CDA President’s Message
The Future Looks Bright
for CDA!
It has been another banner
year for CDA. With only one
banquet left on our schedule,
this year’s chapter banquets have
been awesome and everyone has
raised a lot of money in order
to help California’s deer herds.
As I write this message the
date is fast approaching for
our annual Project Committee
meeting. All submitted project
proposals will be discussed
at the meeting and voted on
for funding by CDA. We have
received many good proposals
and we look forward to funding
many of them and getting the
money that everyone worked so
hard to raise, on the ground to
benefit deer.
Another milestone occurred
in the last month with the hiring
of Roman Porter, CDA’s first
Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
While everyone in CDA has
done a great job over the years
raising money and running
the organization, it’s just not
possible to run a multimillion
dollar organization with
volunteers only. There are many
things that need the attention of
a full-time person to maximize
our efforts in order for us to do
an even better job than we have
been doing — the members and
chapter committees deserve it
and California’s deer need it.
The Board and I look forward
to working closely with our new
CEO and we expect to see some
major changes and improvements
for the organization. When you
have a chance, please take a
moment to call, email or meet
with Roman Porter. He is very
interested in your thoughts and
ideas about CDA and its future
direction.
Also, along with a new CEO,
the Board has decided that it is
time for CDA to quit living out of
a P.O. Box and Directors’ homes,
so we hope to soon announce
that CDA also will have its first
official office, which will be in
Sacramento. This will be a place
where members can come to talk
with CDA staff in person — no
longer will your call be answered
by an answering service, get their
membership questions answered
and purchase CDA merchandise.
The new office will be a location for meetings, planning,
presentations and decision
making.
As CDA completes its first 18
years, we can be proud of how
and where the volunteers, Field
Directors and Board have taken
our organization. Now as we are
taking these major steps of hiring
our first CEO and establishing
an official CDA office, we can
all look forward to making CDA
the number one conservation
organization in California and
doing an even better job for
California’s deer herds.
Join us all in the bright future
ahead for CDA!!!
Jerry Springer
President
California Deer
Association
Summer 2014
The California Deer Association is a
nonprofit, tax-exempt wildlife conservation organization whose principal goal
is to improve our California deer herds
and other wildlife through direct financial support for habitat improvement
and research projects. Seventy-five percent of the net profit from fundraising
events goes to projects benefiting deer
and other wildlife within California.
Founder - Alex Ramoz
Board of Directors
Jerry Springer — President
Donn Walgamuth — Vice President
Matt Rogers — Past President
Doug Brown — Director
Rennie Cleland — Director
Ron Lara — Director
Larry Smith — Director
Ryan Smith — Director
Chief Executive Officer
Roman Porter
Field Directors/
Chapter Development
Pat Fitzmorris - (916) 663-2861
[email protected]
Rodney Torres - (209) 769-1088
[email protected]
California Deer Editor
Jerry Springer
[email protected]
CDA Website — www.CalDeer.org
Elizabeth Keller
[email protected]
California Deer Association
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hese two bucks are displaying
nice sets of antlers in velvet. Can
you imagine how much larger their
racks will be at the end of the growing season?!?
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