BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251106T174500 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7b1b6dc3410fb4ebb3597f93c7040214 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20261021T033853 SUMMARY:Annual Potluck and Brenda Butner Memorial Lecture LOCATION:Shoup Garden House in Los Altos DESCRIPTION:All members are invited to join us at a social evening to celebrate the Cha pter’s yearly achievements. Members are encouraged to bring guests. As alwa ys, this popular dinner potluck will be held at the Shoup Garden House in L os Altos. Bring your favorite dish to share with everyone. Or, you can brin g drinks or wine. \nEnjoy great conversation and our fabulous speaker for t he night, Stu Weiss.  Stu's talk will be our annual Brenda Butner Memorial Lecture.Stu Weiss, Ph.D. (Stanford University) is Chief Scientist of Creeks ide Science, which provides scientific and conservation expertise to divers e organizations as they cope with the rapidly changing 21st Century environ ment. He has researched the Bay checkerspot butterfly and serpentine grassl ands since 1979, and has authored numerous scientific papers concerning cli mate/microclimate, population dynamics, nitrogen deposition, and conservati on ecology.\nThis is a great opportunity to meet other like-minded individu als, Chapter leadership and other volunteers. The evening includes a fun si lent auction and shopping for books and other items from the Chapter store. An RSVP is encouraged so we can plan accordingly. You can RSVP and sign up to help with setup or cleanup here: cnps-scv.org/potluck-rsvp (https://gng t.org/cnps-scv-potluck.php).\nBook and Silent Auction Donations Welcome! Is it time to clean out your library? Although we are ordering fewer new book s for our Chapter sales, we welcome your used books to sell at our potluck and other events. We’re looking for native plant field guides, floras, gard ening books, hiking guides and natural history books. For the potluck silen t auction, we also welcome art, textiles and other nice items. Contact Judy Fenerty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need J avaScript enabled to view it. to arrange pick-up/drop-off.\nSetup starts 4: 30 PM\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

All members are invited to join us at a social evening to celebrate the Chapter’s yearly achievements. M embers are encouraged to bring guests. As always, this popular dinner& nbsp;potluck will be held at the Shoup Garden House in Los Altos. Bring your favorite dish to share with everyone . Or, you can bring drinks or wine. 

Enjoy great conversation and our fabulous speaker for the night, Stu Weiss.  Stu's talk will be our annual Brenda Butner Memor ial Lecture.Stu Weiss, Ph.D. (Stanford University) is Chief Scientist of Cr eekside Science, which provides scientific and conservation expertise to di verse organizations as they cope with the rapidly changing 21st Century env ironment. He has researched the Bay checkerspot butterfly and serpentine gr asslands since 1979, and has authored numerous scientific papers concerning climate/microclimate, population dynamics, nitrogen deposition, and conser vation ecology.

This is a great opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals, Chapter leadership and other volunteers. The& nbsp;evening includes a fun silent auction and shopping for books and other items from the Chapter store. An RSVP is encouraged so we can plan ac cordingly. You can RSVP and sign up to help with setup or cleanup here: cnps-scv.org/potluck-rsvp.

Book and Silent Auction Donations Welcome! Is it time to clean out your library? Although we are ordering fewer new boo ks for our Chapter sales, we welcome your used books to sell at our po tluck and other events. We’re looking for native plant field guides, f loras, gardening books, hiking guides and natural history books.  For the potluck silent auction, we also welcome art, textiles and othe r nice items. Contact Judy Fenerty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to arrange pick- up/drop-off.

Setup starts 4:30 PM

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