By Carl Maiolani
On Wednesday Feb. 19th, the Membership Committee hosted the 4th New Member Orientation meeting at the Ojibway Nature Centre. Altogether, 26 people participated in this annual event designed to help newish members better understand the organizational structure and workings of our club. We started the session at 6:30 pm with pizza and home-baked cookies courtesy of the board of directors and a couple committee members. Carl Maiolani led the presentation by guiding the group through the Club’s website. A short discussion about each of the site’s pages served to familiarize the attendees with the core aspects of the Club. We covered the Club’s mission, monthly meetings, events including field trips and Bioblitzes, our social media presence, the newsletter, and the books published by the Club. Recommendations for improvements to the website’s pages were offered by those in the audience. A suggestion was made that the Club might have a committee devoted to native plants. All of the suggestions will be passed along to the board for consideration. The Committee expects to hold another orientation meeting at the beginning of 2021. In the meantime all members are encouraged to contact the Committee and get more involved in Club activities in line with whatever their interests or skills are.