WEST GALVESTON ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
4210 Silver Reef PBW#1, Galveston, TX 77554
TEL: 409-737-5768 FAX: 409-737-5951
Email: mohn@msn.com
To: West Galveston Island Property
Owners Association Members
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January 8, 2009
MINUTES: The December 20, 2008, meeting minutes will be on our website later at, www.wgipoa.com
MEETING: The next meeting will be back to our regular format and it is on January 17, 2009, 9:00 AM, at Moody Gardens Hotel in the Vine Room (first floor).
PROGRAM: Karen Mahoney, City Council Member, will be the guest speaker and her theme will be: “So. What’s New for District 6?”
Come joins us for coffee and donuts before the meeting.
Sea Turtles Donation: The HEART (Help Endangered Animals – Ridley Turtles) organization needs your help to protect the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. HEART is a 501©3 charitable organization and donations are tax deductible. Visit the website at: http://www.ridleyturtles.org/ and please make a donation and to: HEART, P.O. Box 681231, Houston, Texas 77268-1231
Upcoming Events:
Ongoing: Join the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and automatically become a member of the Texas Chapter. See www.asbpa.org and www.texasasbpa.org for details.
January 12 - 14, 2009: Ninth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium on What is Needed to Sustain Our Estuary? The conference will be held at the Galveston Island Convention Center, Galveston, Texas
Feb. 18-20, 2009: 22nd National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, at the Trade Winds Island Resorts, St. Petersburg Beach, FL. Visit: www.FSBA.com/seminar.htm for information and registration.
March 25-27, 2009: American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Coastal Summit, at the Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC. Further information will be posted at www.asbpa.org when available.
Sept. 16-18, 2009: Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association (FSBPA) Annual Meeting, Amelia, Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL.
Oct. 14-16, 2009: American Shore & beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) National Coastal Conference at the Trade Winds Island Resort, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on January 17 at the Moody Gardens Hotel in the Vine Room, starting at 8:30 for coffee and doughnuts and at 9:00 AM for the meeting.
Jerry A. Mohn
President
