~ Notice of Annual Meeting ~

Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 4(c) of the Bylaws of the American Birding Association, Notice is hereby given to members of the American Birding Association, Inc. that the Annual Meeting of Members will be held on Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 4:00 PM, at the Harlingen Convention Center 701 Harlingen Heights Drive, Harlingen, TX 78552, and at any adjourned meeting thereof, as follows:

1 • The election of directors, as described on the reverse;

2 • For such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.

Only members who are in good standing as of 9 November 2019 will be entitled to vote at this meeting. If you do not expect to attend the meeting in person, please complete the proxy ballot below, detach and place in an envelope, affix proper postage, and mail to American Birding Association, P.O. Box 744, Delaware City, DE 19706. Unless otherwise directed by you, your proxy will be voted for all nominated directors.

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REMINDER: Your membership number can be found in your address label on this issue’s cover. Please both SIGN your ballot and PRINT your name legibly.

TEAR HERE TEAR Thank you!

2019 ABA Proxy Card.indd 1 7/30/19 3:19 PM The following have been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Birding Association:

BOARD CANDIDATES FOR 2ND TERM: Arnella has a research background in ecology, wildlife BOARD CANDIDATES FOR 3RD TERM: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– biology, and ornithology. Her ornithological research has –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Julie Davis – Westerville, OH included bird banding in Guatemala where she also estab- Scott Fraser – Albuquerque, NM Julie is an alumna of Purdue University and is an active bird- lished the country’s first hawk monitoring project, as well as Scott Fraser is a technology entrepreneur and birder outside er, kayaker, hiker, and fiber artist. She has volunteered with US studies of the Tundra Swan, Trumpeter Swan, and Least of Philadelphia. His 1997 startup Portico Systems was ac- various birding-related non-profit organizations includ- Tern. She is an active wildlife rehabilitator, a volunteer at quired by McKesson Corporation in 2011. Scott now serves ing the Columbus Audubon Society, the Grange Insurance the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a Director of the as Vice President, Software Development in McKesson’s Audubon Center, and the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Explorer’s Club Washington Group, and a Fellow of the Royal healthcare business. among others. She currently serves as the President of the Geographic Society. Ohio Ornithological Society. Terrell D. Rich – Boise, ID Julie recently retired as the Executive Director of the Old Magill Weber – Phoenix, AZ Terry Rich served as Partners in Flight National Coordina- Worthington Business Association, a 501c(6) organization. Magill is associate general counsel for a large healthcare tor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 2000 until In this role, she not only managed the organization but company focusing on regulatory compliance, contracting, 2014, when he began a Ph.D. in Public Policy at Boise State also coordinated the annual Worthington Arts Festival. She and intellectual property. In the last decade she has worked University. He worked as a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Bu- has also been an art director at a graphic design firm and as an attorney in private practice, as a project director for reau of Land Management (BLM) for 20 years in Colorado, owned both an interior design firm, and Wild About Nature, The Nature Conservancy, and as a consultant to land trusts Idaho and North Dakota. For the last 10 years with BLM, he a retail store. and conservation non-profits. served as the National Nongame Bird Program Leader. He A long-time birder, Magill worked as a bird bum on field has served as a board member and president of the Coo- Arnella Trent – Cambridge, MD projects around the U.S. prior to law school and wrote a per Ornithological Society and served on the council of the Arnella has spent the last twenty years as an Agricultural master’s thesis on the spring stopover ecology of Blackpoll American Ornithologists’ Union. Economist with the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Warblers. She has consulted with a number of conservation Department of Agriculture. She is also an Adjunct Profes- non-profits across the United States and Canada on strate- Lili Taylor – New York, NY sor at the University of Phoenix where she teaches several gic planning and organizational audits. She is an energetic Lili Taylor is an actress well-known for her work in dozens Economics classes. She has a BS in Biology from Xavier Uni- and experienced communicator—in addition to leading an of films over the last three decades, as well as theater and versity of Louisiana and an MS in Agricultural Economics occasional field trip, she coaches a masters rowing team, television. A few of her credits include the HBO drama Six from Oklahoma State. She also spent over two years in the hosts a weekly podcast with thousands of listeners, and Feet Under and films as diverse as Mystic Pizza, Say Any- Peace Corps as a Volunteer Agricultural Marketing Exten- routinely presents to large audiences at national and re- thing, I Shot Andy Warhol, Pecker, Short Cuts, and The Con- sion Agent in Guatemala. gional land trust and conservation non-profit conferences. juring. In 2016, Lili joined the board of National Audubon.

TEAR HERE ~ Proxy—American Birding Association, Inc ~ Know all persons that I, the undersigned, a member in good standing of the American Birding Association, Incorporated, do hereby constitute and appoint John Lowry and Julie Davis with the full power of substitution as attorneys and agents for me, in my name, place, and stead, to vote as my proxy the number of votes I would be entitled to cast if personally present at the meeting of the American Birding Association, Inc., to be held Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 4:00 PM, at the Harlingen Convention Center 701 Harlingen Heights Drive, Harlingen, TX 78552, and at any adjourned meeting thereof, as follows: 1. q For all the nominated directors except withhold authority for the following: ______2. q For the transaction of other such business as may properly come before the meeting. In witness thereof, I have hereinto set my hand this _____ day of ______, 2019.

Signed, ______TEAR HERE (must be signed and dated to be valid) (member number) Forgot yours? It’s in your Print Name: ______address label on the cover

For JOINT MEMBERSHIPS only, a second household member should complete the following: 1. q For all the nominated directors except withhold authority for the following: ______2. q For the transaction of other such business as may properly come before the meeting. In witness thereof, I have hereinto set my hand this _____ day of ______, 2019.

Signed, ______(must be signed and dated to be valid) (member number) Forgot yours? It’s in your Print Name: ______address label on the cover

Please email completed ballot to: [email protected]

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