Arboretum Mapping Project

Today we froze our butts off mapping the Iowa Arboretum! (Actually it wasn’t as bad as I first thought!) It was around 40*F. We sent out all of the members who attended and we mapped 4 trails. After I downloaded the data and converted it to shp files… that took me about 2 hours… I then realized that after combining the data in a map, I couldn’t really average out the data. I just e-mailed Chris to ask him if we could borrow the GPS antenna that he brought to show you guys today (the big yellow square). This will get us to within 2 feet of the actual trail. I’m aiming to get this done either this fall yet, are next spring… I’m hoping this fall though! I think the meeting went pretty well today!

Election Results as are Follows:

President – David

Vice-President – Kyle

Treasurer – Zach

Secretary/ Reporter – Alex

Photographers – Ben, Nathaniel, Craige, Marissa, Drew, and David

Historian – Craige and Marissa

Web Development Team – Alex and David

Program Coordinator – Craige

Rec Leaders – Marissa and Zach

Congrats to all who made it, and to those of you who didn’t, KEEP ON TRYING! IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN!! I look forward to working with ALL of you members in the 2009-10 4-H Year!