{"id":1723,"date":"2020-10-29T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T02:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/events-2\/annual-meeting\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:21:06","slug":"annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/events\/annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>ANNUAL MEETING<\/h1>\n\t<h2>ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING<\/h2>\n<h3>Tuesday, January 13, 2026<\/h3>\n<h3>Eaton Conservation Hall<\/h3>\n<h4>5:00 PM &#8211; Hors d&#8217;oeuvres \u2022 5:30 PM &#8211; Meeting begins<\/h4>\n\t<h5><strong>Join us at our Nature Center for this member-exclusive event as we highlight key steps forward in conservation for Southwest Florida and explore the challenges and opportunities in the coming year. Members will vote on new and renewing board directors.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/6890a.blackbaudhosting.com\/6890a\/2026-Annual-Members-Meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRSVP HERE\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>For instructions on how to RSVP, please <a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/How-to-Register-Online-for-Conservancy-Events.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. For inquiries, please contact Angie Chirino at angiec@conservancy.org or (239) 403-4206.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<h4><strong>Slate of New Candidates for Election to First Term<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t<h5><strong>Ken Cole<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Robin McClanathan<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Ric Phillips<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Dave Tolmie<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t<h4><strong>Slate of Candidates for Renewal to a Second Term<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t<h5><strong>Linda Grijalva<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Roger Weston<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t<h4>Thank you to our sponsor<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/greenleaftrust.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GT_Naples_Lockup_Vert_Green-002.png\" alt=\"GT Naples Lockup Vert Green (002)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"657\" width=\"713\" title=\"GT Naples Lockup Vert Green (002)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/events\/annual-meeting\/proxy\/\">If you are unable to attend in person, please fill out your proxy vote here.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>The meeting will also be livestreamed via Facebook.<\/h5>\n\t\t<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConservancySWF\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConservancySWF\/\"><\/a><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<h6>\n\t\t\tHow You can help\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tHelp protect our water, land and wildlife\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/support-us\/membership\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-membership.png\" alt=\"Become a Member\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Become a Member<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Membership helps support our work and gets you free membership to the Nature Center and many other perks. Join today!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-donate.png\" alt=\"Donate\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Donate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of our funding comes from people like you who care about protecting our environment in Southwest Florida.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/support-us\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-volunteer.png\" alt=\"Volunteer\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Volunteer<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A variety of fun volunteer opportunities are available. Interact with a variety of people, learn new skills, and enhance and share your knowledge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNUAL MEETING ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Eaton Conservation Hall 5:00 PM &#8211; Hors d&#8217;oeuvres \u2022 5:30 PM &#8211; Meeting begins Join us at our Nature Center for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17363,"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1723\/revisions\/17363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}