In This Issue:

• Chapter and Center Merge in Greenwich -- to form a unique and efficient partnership
  
• National Convention coming in April -- save these dates!
  
• Nominations Sought for Refuge Awards -- also Newsletter and Website Awards, and the Charles H. Callison Awards
  
• Ask Audubon -- a New Interactive Column
  
• Introducing Russ Sewall -- the Director of the New Missouri State Audubon Office
  
• Audubon Public Policy -- a Letter from John Flicker and Donal O'Brien Addressing Budget Concerns
  
• Celebrate Refuge Week 1999! -- get Refuge Week posters and packets full of helpful suggestions
  
• Get Wild With a Wildlife Film Festival -- the IWWF is in its 23rd Year
  
• Info-magnets Publicize Wyoming Bird Hotline -- the Murie Audubon Society's Innovative Idea
  
• Indiana Chapter Re-Channels Information Stream -- Pete Drum's "Information Committee" Runs Computer Programs to Facilitate Administrative Tasks
  
• Bringing Alaska Home to Chapters -- a Program to Raise Awareness for Wildlife Refuges
  
• NAS Board of Directors Report -- June, 1999
  
• List of Items Available From the Chapter Services Office
  
• Join Project Feederwatch -- the Project is Starting its 13th Year
  
• Great Backyard Bird Count 2000 -- coming in February!
  

THE CHAPTER NETWORKER is published quarterly by National Audubon Society as a resource for chapter leaders, and sent to all chapter officers, committee chairs, and board members, as well as NAS board members and staff. It is posted on the Audubon Web Site.

• Send Networker articles and any Chapter Services inquiries to:
  NAS- CHAPTER SERVICES:
  P.O. Box 8192, Missoula, MT 59807
  phone/fax: 800/542-2748
  chapter_services@audubon.org
  Lynn Tennefoss
  Director of Chapter Development
  
• Contact NAS-DC:
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  Washington, DC 20006
  202/861-2242, fax 202/861-4290
  
• Contact NAS-HQ:
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• Email all NAS staff:
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• Access the NAS World Wide Web Site:
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• NAS Web Manager:
  http://www.audubon.org/staff/pepper/
  
• Editors: Karen Atwood & Lynn Tennefoss
  
• Design: Carl Clark, Kinko's
  
• Printing: Signal Graphics
  
• Chapter Contributors:
  Pete Drum, Janice Miano, Ann Sawyer, Phil Teter, Bruce Walgren