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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #150 on: February 02, 2016, 11:22:05 AM »
I would recommend the following:

Name: Snoqualmie Chapter
Focus: Mule Deer
Meeting Location: Issaquah for primary meetings – Banquets and events to be decided and formalized at meetings.

Is everyone good with Issaquah for this next meeting? I don’t know where everyone is located, but I can throw together a quick excel spreadsheet with names and cities and link it to a map and see where a good central location is for everyone. Issaquah works for me, but I see a lot of people from all over the area, and think it should be a group decision.

Per Dan, “To become a chapter, all the group needs to do is submit a Charter Application.  That's it.  No requirement beyond that.
That being said, there's not much use in having a chapter if the chapter doesn't do anything, like hold a banquet to raise funds to put on the ground, take part in local shows to promote and educate, assist or lead projects, etc.  None of that is required, but it is, after all, why most groups start chapters, and I would hope the same for this group and area.  Too much good work out there that needs to be done, and proactive people are the ones who get those things accomplished.”

So, for this next meeting, I think we need to choose banquet chairs, get the Charter Application in, come up with a process/workflow for banquets to raise funds, future shows to attend, and projects to volunteer for. Dan and MDF have a ton of resources available to us once we become a formal chapter.

Thoughts?

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #151 on: February 02, 2016, 01:26:55 PM »
Just a couple of thoughts.

I think Issaquah is a great place to meet again, we had a great turn out for the informational meeting.

I think any establishment that has a more private room would be good and pizza places almost always have something like that.  I am not familiar with what is in Issaquah but I am sure I could get something off of Google.

I would say whichever of the two dates suggested that Dan could attend would be better.

I think Dan has the list of emails for those who attended that meeting if we could get our hands on that to make sure everyone gets invited back that would be great.

I say lets talk about the name at the meeting to take a vote.

Also talk about what the focus will be, from the people I talked to at the meeting it seemed like mule deer but we can confirm that at the next meeting.

Jim or Josh, have etiher of you talked to Dan?  I saw him at the sportsmans show and don't have a problem reaching out to him for the list of contacts, asking which meeting he could make and pinning down a place in Issaquah with a meeting room for dinner.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #152 on: February 02, 2016, 01:31:25 PM »
I've talked to him off and on but nothing significant. I can shoot him a text and ask him for the list.
Whatever you guys think.
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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #153 on: February 02, 2016, 01:58:20 PM »
Our own section on the site, great idea guys, well done! :tup:
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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #154 on: February 02, 2016, 03:10:43 PM »
Thursday's are the best day for me. JK, your plan sounds good to me for starters.

I live in Buckley and I know we had guys there from Mill Creek, so Issaquah seems like a good mid point.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #155 on: February 02, 2016, 03:52:08 PM »
I've talked to him off and on but nothing significant. I can shoot him a text and ask him for the list.
Whatever you guys think.
I haven't talked to Dan yet. Shoot him a text. I thought he had a depredation tag to fill, but I wasn't sure when he said he would be hunting, so I was hoping he would jump in when he was done. Don't quote me on this, I could be completely wrong. :D

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #156 on: February 02, 2016, 03:56:21 PM »
Going back through the posts M_Ray said that Roundtable Pizza in Issaquah had a room that you could reserve in advance.  I am thinking that is a good idea.
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I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #157 on: February 02, 2016, 04:06:27 PM »
Just a couple of thoughts.

I think Issaquah is a great place to meet again, we had a great turn out for the informational meeting.

I think any establishment that has a more private room would be good and pizza places almost always have something like that.  I am not familiar with what is in Issaquah but I am sure I could get something off of Google.

I would say whichever of the two dates suggested that Dan could attend would be better.

I think Dan has the list of emails for those who attended that meeting if we could get our hands on that to make sure everyone gets invited back that would be great.

I say lets talk about the name at the meeting to take a vote.

Also talk about what the focus will be, from the people I talked to at the meeting it seemed like mule deer but we can confirm that at the next meeting.

Jim or Josh, have etiher of you talked to Dan?  I saw him at the sportsmans show and don't have a problem reaching out to him for the list of contacts, asking which meeting he could make and pinning down a place in Issaquah with a meeting room for dinner.

Agreed. Even if Dan can't make it, we should be able to get these next steps going.  :twocents: PM inbound on locations I have reached out to.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #158 on: February 02, 2016, 05:54:30 PM »

As far as other locations, I called the Roundtable pizza in Issaquah and they have a separate meeting room that can be reserved a few days in advance.

The Good - They don't charge a fee, it is quiet cause it is a separate room and there isnt a trivia night  :chuckle:
The Bad - They will not except a long term reservation say like every 3rd Wednesday of month for the year, You must call each time
The Ugly - Well its pizza so I refer to it as death disc but its soooo tasty! but bad for you  :(

I called Zeke's up on the Issaquah highlands and they say they have room for groups however they don't have a separate room, but better pizza  :dunno: ...  just stay away from Wednesdays  cause that is trivia night  :o
If anyone has any other ideas by all means look into it, I only suggested a pizza joint cause typically they have space, its quiet and there isnt a fee.

They have a separate room that can be reserved for free.


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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #159 on: February 02, 2016, 07:30:56 PM »
I sent a couple of PMs from my work laptop and it doesn't look like they went through. For some reason I have an issue on the website from my work computer.  Anyways, I called roundtable pizza and they accept reservations 3 - 7 days ahead of time and no fee to use their room. I know someone already did this, so don't ask why I did it again haha. I also called Issaquah Brewery and they have two rooms. They don't charge a venue fee Sunday - Thursday. Friday and Saturday they "might" charge a fee being their busy days. The rooms are separated from the restaurant so noise won't be an issue.

Sorry the messages didn't go through earlier. I am down for what ever we need and decide. I just want to make sure this doesn't stall and fizzzz out.


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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #160 on: February 06, 2016, 08:53:18 AM »

Has anyone else heard of this?  If this was posted previously I apologize.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #162 on: February 08, 2016, 08:35:37 AM »

Has anyone else heard of this?  If this was posted previously I apologize.

 Amazon Smile

    I don't know how many of you are aware of it, but Amazon will donate .5% of the price of any purchase you make through their Amazon Smile program. You access it by going through smile.amazon.com to shop. They have a searchable database of charitable organizations. I had heard of it but never set it up. When I made a purchase today I was prompted to set it up. I went through the list and saw that NRA, RMEF, and Mule Deer Foundation are all listed as eligible charities. I went ahead and signed up for it as it doesn't cost anything and helps out a charity of your choice. I just figured I would pass it along to those of you that weren't aware of this program.

I have heard of it but honestly never paid much attention to it. Apparently I should have.
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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #163 on: February 08, 2016, 08:59:17 AM »
Obviously it would be best if we could get credit for donations as a chapter.  I will look in to it.

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Re: Sammamish, WA chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation(Location set!)
« Reply #164 on: February 16, 2016, 09:33:16 PM »
Everyone needs to make sure they see the new thread for the updated meeting. We have a back room reserved and a head count would be great. Let's get this chapter started!

 


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