12:02	 From  Emily Hansen : I think the available virtual content ought to be supplemental…the great benefit to this program comes from interaction among members!  I would hate for videos to be the sole format of training of any topic.
14:12:09	 From  Nancy Wilson : Having local speakers is a way to introduce students to local opportunities and resources.
14:12:32	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : Agreed! Emily!

14:12:40	 From  Bruce Neville : Share those, too, please!!!!
14:12:44	 From  Bert Stipelcovich : @Emily and @Nancy Agreed!
14:13:12	 From  Janet Mason : Agree Emily and Nancy!
14:13:24	 From  Shannon Westveer : The beauty of remote learning is that you can get presenters outside your immediate area! Dr. Rector presented our Houston-area classes from The Valley.  It literally opened up our options.
14:13:26	 From  Nancy Wilson : Maybe we could create teams for 10 or fewer students to do together.
14:13:29	 From  Jeanette Geiman : I think the hands-on elements are the most important and the most challenging in this environment
14:14:14	 From  Emily Hansen : Nancy, that’s been an option we’re exploring…since we may be limited to meeting in small groups, we may do a live virtual program for small groups meeting in separate locations, and then having those small groups go out and do field work
14:14:16	 From  Bruce Neville : That's why we decided to cancel the fall training.  We couldn't do the hands-on labs or the field trips, which are always the most valuable learning experiences.
14:15:31	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : is  there anyone that would like to team up and help Michelle and Mary Pearl pull this together and make it happen. I’m happy to be a part of committee to do this
14:15:44	 From  Bruce Neville : I'm in.
14:15:47	 From  Philip Woods : The Hands on training and introduction to the preserves and parks where we volunteer are very important to South Texas Chapter.  We are outside for all of our trainings.
14:16:12	 From  Bert Stipelcovich : @Betsy - I’m in.  :-)
14:16:40	 From  Bob Cunningham : Mid-Coast believes that the true core purpose of training is to educate a cadre for volunteer work for various entities throughout our broad area, within auspices of the Chapter organization. Training is not just an academic exercise. Concerned that while online options may be very useful in the current emergency, it is not the way to provide major training in ordinary course of meeting our objectives.
14:16:58	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : Bruce and Bert - thank you - I’ll get with Mary Pearl and get things organized
14:16:59	 From  Jean Suplick : Besty, I'd participate
14:17:11	 From  Sheila Endres : We would too
14:17:29	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : thanks - we’ve got a committee - stay tuned
14:17:49	 From  Bob Cunningham : And alongside the volunteering function, we strive to forge a sense of true community among new trainess as members of the Chapter. I'm sure we all do. Much more difficult in current situation.
14:18:07	 From  Sheila Endres : I agree Bob Cunningham. How do we get the transition from academics to volunteering locally during this period?
14:18:42	 From  Jean Suplick : Yes, BOb and Sheila. That's a challenging problem.
14:20:26	 From  Bob Cunningham : Sheila, I'm frankly at a loss until we see how much opens up later in the year. Many of our expert presenters / venues simply are not available, so not a resource even for online purposes. And our program is heavily field-based. Don't see how I can run a Barrier Island, Bay Ecology or Coastal Prairie-Wetlands session based on generalized online packages. And all of those are fully outdoor sessions.
14:20:53	 From  Sheila Endres : you mean webex accounts?
14:21:07	 From  Rena Sutphin : yes, Bob, that is why we decided to put off our training.
14:21:56	 From  Bruce Neville : So sorry!
14:21:59	 From  Bob Cunningham : Our Spring program was cut short after 3 of 10 sessions. Am hoping to salvage at least 4-6 sessions by re-scheduling to Fall. But no guarantees there either.
14:22:17	 From  Rena Sutphin : I know nothing about WEBEX...will surely need training
14:22:51	 From  Wayne Rhoden : Not that different from ZOOM
14:24:09	 From  Shannon Westveer : We used Zoom, WebEx, and MS Teams, depending upon what our speaker required. Our chapter members overwhelmingly prefer Zoom for the ease of use and ability to interact.
14:25:10	 From  Nancy Wilson : So, we can use WebEx for our Chapter Meetings?
14:28:50	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : that’s how we did it too
14:29:03	 From  Jeanette Geiman : Alamo Area also did a two man hosting of Zoom for online training classes. we
14:29:24	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : Two or more person hosting is essential for ANY platform
14:29:31	 From  Jean Suplick : Us too
14:29:39	 From  Jeanette Geiman : We also did Zoom orientation with students and It alleviated a lot of online training concerns
14:30:12	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : The orinatations are great! 
14:30:23	 From  Carla Criner : Yes - CAMN did same - “test”/practice sessions with presenters week before and having class coordinators/training co-directors manage the session (attendance, monitoring chat for questions, etc.)
14:30:48	 From  John Atkins : We did test runs also
14:31:01	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : I hosted Zoom alone, very time consuming. But we just finished with success.
14:31:12	 From  Jeanette Geiman : Residential internet issues were our biggest issue with Zoom classes.
14:31:44	 From  Nancy Rabensburg : It would have been much harder to start w online and not knowing each other.
14:31:58	 From  Jean Suplick : We have one or two folks who do not have laptops or pads, just phones. It's harder for them.
14:32:05	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : my head is shaking yes in agreement with knowing folks before we went online
14:32:13	 From  John Atkins : Let's wrap this up.
14:32:31	 From  Jeanette Geiman : Relationship building is very important
14:32:37	 From  Bruce Neville : Agreed.  Some of us have other meetings.
14:33:00	 From  Marsha Stephens :  Total agreement with Beverly and congrats
14:33:06	 From  Janet Mason : We had an orientation meeting with the class on ZOOM and a trial run with each speaker the day before each class. Three of us hosted and cohosted the meetings. 
14:35:12	 From  Emily Hansen : What is the date/time of the next presidents’ meeting?
14:35:21	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : June 29th 
14:36:08	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : 1 PM
14:36:42	 From  Jean Suplick : We can include that, but getting word out effectively is important if we want more diversity
14:37:11	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : That's where we would like all of us to talk more and gather all those ideas Jean!
14:37:45	 From  Rena Sutphin : thank you for the information!
14:38:15	 From  Marsha Stephens : Thank you both for everything you do, and thanks to all for sharing
14:38:19	 From  Joe Finneran : Thank you
14:38:20	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : As a remihnder we will send out the notes, PPT and text chapter to you after the meeting 
14:38:21	 From  Betsy Palkowsky : as always thank you for your guidance
14:38:31	 From  Carla Criner : Thank you!
14:38:43	 From  Elise Spain : When do you expect an update on guidelines that would be in effect for August?
14:40:51	 From  Elise Spain : Thank you both so very much for your leadership and great communications to us.
14:40:57	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : ANy other questions? 
14:41:00	 From  Jean Suplick : Thank you! Great meeting.
14:41:07	 From  Nancy Wilson  to  Meuth, Mary P(Privately) : Thank you!  Very helpful meeting!
14:41:23	 From  Lisa Tuck : Thank you very much
14:41:25	 From  Bert Stipelcovich : Thanks Mary Pearl and Michelle for your leadership during these trying times.
14:41:25	 From  Sheila Endres : Mary please hang on after so I can find out how to get these notes to you
14:41:42	 From  Rena Sutphin : reminder to use Slack to converse with other directors
14:41:51	 From  Jeanette Geiman  to  Meuth, Mary P(Privately) : Thank you
14:41:52	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : email them please @sheila
14:41:52	 From  Sheryl Pender : How can those of us with fall classes discuss our practice protocols we are considering to prevent mitigation of virus transmission?
14:41:52	 From  Bibi Dalrymple : Thank you!
14:41:53	 From  Ian Shelburne : Thanks!
14:42:01	 From  Sheryl Pender : Thank you.
14:42:20	 From  MIchelle Haggerty : mpmeuth@tamu.edu
14:42:25	 From  Meuth, Mary P : mpmeuth@tamu.edu