Recap of Meeting (9/24/07)

Ok everyone, here goes...We have a lot of things on the table. There are many dates that you need to take note of and get back to me via email with RSVP's. Dates of activities are listed below with short descriptions listed.

Date: Friday,9/28/07 (11am-2pm) Tabling @West Mall. We will be handing out literature and selling dolphin cookies. Please let me know if you can come by and help.

Date: Sunday, 9/30/07. (9-12noon) Town Lake Canoe CleanUp. We will meet at Barton Springs Canoe Rental which is on the "free side" of Barton Springs Pool.

Date: Tues: October 9 (7-8pm) S.A.F.E.Oceans Movie Night

Date: Sunday, October 21 (all day) Trip to Port Aransas to work on Wetland Education Center...we will be taking a van.

Date: Sunday, November 18 (all day) 2nd trip to Port Aransas to work on WEC and do cleanups/ARK visit.

Now that we have dates given...we also need help working on our local seafood guide.

We will be splitting this up into categories...we need people to cover each of these:

Grocery Stores

Restaurants: (fine dining, sushi, chinese, thai, vietnamese, traditional (e.g. Bennigans, Chili's, Friday's, etc..., Mexican, Italian, steakhouses) That should be good for now.

Just pick a category and call the popular places in Austin or (local favorites)...tell them who you are and what you're doing. Then ask what sustainable seafood they serve and how is it caught (wild-caught, farmed, etc...) If you opt to do grocery stores, please respond on here on the comments section of the blog with the one you are contacting so we don't have multiple people calling; same goes for the categories, please let the members know via comments which restaurants in which categories you are contacting. You can then email me the results once they are in. Other than that, that should cover it. Please try to come by this Friday to help with tabling...if anything you get free cookies:) Ok, let me know if you have any questions. Also please RSVP on facebook if you will be attending the canoe cleanup this Sunday! Thanks. ~AMI

S.A.F.E.Oceans Meeting Today (9/24/07)

Hello Everyone! Our meeting today will be short and sweet. We just need to decide on final details for trips and our clean-up event. We will then brainstorm for ideas for the phamplet that we will be handing out during tabling this week. So, hopefully I will see you all there. ~AMI

When: Monday, 6:00pm
Where: Union Rm. 3.116

Meeting Today (09/17/2007)

Hey there! We will be meeting today in our permanent location. We will be hearing ideas on outreach and volunteering. We will also discuss dates for visiting Port A and the movie night as well as any events that are going on here at UT that we might need to take part in. So see ya there! ~AMI

When: Monday @6pm
Where:Union Rm. 3.116

Meeting Recap (09/10/07)

Hey Everyone! I wanted to thank all of you for coming. I was especially appreciative of all the enthusiasm and great ideas. I feel like this semester is going to be great and I know we'll have a lot of fun while doing our community outreach. We had some really good ideas today. Some of the things we discussed included: trips and weekend activities for this semester (Wetlands Education Center in Port Aransas, Kids' Conservation Camp, End of semester conservation trip/vacation(will be on or near the ocean), Making movies of or group's activities, Movie night (which will be this month, t-shirts...I am getting quotes this week! We also met new officers and had open positions filled...thanks ;)! Our current officers are listed below along with their emails in case you need anything or have any suggestions:

President: April Idlett oceanadventurer@mail.utexas.edu
Vice President: Kandice Garibay kandice_1113@yahoo.com
Volunteer Coordinators: Staci Steele s_ray_88@mail.utexas.edu
Britney Haney brith08@mail.utexas.edu
John Pituch said he could also help out with volunteering j.pituch@mail.utexas.edu
Outreach Coordinators: Larissa Podsim l.podsim@mail.utexas.edu
Emily Kinsolving mle210@yahoo.com

We still have the position of Treasurer open...technically. Anyway, so for next week, we will be hearing ideas from the group on outreach issues as well as our volunteer opportunities and will be voting on a movie night. We will also be discussing logisitics of the Kids Camp and hearing ideas about videotaping...and finalizing all details brought up earlier. Ok, please email if you have any questions or if you are interested in the Treasurer position. Dues are $10/semester...please bring that in ASAP...hopefully it will cover our t-shirts; I will let you know the final pricing. Have a great week and I'll see everyone next Monday. Meeting details will be posted here before next Monday. Later. ~AMI

Meeting Place Changed...Today Only!

Hi there...due to an overbooking issue by SALD, we will be meeting at the turtle pond today instead of our normal room. I have been told that we will have our room for sure after today though. So...

Where: Turtle Pond by BIO
When: 6:00pm...Today (Sept. 10)


Thanks!

~AMI

Welcome Back S.A.F.E.Oceans!!

Hello Everyone!! I finally got everything worked out and the group re-registered for this semester. So we are ready to get started this semester. I have some new ideas for this semester and would love to hear any that you guys have. One nice thing this semester, we will have our meeting in the same room every week...no more switching around! With that said, see below for details on our first meeting.

When: Monday, September 10th
Where: The Union-Texas Governor's Room (3.116)
Time: 6:00-7:00pm

We have a lot ot talk about next week...I want everyone to meet new members and welcome new officers as well. So, I will send an email out tonight to everyone as well as update the facebook site! Take care and see you next Monday! ~AMI