This will be a one day meeting held at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory office in Lake Jackson.​​​

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The draft schedule for the event is as follows:

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Tuesday, November 10

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• 0830 – 0900 Networking, coffee, etc.

•  0900 Welcome & Call meeting to order

•  0910 Reading of last meeting’s minutes (Nov. 2025)

• Discussion & Approval of minutes

•  0920 Order Lunch

  • Option A: La Madeline order online through group DoorDash (to be sent before meeting)

  • Option B bring your own

•  0925 Old Business

•  0945 2026 Survey Information

  • Upper Coast

  • Middle Coast

  • Lower Coast

  • Summary of Texas Coast

• 1100 General Discussion about 2026 surveys & trends

  • Discussion of Entry Form in Survey123

  • Discussion of Reporting Template

•  1145 -1200 Break

  • Lunch Delivered: Working Lunch

•  1200 New Business

  •  1200-1230 CINDI Tool Update – David Essian

  • 1230-1300 Island Restoration Projects & plans for managing – Justin LeClaire

  • 1300 – 1320 Birdislands.org listserv – Diana DelAngel

  •  1320 – 1350 Waterbird Outreach/Education – Brian Doherty

• 1350 -1405 Break

• 1405 Database Subcommittee

• 1425 Drone Subcommittee

• 1445 Other topics

• 1500 Adjourn

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