Charting a New Course Island” Outing Island” Lessons from Turtleback Shaping Our Future
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Process Black Black Process Process Yellow Yellow Process Process Magenta Magenta Process Process Cyan Cyan Process Process 301721-SJPT_Spring2011.indd 1 1 301721-SJPT_Spring2011.indd 301721-SJPT_Spring2011.indd 3/25/11 9:31:47 AM AM 9:31:47 9:31:47 3/25/11 3/25/11 SPRING 2011 WWW.SJPT.ORG Please join us for membership invited to vote abbreviated statements for board of trustees of financial position the san juan preservation trust’s nd The San Juan Preservation Trust is governed by a volunteer board of As of December 31 (in thousands) 32 annual meeting trustees representing islands throughout the archipelago. Each year 2010 2009 Featuring Mary Pope Hutson, our members have the opportunity to vote for new or incumbent assets trustees. This year’s nominating committee members (Carolyn Executive Vice President of the Land Trust Alliance Haugen, Margie Carper, Lori Stokes, Doug Tidwell and Judy Meyer) Cash $321 $204 are pleased to submit the following slate of candidates. Profile of Pledges & other receivables 126 129 new candidate is included here; profiles of incumbent candidates are 6,556 6,404 saturday, may 14, 2011 Investments available at www.sjpt.org/about/people. Conservation land 20,739 13,028 11:45 am - 1:45 pm 92 40 2011 candidate profile Other San Juan Island Yacht Club total assets 27,834 19,805 273 Front Street, Friday Harbor peter ways (henry island) liabilities 3,355 21 Peter came to the Northwest in 1953 as an intern at Harborview The Yacht Club is located just above the Port of Friday Harbor Marina, net assets 24,479 19,784 Hospital and evolved into a health and wellness doctor with a passion a five-minute walk from the San Juan Island ferry landing. for improving educational process in medical schools and post- total liabilities & net assets $27,834 $19,805 doc training. He has held many positions of high responsibility in meeting agenda: academic medicine, and gained a reputation for successfully bonding I. Welcome at 11:45 am academia with physicians in private practice. He bought his Henry abbreviated summary of activities II. Lunch at 12:00 noon Island property in 1958, and has since been active in island land 31 use issues. In 2003 he served on the steering committee for the For the Years Ended December (in thousands) III. SJPT Conservation Successes Preservation Trust’s successful $950,000 capital campaign to protect 2010 2009 IV. Mary Pope Hutson (a national perspective on land conservation) the Henry Island isthmus. support and revenue V. Adjournment at 1:45 pm General contributions, grants, fees, & other 568 468 VI. Field Trip: “The Butterflies of San Juan Island”; co-led by naturalists Susan Vernon and Thor Hanson. Bequests (for unrestricted purposes) 19 358 Departs from the Yacht Club at 2:00 pm, returns by 5:00 pm. 2011 trustee candidates Gifts of land 1,150 786 Margie Carper (At-Large)* Steve McKeon (Orcas)* Investment income Note: the meeting, lunch, and field trip have been scheduled to accommodate ferry travel to and from all islands. Interest and dividend income 169 155 Field trip transportation to/from yacht club will be provided. Keith Gerrard (Shaw)* Mary Riveland (Orcas)* Net realized gains (losses) on investments 89 (252) Charles Givens (Lopez)* Peter Ways (Henry) Please RSVP to Laurie Naylor at 468-3202 or email Laurie at [email protected] to reserve your lunch at $15 per person. Restricted contributions for land acquisition, Carolyn Haugen (San Juan)* Please indicate if you wish to attend the field trip, which is free of charge. Or, you may fill out the form below and mail your stewardship, endowment and other 3,127 862 reservation request and payment to Box 327, Lopez Island, WA 98261. *incumbent candidates 5,122 2,377 2011 trustee mail-in ballot 392 1,133 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments 32nd annual meeting (Each adult member of SJPT is entitled to a vote.) total support and revenue 5,514 3,510 of the san juan preservation trust voter #1 expenses and acquisitions All candidates Conservation programs 466 544 Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 11:45 am – 1:45 pm Withhold vote for: 264 229 Administration and fundraising at the San Juan Island Yacht Club, Friday Harbor Signature: total expenses 730 773 voter #2 Conservation easement acquisitions 90 1,294 Please reserve seat(s) for the Annual Meeting Enclosed is $15 per person to cover luncheon costs. All candidates total expenses and acquisitions 820 2,067 Please reserve lunch(es) for the Annual Meeting I would like a vegetarian lunch Withhold vote for: net result $4,694 $1,443 Please reserve place(s) for the Field Trip Signature: These abbreviated financial statements are derived from the fully annotated financial statements Please detach and mail this form by Monday, May 9, 2011 submitted to the board of trustees. The financial statements for 2009 were audited by Sanders Guest name(s): reservation deadline: monday, may 9, 2011 & Sanders, CPA, in whose opinion they “present fairly, in all material respects, the financial to the San Juan Preservation Trust, Box 327, Lopez, WA 98261. position of the San Juan Preservation Trust as of December 31, 2009.” The financial statements The slate will be confirmed at the Annual Meeting on May 14th. for 2010 will be audited later this year. bounty of our islands. our of bounty address service requested deep appreciation for the beauty and and beauty the for appreciation deep non-profit.org as public parks, nature preserves, wildlife habitat, and working farms and forests. and farms working and habitat, wildlife preserves, nature parks, public as his enthusiasm for our work through his his through work our for enthusiasm his us postage miles of shoreline and 14,000 acres on 20 islands, including land now managed managed now land including islands, 20 on acres 14,000 and shoreline of miles and understated way, Keith has shown shown has Keith way, understated and paid commitment to our mission. In his quiet quiet his In mission. our to commitment lopez island, wa The Preservation Trust has permanently protected more than 260 properties, 34 34 properties, 260 than more protected permanently has Trust Preservation The permit no. 3 Keith as a partner, and thank him for his his for him thank and partner, a as Keith to our volunteers. We’re glad to have have to glad We’re volunteers. our to his own garden for us to share as gifts gifts as share to us for garden own his harvesting native wildflower seeds from from seeds wildflower native harvesting Box 327 on Orcas, and has been sustainably sustainably been has and Orcas, on in our progress, we hope that you will agree. will you that hope we progress, our in Lopez Island, WA 98261 Hogback Preserve Preserve Hogback lovely the for Steward indication – and we think it is – it appears that we are on the right track. As a partner partner a As track. right the on are we that appears it – is it think we and – indication 360.468.3202 served as the Land Land the as served has Keith recently, new and more replicable approach to conserving island land. If this past year is any any is year past this If land. island conserving to approach replicable more and new www.sjpt.org on our conservation easements. More More easements. conservation our on it is interesting to consider that Turtleback’s true value may have been in effecting a a effecting in been have may value true Turtleback’s that consider to interesting is it Keith has helped with biological surveys surveys biological with helped has Keith -year anniversary of that remarkable effort, effort, remarkable that of anniversary -year the on reflect we as But Trust. Preservation 5 and his wife Ann made their home here - - here home their made Ann wife his and The Campaign to Save Turtleback Mountain was indeed a turning point for the the for point turning a indeed was Mountain Turtleback Save to Campaign The our founding in 1979 - long before he he before long - 1979 in founding our the San Juan Preservation Trust. Since Since Trust. Preservation Juan San the into $15 worth of permanently conserved land. conserved permanently of worth $15 into service to to service had a long history of volunteer volunteer of history long a had save the dates: In the past year alone, we leveraged every membership dollar we received from you you from received we dollar membership every leveraged we alone, year past the In us: resident of Orcas Island since 1992, has has 1992, since Island Orcas of resident Join us for these SJPT membership events! Volunteer of the Year award. Keith, a a Keith, award. Year the of Volunteer stewardship. We will also continue to make the most of the resources that you provide to to provide you that resources the of most the make to continue also will We stewardship. to Keith Jones who has received our our received has who Jones Keith to patience with opportunism, and implement new approaches to conservation finance and and finance conservation to approaches new implement and opportunism, with patience Our heartfelt congratulations are extended extended are congratulations heartfelt Our saturday may 14, 2011 you. As we move forward, we are resolved to remain focused on our priorities, mix mix priorities, our on focused remain to resolved are we forward, move we As you. 32nd Annual Meeting (Friday Harbor) of the year: keith jones keith year: the of volunteers and advisors, and – as always – the remarkable generosity of islanders like like islanders of generosity remarkable the – always as – and advisors, and volunteers introducing our volunteer volunteer our introducing successes to innovative financial tools, the determination of our board of trustees, staff, staff, trustees, of board our of determination the tools, financial innovative to successes saturday july 30, 2011 conservation plan and transacted during challenging economic times.