To: West Galveston Island Property
Owners Association Members
MINUTES: The minutes of our July 21 meeting will be on our website, www.wgipoa.com, at a later date.
MEETING: The next meeting will be on August 18, 2012, beginning at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and coffee and 9:00 AM for the meeting at the Moody Gardens Hotel, Garden Terrace Room.
NOTE: CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE FOR 8/18 MEETING TO MOODY GARDENS HOTEL, IN THE GARDEN TERRACE ROOM, Second Floor!
PROGRAM: The West Galveston Island Property Owners Association is very pleased to have the Helen Young, Deputy Commissioner, Coastal Resources, from the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The presentation will focus on an update of coastal issues including a discussion about the impact of the Texas Supreme Court decision on the Severance Case.
Please invite your neighbors and friends and come for breakfast burritos at 8:30 AM.
WGIPOA NEWSLETTER: The Volume two, issue two of the GalvestonWestender Newsletter is available with excellent articles to read. Please see the Newsletter at http://www.galvestonwestender.
Sea Turtles Donation: The HEART (Help Endangered Animals – Ridley Turtles) organization needs your help to protect the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. HEART is a 501©3 charitable organization and donations are tax deductible. Visit the website at: http://www.ridleyturtles.org/ and please make a donation and to:
HEART, P.O. Box 681231, Houston, Texas 77268-1231.
Upcoming Events:
Ongoing: Join the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and automatically become a member of the Texas Chapter. See www.asbpa.org and www.texasasbpa.org for details.
August 17, 2012: Texas Chapter of the ASBPA at the Galveston Convention Center, 11:30AM, Galleon Room. Guest speaker, Colonel Leonard Waterworth, Executive Director, Port of Houston
September 15, 2012: WGIPOA Meeting at the Moody Gardens Hotel with Guest Speaker Bob Stokes, President of the Galveston Bay Foundation
September 26-28, 2012: FSBPA (Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association) annual conference, Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples, FL. See www.fsbpa.com for details.
October 9-12, 2012: ASBPA National Coastal Conference, Catamaran Resort, San Diego, CA., check www.asbpa.org
October 20, 2012: WGIPOA Meeting at the Moody Gardens Hotel with guest speaker GLO Commissioner Jerry Patterson.
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on August 18, 2012, at the Moody Gardens Hotel, starting at 8:30 with breakfast burritos and coffee and at 9:00 AM for the meeting.
Jerry Mohn
President