2. Jenny Pluhar 2014 President 2015 SRM Annual Meeting Sacramento, CA 2015 SRM State of the Society

3. THANK YOU to Cal-Pac and the 2015 AMPC!

4. SRM On the GO! o Via meetings of the officers, board, committees & task forces o SRM Washington, DC “Fly-In”- May 2014 o Interagency Range Meeting o Meetings with Embassy of Canada; Industry groups; Congress o Hosted reception – attendees from the agencies, Hill staff, sister societies and industry groups o Promoting SRM – Out on the Land – RFD TV o 2014 Summer BOD meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas (AM 2016) o Membership Action Team Meeting- November 2014

6. Inter-Agency Range Meeting SRM on the Hill

7. Meeting with USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources Butch Blazer

8. Summer BOD Meeting Corpus Christi, Texas

9. 2014 in Review Key achievements and successes o Membership Action Team o Expanded trainings & cooperative agreements o ESDs & agency prioritized programs i.e. soil health, climate hubs, sage grouse & Native American Rangeland Management Capacity Building o Built on the success of the SRM journals, new publishing contract with Elsevier o Enhanced SRM administrative protocols o Budgeting, membership services, annual meeting prep o Promoted SRM’s relationships at the international level o Membership Services Task Force o Website Task Force

10. Membership & Recruitment o SRM membership experiencing flux between 2500-2900 o Membership Action Team – Sandy Wyman (Chair) o Initial Goal: Target graduating seniors, graduate students, and agency personnel for membership o Membership Services Task Force o Define what is needed to process, manage & improve upon the SRM database, membership services & annual meeting registration

11. Positive Trends: Endowment Fund o Generous bequest received from the estate of Don Bettejoe Pendleton. o SRM has received a partial distribution from the estate of $350,000 o Current Endowment balance: $866,774

12. SRM Fiscal Year 2014 Please see handouts for reference and additional information QUESTIONS?? See a member of the SRM BOD or Officers team after the meeting for clarification or to answer any questions or concerns

15. Income

16. Expenses

17. FY 2015 Budget VP Pat Shaver Please see handouts for reference and additional information QUESTIONS?? See a member of the SRM BOD or Officers team after the meeting for clarification or to answer any questions or concerns

21. Keep up with SRM We want to hear from you! Society for Range Management @rangelands #respectontherange #SRM2015 Society for Range Management

22. Moving Forward o Balanced budget – managing cash flow o Active taskforces: Membership, Website, Membership Services o New publisher o Agency agreements, bringing members to trainings o Action on the membership challenges

23. Future is looking good. It was a pleasure driving the SRM pickup. We got a lot out of ‘er this year! Time to hand it over to Pat!