Friends of Willard Brook
Board of Directors
Meeting – MINUTES
1. Attending were Sherisa Sterling, Doug
Reynolds, Don Stoddard, Tom Nevins,
Sussie Holzberlein, Cathy Kristofferson,
Joellyn Nevins, Emily Norton, John Bilotti,
John D’Angelillo, Bruce Colburn, Deborah
Smith, Eino Kauppi and Jayne
Perkins
2. Corrections to the minutes --- None
3. Treasurer’s report – Eino – total of
$2,389.93 balance.
4. Membership report – Sussie – Current 57, 1
year or less overdue 21, 1-3 years
overdue 46.
5. Publicity
- not
seeing our schedule in Townsend Times, again – Emily will contact
them.
- summer
newsletter; target date June1 before annual meeting; articles:
Tuesday morning walks, invasive
committee, annual meeting speaker
on white
nose syndrome in bats, have you met; pictures: yurt, vernal pool
certification,
DCR news, and a schedule.
6. Spring programs so far
- vernal
pool certification. Emily and Cathy identified 10 potential pools, a
discussion
on signs to label vernal pools. It was
decided to label vernal
pools
close to trails but leave the more secluded ones unlabeled.
- invasive
species walk – the biologist from DCR cancelled. Emily has been
asked to
provide GPS points and pictures.
- Earth day at Townsend Common went
very well, we made $60.00 and
had lots
of interest.
- Park serve day – a big success
16-18 volunteers; 7 bags of trash. The
cleaned
up. A group of wheelchair folks and
their assistants came to
7. Friends of NRRT - Duane
- Ayer kiosk –
can be
reused at Ayer.
- washout
north of
engineers
who will talk to Groton Conservation Commission; then Bruce
can fix
it.
- mural – no
new information
- planning
for Human-powered vehicles day; article for summer - Ed has
forwarded
the request to DCR, NRRT committee will need 10 parking
places
to set up for the event.
8. Trails – Sussie
-
bridges/crossings
for wet areas but more needs to be done.
We can
schedule
trail maintenance days once we know what is left to be done.
- summer
trail maintenance; where, when?
9.
10.
Tuesday morning weekly walks – will be added to FOWB official schedule.
From 1 to 13 folks come on the walks per
John D., they take several different
routes. John D. will find out who is responsible for
removal of dead trees
along
course.
11.
Annual meeting plans
- location
set? New meeting room at Townsend’s
- timing:
- invitation
addressing: May 13,
invitations
and matching envelopes. Joellyn and Tom and Jayne to help.
- meal
plans: drinks – John B will bring. placemats and
utensils are in pretty
good
supply but Joellyn will make sure.
- setting up: 5:00 PM Joellyn, Tom, Emily and Jayne
- nominating committee; update had a
couple new people, maybe.
brought up that
there is a new bike trail at Watatic, Bruce will check into it.
13.
Invasive species committee – Document locations and take
pictures and get
the info to DCR.
14.
DCR/Forest news – Bruce – Pearl Hill Pond beach sand has been replaced.
The Yurt is up but not complete. It needs a ramp,
landscaping, electricity,
grading and
loading ramp and walkways. High water
debris at Damon Pond
was cleaned up
by Bruce. Beaches fixed for the season.
The pond should be
filled
tomorrow.
Pond repaired and railings replaced. Guard rails at the parking lot are to be
replaced. This year’s supply of new tables has arrived and is
getting stained.
The water tests ok at Damon Pond and Pearl
Hill, but headquarters water
didn’t pass and
bottled water has been supplied. There
was no staff loss for
the full time
seasonal.
15.
A GPS unit for FOWB? Needed for vernal pool certification, trails mapping,
locating
invasive species. It was voted to spend
up to $500.00 for a good
GPS unit with an antenna.
16.
Other business
- we will
need board member to be treasurer – Tom will take over those
duties
for next year.
-
Don to call Jennifer Flanagan about the lack of policy for liability for
groups
working with DCR.
17.
Next meeting:
Headquarters; Duane to chair.