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Welcome to El Dorado Audubon!

A California Chapter of the National Audubon Society serving the communities of Artesia, Avalon, Bellflower, Carson, Cypress, Hawaiian Gardens, La Palma, Lakewood, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Paramount, Rossmoor, San Pedro, Seal Beach, Signal Hill, Sunset Beach, and Wilmington.

Mission

Photo 2The mission of the El Dorado Audubon Society is the conservation of native birds and their habitats. The society provides leadership in conservation and educates its members and the community, so that they may appreciate birds and participate in the society's conservation efforts.

May Events at a Glance:

 

URGENT BULLETIN (5/1/2008):

This Saturday, May 3rd,  the southern half of Calfornia's Audubon chapters is having their quarterly meeting at the Nature Center. It's a nice opportunity to hear what other chapters are doing and to meet some of the folks from Audubon California office. This meeting is going to have a workshop on grant writing in addition to hearing from the other chapters. There is a bird walk at 8 AM and meeting at 9am to about 3pm with our group providing lunch. Any Audubon member is welcome to come for any part of the day, morning, lunch or the aftrernoon.

From Claran Levakis, Nominating Chair:

Nomination of Chapter Officers

This is the time of year when the Nominating Committee for El Dorado Audubon announces the proposed slate of officers to serve on our Executive Board during our next administrative year, which runs from July 1st to June 30th.

The following chapter members have
accepted nomination:
President Open
First Vice President Mary Parsel
Second Vice President Open
Treasurer Eleanor Beland
Secretary Michelle Baney

As you can see, we are lacking nominees for the positions of President and Second Vice President, certainly not a satisfactory state of affairs. We are calling for nominations for the empty positions, as well as alternate nominations for the offices, which have been filled. Almost every member of our current and proposed board has served in their position for a number of years; indeed, many of our officers have rotated from one position to another over the past several years. We have a real need for "new blood" on our board and on our committees. While we understand that President would be a bit of a leap for someone really new to chapter activism and leadership, the position of Second Vice President, for example, has no specific duties associated with it, aside from being a
potential second back-up should both the President and the First Vice President be unavailable to perform a certain function on a particular date. Ideally, Vice Presidents either chair or are members of a chapter committee. (Speaking of which, we need volunteers for various committees as well.) If we are to continue as a local Audubon chapter serving Long Beach, Seal Beach and neighboring communities, we must have members willing to step forward and try their hands at deeper involvement in this organization. If you were active in the past and willing to serve again, or if you are new and want to see where you might fit in the chapter leadership, please contact me or any of the board members listed on the back of our newsletter. We will also accept nominations from the floor during our
May general meeting. It would be a terrible shame to my mind if El Dorado Audubon ceased to exist due to lack of interest just as we are about to celebrate our 40th year. We have collectively been involved in many significant achievements in the local environmental community since our founding in 1969. Volunteering in an organization such as ours is an important component of good citizenship. It also affords good role models for our children and young adults. Last, but definitely not least, it presents the opportunity to enjoy good fellowship with like-minded people. (Translation: It's a lot of fun!) Please give serious consideration to participating in your local Audubon Chapter. Our community, our local wildlife and habitats and you will all be richer for it.

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