We will be holding our monthly general meeting at 6:00 PM Monday, January 26, in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. (Click here for a map of the university campus).
At 7 PM we wil show the surf flick "Absolute Mexico": what happens when the world's best surfers descend on a small Mexican community during a perfect swell? Sheer magic! Absolute Mexico is the latest release from acclaimed surf filmmaker Josh Pomer. Witness insane tube rides, interviews with top pro surfers; Mexican locals; and one of the biggest days ever filmed at Puerto Escondido!
Join us and bring a friend new to surfrider to start the year in style. The meeting is open to the public.
Monday, 23
General Chapter Meeting
Our chapter is holding its next meeting at 6 PM on Monday, February 23 in Room 1003 of the Carlos Truan NRC Building on the TAMU-CC campus (click here for a map of the university campus). At 7 PM we are hosting Mke Gittinger as a guest speaker. Mike will be making a presentation on the new Surf Zone Forecast that NOAA will be starting the first week in March. This report is designed especially for surfers & folks that use the beach between Bob Hall Pier & Port Aransas. The meeting is open to the public.
Monday, March 30
General Chapter Meeting
Join us for our March chapter meeting at 6 PM Monday, March 30, in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. (Click here for a map of the university campus). At 7 PM Neil McQueen, vice-chair of TXCBC, will make a presentation on his recent trip to Washington D.C. for the Blue Vision Summit and the efforts to build support for the Oceans 21 Act in Congress. The meeting is open to the public.
The Blue Vision Summit being held in Washington D.C. on March 7-10 is a gathering of scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, non-profit organizations and others who want to establish marine conservation priorities, and influence the Obama administration and Congress to take leadership on our endangered ocean and coasts. The key themes of the Summit will be:
Solutions that are working at the local, state and regional level and how to expand them;
How the marine community can develop a common voice and plan of action to address fossil fuel fired climate change impacts on the ocean and coastal environment; and,
The state of the pending Ocean Act and building effective national support to reform the way our government currently manages the coastal and ocean environments.
A number of Surfrider Foundation officers will participate to the summit. Our own TXCBC vice-chair Neil McQueen will be there. We will post a report on the summit when Neil returns.
Monday, March 02 - 6PM
Environmental Candidates Forum
The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation is hosting an Environmental Forum for candidates in the upcoming local elections. The forum will take place at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Center for Instruction (CI), Room 113. (Click here for a map of the university campus). The forum is open to the public.
Sat, April 18
Earth Day - Bay Day
Surfrider will have a booth at this event. We need volunteers for this event. To volunteer please send an email to txcbcvolunteers@yahoo.com.
Sat, April 25
April 25 is Adopt-a-Beach spring cleanup day. As part of this event, TXCBC volunteers will clean up the beach from the south side of Packery channel to the south end of the seawall. Volunteers should meet at the Padre Bali Park pavillon at 8 AM. Free lunch for volunteers. Please come help us keep our beaches clean.
Mon, April 27
General chapter meeting
Join us for our general chapter meeting at 6 PM Monday, April 28, in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. (Click here for a map of the university campus). At 7 PM we will show the surf flick Sprout by Thomas Campbell. Here's a description of the movie:
"Thomas Cambpell's latest, Sprout, changed the way everyone saw surfing. No longer was thrashing and slashing on a thruster worth watching. He threw out everything that was expected in a surf movie and replaced it with 16mm film, jazz, old boards, new riders, and above all, style. This is not a throwback to the 70's, this is a movie about true surf culture today, and how it has taken influence from yesteryear, but still manages to look towards the future."
The meeting is open to the public.
April 29,30
Sargassum Symposium
Sargassum 2008 was deemed a success, so sargassum symposium 2009 is on!
This year, the host for the symposium will be the University of Texas Marine Science institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas. The symposium starts at 1:30 PM on Wednesday April 29 and wraps up on Thursday April 30 at 5 PM. This year's guest speaker will be Texas General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson. The goal this year is to find out how the various coastal communities deal with gulf beach maintenance, especially in light of what was gleaned from the '08 symposium. Share your knowledge, expertise, and opinions; or hear what experts, scientists, and local/state/Federal officials have to say about this issue affecting Texas Beaches. For more information, email info@sargassum.org. The symposium was the idea of and is organized by John Adams, an officer of TXCBC.
Saturday, March 10
Storm Drain Stenciling
On March 10th, volunteers from the TXCBC will assist the City's Storm Water Department in applying storm drain stencils in the downtown area. In addition, volunteers will be distributing door hangers to homes in the area to help educate the public about their role in reducing the pollution in our bays that is caused by urban runoff. We'll meet at 9 AM at Heritage Park, 1581 N. Chaparral Street, and there will be OJ and taquitos for all volunteers. Click here for a map of where we'll park and meet.
For more details on the Storm Water Department's program click here.
June 1
General Chapter Meeting
Our May meeting has been pushed to June due to memorial day weekend!
June 1
General Chapter Meeting
For our May meeting, we meet in June :-). Because of Memorial Day weekend, we will meet on Monday June 1. Join us for our general chapter meeting at 6 PM in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. (Click here for a map of the university campus).
At 7 PM we will give a presentation about the impact of single use plastic to our environment and what we can do as individuals and businesses to address the problem. We will then show the surf flick "Drafts", a surf film by hot local surfer & budding surf film producer Nathan Floyd. Nathan documents some excellent Mexico surfing by some of the hometown boys that will get everyone hooting.. and wishing for the current doldrums to end. The meeting is open to the public.
Saturday, June 13, Noon – 6 pm South side of Packery Channel
Live music, hot dogs, sausage & sodas
Bring a beach chair & umbrella and enjoy your beach
Celebrating the public’s continued right to access
Texas beaches as guaranteed by the Open Beaches Act
Sun-Mon, June 28 & 29
Make Promises Happen
Join us as we take kids and adults surfing in the evening. We need surfers, lifeguards and anyone experienced in working with disabled kids to volunteer and come out for this event. It's hard to tell who has more fun, the participants or us! Stay tune as to when and where we will meet for this event.
Mon , July 27
General Chapter Meeting
Join us for our general chapter meeting at 6 PM in room #2010 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. ( note that the meeting room is different than usual) Click here for a map of the university campus.
At 7:00 PM Fred McCutchon will be giving an update on the court case of Severance vs. Patterson which will be heard in the Texas Supreme Court this Fall. The decision of the Texas Supreme Court will have a very heavy impact on the Texas Open Beaches Act. If you want to see your beaches remain open & accessible to the public then you need to attend this meeting and find out what's going on.
The meeting is open to the public.
August 31
General Chapter Meeting
Join us for our general chapter meeting at 6 PM Monday, August 31 in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. (Click here for a map of the university campus). At 7:00 PM, we will show a surf movie. The meeting is open to the public.
Saturday, Sept 26
Fall Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup
Please come out and help clean our beaches during the Adopt-a-Beach cleanup. We'll meet at the pavilion by the Padre Balli County Park headquarters (just north of Bob Hall Pier) at 8:30 AM. That's where you can sign up and get your gloves and bags before heading to our chapter's cleanup area stretching from the south side of Packery Channel to the south end of the seawall. Then at 11:30, we'll head back to the pavilion where the Padre Island Kiwanis Club will treat us to sodas, chips and all the hotdogs we can eat. Not a bad deal for picking up a little trash!
Monday, September 28
General Chapter Meeting, September 28 at 6:00 PM
Join us for our general chapter meeting and updates on Proposition 9 at 6 PM in room #1003 of the Natural Resource Center (NRC) building on the TAMUCC campus. Click here for a map of the university campus.
TXCBC will be hosting a Halloween Beach Party on Sunday November 1 on the north side of Packery channel. The party will start around 1 PM. We'll have plenty of brisket, sausage & cold drinks. Come as you are or in costume. The party replaces our regular monthly meeting.
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