June Meeting Announcements

To see all of the June Meeting announcements, please go here: June_2017_Meeting_All_AnnouncementsV1 (1)

VMS Update  

Updates to the VMS Portal page on our website:

1. A new login link. The one with the red/yellow/green bars was not secure. Hackers could steal your VMS ID and password.
2. A spreadsheet of all VH and AT activities since the beginning of the year. This is a big help when making entries to VMS.
3. How to Decipher your VMS Logbook is a graphic guide to logbook so you can determine your AT and VH hours and the current status of their verification. In addition you will find out how to get reports on you achievements at NTMN..
4. Basic Guide to VMS discusses the NTMN version of VMS. Mary Mamantov put this overview together ! so you can understand why AT and VH entries are entered into VMS in the manner that we must follow … hint, it has to do with funding dollars.

Need more help with VMS?  Please contact Whitney Wolf on communications@ntmn.org.  Let her know what you need.

Project Wild Training
This Saturday, June 10, there will be training on Project Wild, a program developed by Texas Parks and Wildlife to assist educators and folks who present training about the environment. The big idea here is that the activities they have developed are designed for various grade levels, align with the learning objectives set for Texas classrooms, and have been shown to work. We don’t need to redesign the wheel, TPWD has already done that.

There are a few more spots available at North Haven Gardens on Saturday. There is more information about this program in the announcements.

Get more information here:  Project Wild Program Guide on TPWD Website

Register for the class here: Reserve your spot:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/educators-workshop-project-wild-by-texas-parks-wildlife-tickets-30859841617

NTMN Chapter Meeting for July 12, 2017, is Our Summer Social!!

The meeting place for the July meeting is:

Texas Discovery Garden
3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75210

Refer to the announcement about the Summer Social for details and directions or check out the calendar posting for more information.

Thanks for your participation,

Bruce Stewart
President
North Texas Master Naturalist