CANBERRA NATURE MAP ASSOCIATION - PLEASE JOIN

An association of Canberra Nature Map users and moderators has been established to facilitate social and educative interactions, and to provide administrative, supervisory and collegial support of our volunteer moderators. Ideally we would like all moderators and as many contributors as possible to be members of the Association and for some of you to assist in running the Association and social events. 

To become a member and vote at the AGM you need to send a “yes I want to be a member” message to secretary.cnnn@gmail.com Be sure to include your personal name and CNM username with the email.

For various reasons a proposed AGM of the Association in October has now been postponed till late February – Early March 2026.    As a confirmed member of the Association you will receive direct but periodic correspondence about the Association’s activities.

The Association does not have any involvement with the running or funding of the NatureMapr platform, that is the role of Aaron Clausen’s private company. Association activities are likely to include the publication of the newsletter, field visits, social events, identification nights for particular categories, school and other community events and moderator group get togethers. The Association is also able to apply for funding for environmental education and conservation management purposes. Funded activities could include organising site recording visits to particular properties (Bioblitzes),  funding of a supervisor within a biological institution to support  new moderators, or targeted surveys for particular species.

The Association needs members to put their hands up for committee and organising positions. The committee membership and positions will be up for re-election at the AGM. Further information will be sent out to members later.  The list of people who are on the current committee are: President: Michael Bedingfield, Treasurer: Michael Mulvaney, Secretary: Emma Collins. Other Committee members:
Kim Pullen, Ian Baird, Stuart Harris, Ciaran Ernst-Russell, Yumi Callaway. Note that this committee also represents the Canberra Nature Map website community and the Canberra Nature Map ParkCare Group. At this stage the most important thing for people to do is to register as mentioned above if you wish to be a member of the new Association.