March 2006 1 Executive Director 2 Associate Director 3 Membership 4 Publications 5 Sales and Events 6 Development 7 Financial Report 8 Action Plan return to memo region/section accounts board report addresses/phones

1. Update by the Executive Director Tim Merriman, Executive Director Budget and Cash Flow Membership income continues to be lower than expected while ad sales and certification are doing very well. We are meeting weekly as a staff and working on strategies and tactics to rebuild membership revenue and numbers. Our certification workshops are selling out very well this year. Cash flow is a problem right now and we are relying on the line of credit. Spring workshops should help with this. Business Plan We are working on a visual display of business plan indicators for the office that will keep all of our measurable objectives on staff minds each day. We hope to use this to stimulate ideas to meet or surpass objectives. Building Our new parking area is nearly finished and should be fully functional at the Board meeting at the National Office in June. Consults and Grants The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program is looking for the funding for Phase 1 development of their ecopark/raptor project in Fort Collins. We have a bid of $32,500 in that phase of the project. We still await payments of $62,000 and $32,000 on grants already approved through the USEPA, FWS, and NPS. Hopefully those funds will come in soon. We have other grant proposals submitted to several foundations. We also expect a payment of $27,000 or more from the Gates Family Foundation Grant by June or July. that will support the building project. Definitions Project June 1 and 2 will be the next meeting of the Definitions Project at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The third meeting will be in Fort Collins in August and the final meeting back at NCTC in West Virginia. Legacy Trust Fund The Legacy Trust Fund total for 2005 amounted to $242,405 which added to previous gifts has brought total support for the building fund to $761,421. We have taken in about $5,525 thus far in 2006. Julie continues to meet with regularly with potential donors to continue the campaign through the year while also raising sponsorship funds for IWH and NIW 2006. For more information on Legacy Trust Fund click here. Networking Lisa and I went to Vancouver, British Columbia, on funding provided by their Convention and Visitors Bureau to look at IWH sites for 2007 and to meet with Interpretation Canada (IC). We had an excellent meeting with three officers of IC and hope to have them involved in IWH 2007 as a partner. The details are yet to be worked out but this was an important first conversation toward that end. Deb Tewell represented NAI at the APPL workshop in Little Rock, AR, and heard Richard Louv speak, author of Last Child in the Woods. We have since confirmed his contract for NIW 2006 and I will be interviewing him on March 28 for Legacy Magazine. Staff Changes We are beginning a search for the Certification Manager position but will not hire on it until we are certain that revenue streams are meeting or surpassing our expectations for the year. http://www.interpnet.com/interpnet/contactus.htm. Strategic Plan Please look at the Strategic Planning page in this report and see if you have any updates to make based upon your efforts related to those tasks. Please let Jim Covel know of any updates at JCovel@mbayaq.org. Training Lisa and I will be training with a full CIT class in Gainesville, Florida, in mid-March. I will be speaking at the Massachusetts Governor's Tourism Conference in Springfield, MA, on March 29 for a consultancy fee. This meeting attracts about 750 people each year. Travel Plans My upcoming travel may be viewed at www.interpnet.com/board/schedule.htm.