East Africa Natural History Society 
94th Annual General Meeting 
& Members Evening Get-together 
Thu 13 May '04, 4:00 p.m. 
Louis Leakey Hail, Museum, Nairobi 
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An Unusal Wednesday 
Morning Bird-walk 
Faridah Noor 
The Wednesday bird-walk of February 
18, 2004, would provide a most unusual 
drama. Fleur Ng'weno, the leader of the 
walk organized by Nature Kenya, 
suggested we visit the area adjacent to 
the Carnivore Restaurant and Nairobi 
National Park so we could also check out 
the wild flowers that would have 
emerged due to the unseasonal rains 
that Nairobi had been experiencing. The 
hillside is generally dry, but the rocky 
terrain allows the formation of 
temporary pools during the rains - 
supporting all kinds of plants and animals. 
In an hour and a half, we had already 
recorded more than 47 bird species, 
several of them migrants. We observed 
with delight the beauty of the wild 
flowers, while Fleur enlightened us with 
the botanical names and characteristics 
of the plants. In a temporary rock pool 
we came upon 'fairy shrimps' - 
crustaceans that emerge from dormancy 
during the rains. These crustaceans live, 
breed and lay their eggs in a brief 
season. The eggs lie dormant during the 
dry season, till the next rainfall. We 
noted various colourful dragonflies. 
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This really is your opportunity to get closer 
to Nature Kenya. Meet other members, 
representives from committees and projects, 
field and office staff, Executive Committee 
members, volunteers: they are all there, 
ready to help you with your queries, to tell 
you more about Nature Kenya and its work. 
Programme 
4:00 p.m. Tea/Coffee 
(You are welcome to contribute to the tea 
table - thank you!) 
4:30 p.m. Convene in Hall 
Agenda 
... Minutes of the 93rd AGM 
... Matters arising from the minutes 
... Chairman's Report 
... Honorary Treasurer's Report 
... Appointment of Honorary Auditor 
... Launch of Museum Bird List 
... Committees and Projects Presentations 
... Any other business of which due notice 
in the form of the Resolution to be 
proposed has been given to the Honorary 
Secretary, signed by not less than 2 
members, not less than 21 days before 
the date of the meeting 
... Election of office bearers and Trustees 
Evening Get-together 
6:00 p.m. Barbeque & cash bar 
Proposed Subscription Rates 
Full 1000 Single 
Sponor 3000* 
Family 1500 
Student 500 Full time & Undergraduates 
Pensioners 500 Long-standing members 
Institutional 1000* Libraries, schools, 
dubs 
Corporate 9000 
Corporate Plus 20000 Companies, 
businesses, institutions 
* No change from previous rate 
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Notice is here given for proposals for 
inclusion, repeal, and addition in the 
EANHS Constitution; and for new 
subscription rates 
For Constitution (draft text): 
Trustees 
(a) All land, buildings and other 
immovable property and all investment as 
securities that shall be acquired by the 
Society shall be vested in the names of not 
less than three Trustees who shall be 
members of the Society and shall be 
appointed at a General Meeting for a period 
of one year. The Trustees will be drawn from 
among the office-bearers and members of 
the Executive Committee elected at each 
Annual General Meeting (AGM). On 
retirement, such Trustees shall be eligible 
for re-election. A General Meeting shall 
have the power to remove any of the 
Trustees and all vacancies occurring by 
removal, resignation or death shall be filled 
at the same or next General Meeting. 
(b) The Trustees shall pay all income 
received from property vested in the 
Trustees to the Treasurer. Any 
expenditure in respect of such property, 
which in the opinion of the Trustees, is 
necessary or desirable shall be reported 
by the Trustees to the Executive 
Committee, which shall authorize the 
expenditure of such moneys as it thinks 
fit. 
Section V Subscriptions Repeal 
‘2) Any Member who joins after 30 June 
in any year shall pay only half the 
subscription for that year and shall 
thereafter be entitled to all relevant 
privileges and publications.' 
Section III Headquarters Add 
'Nature Kenya is the East Africa Natural 
History Society in Kenya. Nature Uganda 
is the East Africa Natural History Society 
in Uganda. 
NATURE KENYA, P. O. Box 44486, 00100 GPO Nairobi Tel: 3749957 / 3746090 Fax: 3741049 E-mail: office@naturekenya.org 
