SERVICE PROJECT SELECTION

When selecting the Opportunity/service/AT you performed, FIRST find the correct project category! 

AT: Chapter Approved (if you can’t find the specific AT, you attended)
      Opportunity Type -- Advanced Training ALWAYS
      Comment Box – WHERE/LOCATION, WHAT TOPIC/TITLE, BY WHO
       Example – TPML, Tree Selection/Maintenance by David Will

CB: Chapter Business FOR CHAPTER MEETING 
	      Opportunity type – Admin ALWAYS
                    Drop-down Box ALWAYS
                    Select Chapter Meeting
                    Comment Box - briefly say what was covered i.e. new board member/committees introduced, etc

CB: Chapter Business for REFRESHMENT at Chapter Meeting (this is another separate entry)
	      Opportunity type – Admin ALWAYS
                    Drop-down Box ALWAYS
                    Select Hospitality (flat rate of 1 hour for bringing a refreshment)
                    Comment Box -- brought refreshment to Chapter Meeting
                    
FR (FIELD RESEARCH): Chapter Approved – species surveys, Citizen Science 
      Examples: butterfly surveys, species watch i.e. feeder watch, banding/tagging, Stream Team
                     Opportunity type – always Service Project.
                      Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT         Example: GRSP, butterfly survey with Ranger Hensley

 FR (FIELD RESEARCH): Chapter Approved – CoCoRaHs
                      Opportunity type – always Service Project
                      Comment Box – CoCoRaHs
                      IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, it will NOT be   
                      approved until the END OF THE MONTH. If out of town, you may need to make more entries.

NPA (NATURE/PUBLIC ACCESS):  Chapter Approved – developing new or maintaining/improving existing trails/gardens such as Guadalupe River South Trail or TPML gardens
                    Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT        Example:  weeding at TPML

PO (PUBLIC OUTREACH) -- indirect where participants ‘come and go’
                       Examples: manning booth or visitor center, writing articles/brochures 
                       Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT
                                        Example:  GRSP Discovery Center. Opened/closed center, fielded ?s on   
                                        displays, checked out binoculars and fishing equipment

PO (PUBLIC OUTREACH)/FESTIVALS – indirect where participants ‘come and go’
                       Examples: manning booth at Earth Day, Folk Festival, Arbor Day
                       Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT        Example:   TPML, Earth Day, manned trunks 

RM (RESOURCE MANAGEMENT): Chapter Approved -- remove invasive species/trash, restore or  
improve natural habitat, tree planting 
                       Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT  
                        Example:  CL gorge, removed invasives, added new waddles; pick up trash on South Trail 

TG (TECHNICAL GUIDANCE): Chapter Approved – site visits for ecosystem management, LARP, habitat conservation plans 
                       Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT         Example:  GRSP, LARP assessment 

TR (TRAINING & EDUCATING others DIRECTLY) – ‘captive audience’ participants stay for the whole event i.e. tour through the gorge, event at Bracken Bat Cave, classroom instruction with trunks
*** THIS INCLUDES GUIDES AND DOCENTS 
                        Opportunity type – always Service Project
                       Comment Box – WHERE & WHAT          Example:  Bracken Bat Cave, tour docent