The annual meeting was in-person only and took place at the Discovery Center.  Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:36 PM Attendees: 36  Gregg welcomed all attendees and thanked the Discovery Center for hosting the DVOC’s annual meeting. He said that we get free use of the Discovery Center in exchange for leading walks there but we need volunteers to lead a walk once a month. Victoria Sindlinger said that anybody who…

This was a Zoom-only meeting. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:32 PMGregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 34 on Zoom.  The minutes from January 12 were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee – Gregg Gorton for Nilesh Shah New members for January – Lela Stanley, Daniel Sloan, Dieter Schifferli, Gary Karpinski, Ben Filreis. Field Trips – Navin Sasikumar for…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the Commons room at the Academy. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:32 PM Gregg (remote) introduced all the officers and welcomed guests.  Attendees: 43 on Zoom, 22 in person.  The minutes from January 19th were approved.  Gregg said that the Trustees report wasn’t ready and will be given at the…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES room at the Academy. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg (remote) introduced all the officers and welcomed guests.  Attendees: 30 on Zoom, 19 in person.  The minutes from February 2nd were approved.  Trustees Report – Chris Walters We still have a sizable amount of money in…

This was a virtual-only meeting. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg (remote) introduced all the officers and welcomed guests.  Attendees: 40 on Zoom.  The minutes from February 16th were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee – Nilesh Shah In February, we’ve had 4 new members – Marq Forste, Lisa Powley, Carol Cunningham, and Denise Coogan. The membership committee is…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:30 PM Gregg (remote) introduced all the officers and welcomed guests.  Attendees: 22 in-person, 28 on Zoom.  The minutes from March 2nd were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee – Linda Timlin One new member for March – Susan Behr. We also have…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Gregg also welcomed Liz Billings and Karen Walters for the special Billings night meeting.  Attendees: 22 in-person, 10 on Zoom.  The minutes from March 16th were approved.  Council Report Council is reviewing…

This was a special meeting and no official club business was conducted during this meeting. The DVOC had an opportunity to visit the Conversations with Birds exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences and later attend an Academy town hall about grassland birds.…

This was a hybrid meeting with the speaker remote. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:30 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 8 in-person, 22 on Zoom.  No minutes from the last meeting because it was a special meeting and no club business was conducted.  Committee Reports Membership Committee…

This was a special meeting and no official club business was conducted during this meeting. The DVOC, in collaboration with the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and In Color Birding Club hosted the Urban Birder, David Lindo for a short talk and Q&A session afterward. The Q&A session was moderated by Jason Hall of In Color Birding Club.…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:30 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 18 in-person, 20 on Zoom.  No minutes from the last meeting because it was a special meeting and no club business was conducted.  Council Report – Gregg Gorton The fundraising for…

This was a hybrid meeting with a live speaker and Zoom broadcasting. These minutes were taken by Gregg Gorton, while the regular secretary, Navin Sasikumar, was on vacation. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg introduced all the officers. Attendees: 12 in-person and 25 on Zoom for a total of 37. No guests The minutes from the last meeting, in June, were approved. Council –  Gregg Gorton Gregg mentioned that there had been a…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton Call to Order: 7:30 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 14 in-person, 29 on Zoom.  Minutes from the last meeting were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee The following members were added in September: Meredith Elizalde, Patricia Hastie, Jeremy Fahringer, Christian Scheibe…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom and the speaker was remote. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton (remote) Call to Order: 7:30 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 7 in-person, 17 on Zoom.  Minutes from the last meeting were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee – Gregg Gorton for Nilesh Shah No new members…

November 17th Congratulations to Lauren Diamond for putting together such a memorable event. Nearly 80 people registered for the Annual Banquet which is better than last year and a sign that people are going back to normal after the pandemic. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the good food and camaraderie. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton 8:00 pm – Gregg welcomed all to the banquet and introduced the officers and council. A special…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom and the speaker was remote. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton (remote) Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 10 in-person, 53 on Zoom.  No minutes needed to be approved since the last meeting was the banquet. Committee Reports Membership Committee – Nilesh Shah…

This was a hybrid meeting. The in-person portion was in the BEES classroom and the speaker was remote. Instructions for registration were announced on the website and weekly digest. Call to Order: President Gregg Gorton (remote) Call to Order: 7:31 PM Gregg introduced all the officers and welcomed guests. Attendees: 16 in-person, 24 on Zoom.  Minutes from the last meeting were approved.  Committee Reports Membership Committee – Linda Timlin Three new birders have submitted applications…