[Ctleps-l] Reminder - CBA spring meeting
Peter DeGennaro
degennap at gmail.com
Wed Apr 10 11:57:02 EDT 2019
I should note that we need a head count by this coming weekend so please
send in your payments via check or paypal soon so we can get an idea of how
many will be attending.
Peter
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 10:27 PM Peter DeGennaro <degennap at gmail.com> wrote:
> In celebration of the CBA's 25th anniversary, the CBA's spring meeting
> will begin with a luncheon at 1pm followed by a talk by Rich Cech on
> Saturday April 20th at the Audubon Office at Stratford Point, 1207 Prospect
> Drive, Stratford, CT 06615. Please note that there is a ten dollar fee
> per person for a catered lunch. There is a 50 person limit due to space
> constraints. Follow this link for payment information/directions:
> http://ctbutterfly.org/programs/
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> *Connecticut Butterfly AssociationSpring MeetingandTwenty-fifth
> Anniversary CelebrationSaturday, April 20, 2018Luncheon 1:00 PMProgram 2:00
> PM*
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> *Stratford Point1207 Prospect DriveStratford, CT 06615*
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> *This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the
> Connecticut Butterfly Association. Please join us for the celebration of
> this special milestone. To mark the occasion, we are having a special event
> – a luncheon followed by a presentation by Rick Cech: Butterfly Taxonomy in
> the New World – A New World for Observers.*
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> *An active field naturalist, author, and photographer, Rick Cech is an
> affiliate curator at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in
> Entomology. He is the principal author and photographer of Butterflies of
> the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide (Princeton, 2005), and wrote A
> Distributional Checklist of the Butterflies and Skippers of the New York
> City Area.*
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> *It has taken some decades for the promise of DNA-based analysis to reach
> maturity. Recently, the family relationships of butterflies have been much
> clarified, an effort drawing on the work of multiple international
> contributors. For observers, the rewards of this effort can be personal as
> well as intellectual – helping finally sort out some long-confusing tangles
> among butterfly groups, especially in the Neotropics. Join Rick for a
> photo-illustrated tour of some recent revelations.*
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> *The luncheon will be catered by Bella Napoli. The cost is $10 per person
> payable by check to the Connecticut Butterfly Association, c/o Lenny Brown
> Treasurer, 5 Vumbaco Drive, Wallingford CT 06492.You can also use Paypal at
> $10.61 per person to offset processing fees: send to degennap at gmail.com
> <degennap at gmail.com>, all proceeds are forwarded to the CBA treasurer.*
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> *Directions: Stratford Point is located at 1207 Prospect Drive, Stratford.
> It is on the left of the street before the lighthouse, and the entry
> driveway has a large metal gate with the address on it.*
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> *Please join us!*
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> Peter DeGennaro
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> President
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> Connecticut Butterfly Association
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