Jersey Bat Group

Hi All,

As you are probably aware we are going to have a stall at the Spring Watch Wild Day out event at La Braye on Saturday 22nd May.

The event runs from 10am until 4pm and volunteers are needed to attend the stall and organise the children’s activities, I will be there for the majority of the day but it would be great to get a few more people to come along as well. If you are able to attend please let me know what times you can do!

Thanks,

ani

For those of you that are interested here are the official posters for the spring watch events we are taking part in:
JBG wild day out Bat walks poster
Spring Watch poster

Just a quick reminder that we are holding a training event on Monday 17th May at Durrell.

Meet in the Internation Training Centre lecture theatre at Durrel at 7.30pm for the theory training, this will be followed by the practical training starting at around 8.30pm.
To get to the International Training Centre lecture theatre. Turn off at the entrance just before the Durrell entrance (coming from Trinity) or just after (coming from St Martins), go down the long drive and park where they see other cars, then walk further on down to the buildings at the end.

Hope to see you all there.

Thanks,

ani

Incase any one is interested here is a link to an article from the BBC concerning moth numbers falling which will effect bat numbers: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10114969.stm

Title: Oaklands Survey
Location: Oaklands house, Trinity
Description: Emergence survey of Oaklands house prior to building work.
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2010-05-26

As those that attended the meeting know, we are going to be conducting an emergence survey of Oaklands in Trinity for which we will receive a £250 donation from the owner. We need to conduct this survey at the end of May/beginning of June and the building surveyor needs to know the date and the number of people that will be on site in advance, therefore we need to organise numbers and a date that everyone who wants to take part is available. If you want to be involved in this survey please add a comment with your name and available dates/unavailable dates for late May/early June.

Thanks,

ani

Based on the comments I suggest we have the initial date as Wednesday 26th May, but if the weather is bad have thursday 27th, Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd as back up dates. Let me know if you can make those dates as I need to tell the surveyor how many of us will be on site for health and safety.

Thanks,

ani

Thank you to all who attended last nights meeting.

We now have 3 new committee members.
I am continuing as Chair for another year, Pam De Gruchy has taken over as Treasurer, Kate Sharma has taken over as Secretary and David Tipping has joined as a committee officer.

As well as electing the new committee we have also arranged a training event for all bat group members and decided to take part in the Spring Watch festival and Wild Day Out. Full details of the minutes and events to follow.

ani

Title: Spring Watch Wild Day Out Bat Walks
Location: TBC
Description: We will be hosting a couple of bats walks for the public on 5th and 6th June as part of the Spring Watch Wild Day out. Details to be confirmed.
Start Date: 2010-06-05
End Date: 2010-06-06

Title: Training Event
Location: Durrell
Description: We will be holding a training event for all JBG members. This will involve theory training in the Durrell lecture hall followed by practical training in the Durrell grounds.
Date: 2010-05-17

We are going to be having a meeting at 7.30pm on Monday 12th April in the large members room at the Societe.

Keeley has decided to step down as treasurer for the group therefore we are taking this opportunity to open up all the commitee roles. If you would like to nominate yourself as Treasurer, Secretary or Chair person please let me know.
It is Jersey law that all charities require a Treasurer, Secretary and Chair person therefore it is very important that we fill these roles.