On behalf of the WGIPOA Board of Directors, we hope you had a wonderful and safe Holiday Season.  The year 2016 will be challenging for the west end but with your support and help, we will prevail.

MINUTES:  The minutes of the last WGIPOA meeting on October 17, 2015, is on our website at www.wgipoa.com.

MEETING:  The next meeting will be on January 16, 2016, at the Galveston Country Club, 14228 Stewart Road, starting at8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and the meeting starting at 9:00 AM

PROGRAM:  The West Galveston Island Property Owners Association is pleased to have Galveston Mayor Jim Yarbrough as our guest speaker to start the year off.  We had the Mayor kick off our 2015 season and he has graciously accepted again to give us the status of Galveston.  We always have a great turnout for the Mayor and he has so many reports on the accomplishments and progress the city is achieving.

Please bring your family, friends, and neighbors to this very important meeting for the west end.

Upcoming Events:

Ongoing:  Join the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and automatically become a member of the Texas Chapter.  See www.asbpa.org and www.texasasbpa.org for details.

Feb 3 – 5, 2016: National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Omni Downtown, Jacksonville, FL. Details athttp://www.fsbpa.com/techconference.html

Feb. 9-10, 2016: Workshop on engineering, designing and implementing natural coastal infrastructure in Hampton Roads, VA. Details at http://natural-infra-workshop-va.eventbrite.com

Feb.23-25, 2016: ASBPA (American Shore & Beach Preservation Association)2016 Coastal Summit, ASAE Center, Washington, DC. Details at www.asbpa.org.

April 1, 2016:  Texas Chapter ASBPA Symposium, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX Details at http://www.texasasbpa.org/site/home/

Oct. 25-28, 2016: ASBPA’s National Coastal Conference, Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch, NJ. See details at:  www.asbpa.org

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on Saturday January 16, 2016, at the Galveston Country Club, starting at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and the meeting to follow at 9:00 AM.

Jerry Mohn
President