VH/AT Opportunity Request Form

Fill out the form below and press the “Submit” button to send the VH/AT Opportunity Request Form to the VH/AT Director.
If you have questions, please direct them to the VH/AT Director at vhat@bptmn.org for review.

This form is not necessary for events associated with our partner organizations as those are automatically approved.  Our current partners are Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, Connemara Meadow Preserve, Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, and Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center (LLELA).

The complete process is:

  1. Member makes a request by completing the form below.
  2. In general, the VH/AT committee evaluates requests from the previous week at the beginning of the next week.
  3. Most requests will be approved or disapproved at that time.
    1. For individual requests, the requesting member will be notified of the decision.
    2. For chapter-wide requests, the requesting member, Communications Director, and events calendar coordinator will all be notified.
  4. The more unique requests will need board approval. For these entries, the requesting member will be notified that their request will be presented to the board at the next board meeting along with the recommendation of the VH/AT committee.
    1. These Recommendations are made based on a fairly lengthy set of guidelines from the state as to what are acceptable and unacceptable Opportunities and activities.
    2. Next, the Board accepts/rejects/modifies those recommendations at its next regularly scheduled monthly and documents those decisions in the minutes for that meeting.
    3. At this point, the requesting member will be notified of their request status.
    4. The minutes are approved at the NEXT Board meeting. On occasion, the previous decisions are clarified or amended prior to the final approval.
    5. After the minutes are approved, the event will be added to the Calendar.

VH AT Opportunity Request

    Note that some activities can be used for both. An existing example is the Chapter’s monthly speaker. The Speaker gets VH for giving the talk and the listeners get AT for hearing it. But Trail Maintenance would probably be VH only.
    An ongoing activity is something like trail maintenance A single occurrence might be something like building the new trail to begin with.
    Is this VH or AT request just for you or chapter wide?
  • Dates should be entered in mm/dd/yyyy format. If multiple dates are requested, please separate them with a comma.
  • What time will the event start?
  • How long will the event last?
  • Please make sure this partner is not already on the Hours Entry Page Partner dropdown
  • Please be as descriptive as possible when explaining the details of the event.
  • Please check all boxes that apply to this VH opportunity.
  • Please check all boxes that apply to this AT opportunity. The first four questions are required criteria by the TMN State Program. Options 5-10 are also highly recommended criteria by the TMN State Program.
  • As a Blackland Prairie Chapter Master Naturalist how does this Volunteer Service or Advanced Training help you provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within or Blackland Prairie Eco Region? Please be as descriptive as possible regarding what members or the community will gain from this opportunity.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.