IMPORTANT GRIES RANCH FIELD TRIP INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

Our inaugural meeting and field trip will take place June 5th through June 8th, 2008
at the Gries Ranch in Val Verde county. If you need more information about the
Gries Ranch please visit the following page:
http://www.hcu-tx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=58

George Gries has asked me to collect the funds for the field trip. The fee is $50.00 per person per day, minimum $100 per person. The trip is 3 days total, and you can stay one, two or three days. If you are planning on attending you MUST PREPAY the trip.

If you want to send a check, make the check payable to JOE FORKS, and send it to Joe Forks, 810 Firefly, San Antonio, TX, 78216.

If you want to send a PayPal, send the funds to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
and you must cover the associated PayPal fee ($5.00 on $150.00).
See this page for a schedule of various PayPal fees:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees

I will publish a list of all paid, attending members at www.hcu-tx.org.
Only pre-paid members whose names are on the list will be allowed inside the Gries Ranch, no exceptions.
It is your responsibility to let me know (again) ASAP if you are planning on attending, the names of those in your party, and your preferred method of funding the trip.
If you are sending a check I will need to know so that I can look for it.

LIABILITY RELEASE

Jason Penney is working on a flyer with directions, GPS coordinates, sponosr list, rough itinerary, and liability release. No one will be allowed to access the ranch without a signed liability release. 

PHOTOS OF THE GRIES RANCH

Gerald Keown and Jason Penney both have links with photos of the Gries Ranch. If
you want to see what the facilities and ranch look like, check these links:

Jason Penney's Photos:
http://www.pbase.com/jpenney/ranch4meet

Gerald Keown's Photos:
http://southwesternherp.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1204840652/0

Thread at the Herp Conservation Unlimited Forums:
http://www.hcu-tx.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=28&func=view&id=898&catid=3

GRIES RANCH FIELD TRIP SPONSORS

Herp Conservation Unlimited would like to thank the following companies for sponsoring our
2008 meeting and outing in west Texas. We encourage our membership and other herpers
around the country to please consider any of these fine herper friendly companies when making
any future purchases. We will be reviewing these products on our Web site, and all prizes will
be raffled to our membership.

http://www.baycoproducts.com/

http://www.princetontec.com/

http://www.fenixlight.com/newping.asp

http://www.fenixoutfitters.com/servlet/StoreFront

http://www.texasreptiles.com/

There is also a good possibility that Arlington Camera will be donating a Nikon and or Canon
P&S digital camera(s) as well. All pre-paid members attending the Gries Ranch Field Trip will
receive one free raffle ticket with a chance to win any of the items donated by our sponsors.

Additional raffle tickets for the grand prize(s) can be purchased by any member at the rate of
3 tickets for $10.00. PayPal $10.00 for three raffle tickets to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

HERP CONSERVATION UNLIMITED WEB SITE - www.hcu-tx.org

If you have not registered on the Herp Conservation Unlimited Web site, please do so here:
http://www.hcu-tx.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers

After I see that you have registered on the Web site I will have to manually confirm your
registration before you have unlimited access to all areas of the Web site.

MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 7th, 6:00 PM FOR FIELD TRIP ATTENDEES

We will have a meeting at 6:00 pm on June 7th, 2008 at the Gries Ranch for all members
attending the field trip. In addition to HCU business, Dan Krull of Small Scale Films, Inc.
would like to address the attendees. Dan will be attending the Field Trip and shooting
footage for his up coming documentary ALTERNA RUSH

http://www.smallscalefilms.com/

It should be a GREAT time at the field trip, and I look forward to seeing each of you there!