2019 TBRC Annual Meeting

The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Texas Bird Records Committee (hereafter committee or TBRC) was held at 10:30 AM on 31 August 2019 at the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (BRTC) in College Station, Texas. Keith Arnold served as host. Six members were present in person; three members attended via conference call; one member (Lorenz) could not be there. Those in attendance were:

Members

● Randy Pinkston, Chair

● Eric Carpenter, Secretary (via conference call)

● Keith Arnold, Academician

● Tony Frank

● Mary Gustafson (via conference call)

● Dan Jones (via conference call)

● Petra Hockey

● Chris Runk

● Willie Sekula

The meeting was convened at 10:54 AM.

Election of Members

Carpenter and Arnold were the only nominees respectively for the Secretary and Academician positions. Pinkston stepped down as Chair and Frank was the only nominee for that position. All 3 (Carpenter, Arnold, Frank) were unanimously elected to their respective position.

Runk had his 1^st term expire at the Annual Meeting and was unanimously elected to serve a second term.

With Pinkston stepping down and Frank taking his place as chair, there were 2 nominees for the open Voting Member position - Greg Cook (nominated by Runk) and Mel Cooksey (nominated by Hockey). The merits of each candidate were discussed and then members voted. Mel Cooksey received the most votes and was elected to become a voting member.

Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting, current membership and term of service are as follows:

● Tony Frank, Chair - term expires in 2021; can be re-elected

● Eric Carpenter, Secretary (not a Voting Member) - term expires in 2020; can be re-elected

● Keith Arnold, Academician - term is as listed for Secretary; can be re-elected

● Mel Cooksey – 1^st term expires in 2022, can be re-elected

● Mary Gustafson - 1^st term expires in 2021, can be re-elected

● Willie Sekula - 1^st term expires in 2021, can be re-elected

● Chris Runk – 2^nd term expires in 2022

● Dan Jones – 2^nd term expires in 2021

● Stephan Lorenz – 2^nd term expires in 2021

● Petra Hockey – 2^nd term expires in 2020

The sequence (used primarily for order for oral/4^th round records) of members for voting becomes:

Cooksey

Gustafson

Sekula

Runk

Jones

Lorenz

Hockey

Arnold

Frank

Fourth Round Records

Two fourth-round records were discussed and voted on:

2018-62 - Mexican Violetear (1)

17 - 22 May 2018, Kerrville, Kerr County

accepted 8-0

2016-48 - Brown Booby (1)

21 May 2016, South Padre Island, Cameron County

not accepted 0-8

Adjournment

With no other formal business on the agenda and no Any Other Business items raised, the meeting was adjourned at 11:11AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Eric Carpenter

Secretary, Texas Bird Records Committee