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Monthly Meeting & Guest Speaker
March 10, 2025 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
First People’s Acknowledgment:
We acknowledge the lands we’re on today are the ancestral and current homelands of Indigenous Nations who have stewarded them since time immemorial. We respect their sovereignty, support their Treaty rights, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.
NEW Agenda Format:
10 am: Featured Speaker: Garry Heinrich, Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Worked as a marine mammal keeper/aide at the marine mammal rehab facility at Marineland of the Pacific, Palos Verdes, California.
Former instructor for Whidbey Watershed Stewards. Received his marine mammal naturalist certification form the Whale Center on San Juan Island 2010.
Has taught marine science at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, CA and Los Angeles Maritime Institute in San Pedro, CA.
Bio: Response Coordinator for the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network and investigator for the CPSMMN since 2011. Former middle school Math and Science teacher. He currently holds a 200-ton masters license and works part time as a captain on west coast tall ships.
Lives in Freeland, WA with his dog Captain, Gizmo, and Beau.
11:00 am: SWS Business Meeting – reports from board and committees
Business Meeting Agenda
- Board Report (Robbin Boyatt, Paul Ben McElwain)
- SWU (Lee Badovinus)
- Membership Cares Committee (Jeanie McElwain)
11:30 am: Breakout Rooms for Camano and Whidbey
Camano Breakout Agenda (click for dropdown)
The April Steering Committee and monthly meetings will be in person, held at the Camano Island Library. Hopefully we can welcome a new coordinator by then.
Reports
- New Camano member on SWS Board & New LEP Representative: Mark Commins
- Two new Camano SC members: Stacey Thompson and Tom Hiegler
- Two library meetings on “kickoff”, Camano’s future situation (Scott)
- SCAF Volunteer Fair Feb 15 – Utsalady Elementary School, 10am-12 (Comments)
- Snow Goose Festival – Feb 22, 9am-5pm (Comments)
- Social/Coffee breakfast gathering, March 7th, Rockaway (Paul Williams)
Events
- Camano 101 – April 5th -Volunteers needed (Contact Gaylen)
- *Conway Classes at CISP – May 20th (Meredith is leading)”
- *Education Days at CISP- May 29th & 30th (Sign up sheets at April meeting)
- A Day at the Beach – Camano Library (Scott)
*Need volunteers. Volunteers need to obtain their State Parks background checks to work with kids (or renew if it’s been 3 years since their last background check). They can do so at the Cama Beach Welcome Center.
Speaker recommendations for May and September?
Whidbey N/A
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Would have liked to attend today’s meeting but didn’t receive the notice in time. Just curious as to why it was so untimely? Must have been a glitch.
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I would like to schedule Garry Heinrich to speak to the Oak Harbor Yacht Club on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Please send me contact information or contact me for more information.
2 responses to “Monthly Meeting & Guest Speaker”
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Would have liked to attend today’s meeting but didn’t receive the notice in time. Just curious as to why it was so untimely? Must have been a glitch.
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I would like to schedule Garry Heinrich to speak to the Oak Harbor Yacht Club on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Please send me contact information or contact me for more information.
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