Friends of Willard Brook

Board of Directors Meeting - MINUTES

THURSDAY March 4, 2010.  7:00 PM, Willard Brook State Forest Headquarters

 

1.  Attending were Joellyn Nevins, Tom Nevins, Eino Kauppi, John D'Angelillo, Bruce Colburn, Raynold Jackson, Sherisa Sterling, Sussie Holzberlein, Duane Cromwell, Emily Norton, and Jayne Perkins.

2.  Corrections to minutes - none

3.  Treasurer’s report – Eino - $2,150.81

4.  Membership report –  55 active members, 22 members less than 1 year

     overdue, 48 more than 1 year and less than 3 years overdue and 16 more than 3 years overdue

     or no renewal date known.

5.  Publicity

            For the newsletter: the target completion date is 4/1/10,

                                           the deadline for submissions is: 3/21/10

For Sy Montgomery program, the PR is done

6.  Winter programs

            Sussie’s hike – 0 attended

            Sherisa’s hike will occur on Saturday

7.  Friends of NRRT

            NRRT clean up – 4/24/10 (ParkServe Day)

            Ayer kiosk – on the list of things for the regional carpenter to make.

            Washout north of Sandhill Road – on hold until spring; it’s not dangerous

            Other - Groton Cultural Council gave $1000 for the 2nd mural.  The goal is to complete it

                   before the school year is over.

8.  Trails

            SCA (Americore) will mark the dead swamp trail, but we should check shortly before

            May 5th to insure that they flagging is still up.

            Sussie to re-send Ed the Topo of the Family friendly trail at WBSP

            We need to have one trail maintenance day in the spring after the ground is solid

                                        and one in the summer

9.  Fessenden Hill Road gate –is on the DCR to do list.

10. Sy Montgomery program – March 14, 2:00-4:00

             Cookies and coffee/hot chocolate will be provided for a donation

             Coffee pots at the venue can be used for hot drinks

             Setup for the presentation should start at 1PM

             Emily will check with Sy regarding her projection/screen needs

11. Emily to order T-shirts.

12. Forest Futures Visioning process – Ray and Don attended

             There were a wide range of opinions shared at the meetings

              Data was collected so it could be presented to DCR and a plan to be made later

              On the DCR homepage, there is a link to a 160 page PDF of the new plan.

 13. FOWB-Townsend Seniors connection – John D – the first hike occurred on 3/2/10.

              6 people attended and they walked from the Sr. center to downtown and back.

              Ray has begun flagging a trail (Marked RJST – Ray Jackson Sr. Trail) in the woods in   

             Townsend that will be complete when the snow melts and the ground is solid.

14. Annual Meeting

            Will be held on Thursday 6/10.  Tom French will be the speaker

            Cost to rent the church is $75; the hall at the Sr. Center may be free

            After the Sy Montgomery talk if people like that venue, Ray will follow up on

                    Reserving it for the Annual meeting.

           Tom and John have offered to be the nominating committee: 

           Clare, Ray and Emily left the board last year but are eligible to be on it again now

           John B and Sherisa are new on the board

           Jayne, John D., Sussie, Joellyn and Tom have 1 more year to go

           Deborah and Duane are up for re-election

           Eino and Don must leave the board

15. Mountain bike trail off Vinton Pond Road – on hold until spring

16. Invasive species committee – on hold until spring

17. Earth Day 4/24

      FOWB table in Townsend – Emily and Jayne to setup at 9AM

      Smokey will be attending

      Water departments in various towns may have fliers we can hand out related to Water

                       conservation.

18. Friends network group item can be removed from the agenda

19. DCR/Forest News – Ed

       - Seasonal staff : same # as last year but some reduced weeks of work

       - WBSP office has been rehabilitated

       - The Carlisle regional office is moving in July to the MAC building in Lowell

       - Land purchases pending: Fort Hill Rd 2 lots near the Stoddard field

                                                  East Rindge Rd 2 lots – one on each side of the road

                                                                                       These are isolated open space

       - The Wallace Hill Rd purchase is a  Fish and Wildlife purchase.

       - PHSP – the sand is being replaced with new (more appropriate) sand and the

                      old sand is going to be used to supply a turtle nesting site.

       - The Yurt is going to be built by bid, but it should happen soon because the DEP

                       regulations have been met now.

18. Other business

      A. The web site has received a solicitation and also the Environmental Action 2010

                       which Tom forwarded to us all

      B. The Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway Coalition will have their Annual meeting

                      On March 28th and the speaker will be Christine Schadler, Coyote expert

      C.  http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/ is an interesting site recommended by Bruce.

19. Next meeting – Thursday, April 1, 7:00 PM.  Duane to chair.