jenny pluhar 2014 president 2015 srm annual meeting sacramento, ca 2015 srm state of the society
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Jenny Pluhar
2014 President
2015 SRM Annual Meeting
Sacramento, CA
2015 SRM State of the Society
THANK YOU to Cal-Pac and the 2015 AMPC!
SRM On the GO! o Via meetings of the officers, board, committees & task
forces
o SRM Washington, DC “Fly-In”- May 2014
o Interagency Range Meeting
o Meetings with Embassy of Canada; Industry groups; Congress
o Hosted reception – attendees from the agencies, Hill staff, sister societies and industry groups
o Promoting SRM – Out on the Land – RFD TV
o 2014 Summer BOD meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas (AM 2016)
o Membership Action Team Meeting- November 2014
Inter-Agency Range Meeting
SRM on the Hill
Meeting with USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural
Resources Butch Blazer
Summer BOD Meeting Corpus Christi, Texas
2014 in ReviewKey achievements and successes
o Membership Action Team
o Expanded trainings & cooperative agreements
o ESDs & agency prioritized programs i.e. soil health, climate hubs, sage grouse & Native American Rangeland Management Capacity Building
o Built on the success of the SRM journals, new publishing contract with Elsevier
o Enhanced SRM administrative protocolso Budgeting, membership services, annual meeting prep
o Promoted SRM’s relationships at the international level
o Membership Services Task Force
o Website Task Force
Membership & Recruitment
o SRM membership experiencing flux between 2500-2900
o Membership Action Team – Sandy Wyman (Chair)o Initial Goal: Target graduating seniors,
graduate students, and agency personnel for membership
o Membership Services Task Forceo Define what is needed to process, manage &
improve upon the SRM database, membership services & annual meeting registration
Positive Trends:Endowment Fund
o Generous bequest received from the estate of Don Bettejoe Pendleton.
o SRM has received a partial distribution from the estate of $350,000
o Current Endowment balance: $866,774
SRM Fiscal Year 2014
Please see handouts for reference and additional information
QUESTIONS??
See a member of the SRM BOD or Officers team after the meeting for
clarification or to answer any questions or concerns
Income
Expenses
FY 2015 BudgetVP Pat Shaver
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QUESTIONS??
See a member of the SRM BOD or Officers team after the meeting for
clarification or to answer any questions or concerns
Keep up with SRMWe want to hear from you!
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Society for Range Management
Moving Forward
o Balanced budget – managing cash flow
o Active taskforces: Membership, Website, Membership Services
o New publisher
o Agency agreements, bringing members to trainings
o Action on the membership challenges
Future is looking good. It was a pleasure driving the SRM pickup. We got a lot out of ‘er this year! Time to hand it over to Pat!