Chapter Meeting Minutes
April 17, 2024
Intracoastal Brewing Company
6:30 Call to order – Kris Baker, Chair Welcome!
- Vice Chair Nina Hunt, presenting on her trip to Tallahassee to represent Space Coast chapter for Hill Day!
EC/Program/Campaign Reports
- Chair Report: Kris
- New Volunteer Coordinator - Deb Richardson
- Grants - waiting on grant notifications (Kris/Bill/Brandon)
- Ballard Park- no letter of support, waiting on City of Melbourne
- Verdi Eco School – help with water samples 4/23, Kris participated in sustainable summit
- Adopt a Hwy A1A relocation – sign has not been relocated yet
- Kris presenting to Aquarina condos for Earth Day
- Discussion about sponsoring beach wheel chair for communities
- Long doggers international surfing day collab
- Vice Chair Report: Nina
- Hill Day - Nina represented the Space Coast Chapter this year
- Spoke to 7 different state reps & senators throughout the day
- Protecting clean water/public health – Safe Waterway Act
- Plastic pollution; progress on balloon releases
- Aux containers/restaurants reducing plastic waste
- Climate change/coastal resilience
- Secretary Report: Kelly
- Sign in sheet – everyone getting emails?
- Treasurer Report: Chris absent. Kris to report
- Blue Water Task Force BWTF: Kris
- Social Media Chair – Kelly
- Social Media- follow/repost on socials
- Ocean Friendly Gardens – Bill
- 4/26 Bioswale Indialantic, meet at 9AM
- Ocean Friendly Restaurants – Joanie
- Anyone interested in forming a committee? Need more
engagement
- Beach Bucket Foundation - no report
Past Events Recap
- 4/6 Sponsored beach clean up at Aquarina
- great turn out... ran out of buckets!
- 4/6 International Coastal Clean Up- Trash Bash
- 4/6 Movie night
- evening showing great turn out, people love our movie events
- 4/13 Space coast classic race
Upcoming Events
- 4/26 Earth Day Planting – Bioswale in Indialantic 9:30-12:30 Park on 8th Ave
- 5/15 General Meeting at Tiny Turtle; beach clean up before 5:30 at Minuteman Beach by Coconuts
- 5/18 Beach clean up at Blockhouse Beach PSFB 8:30 am
Updated/New Business
General Meeting Adjourn