FOS Meeting – 10 December 2003

Attending: Garry Levin, Rosemary Levin, Pauline Angione, Bill Zoellick, Stan Torrey, Tom Mayer, Jim Wagner, Bill Stone, Burt Allaire, Jeannie Wilson, Dirk Faegre

Discussion of Operating Rules

Tom read through the proposed rules that emerged from the work of the group assigned to suggest operating prodedures.  (See the notes on operating procedures for more details about this effort.)

Stanley asked who (which officer) looks after the membership list.  The consensus was that, initially, it would be the secretary.

One error was noted in the operating procedures as posted on the Web – it should read Schoodic Futures “Board of Directors.".

Jim Wagner moved, Garry Levin seconded a motion to transmit the proposed rules to the Schoodic Futures Board for acceptance

Motion passed

Activities for Next Year

Dirk passed out the list of suggested activities.  He explained that it covered a broad range of activities, some blue sky, some concrete.

Discussion of cleanup.  

How often?  Dirk noted that there is a need after every storm

One possibility is to have a regular clean up – scheduled, for example, the first Saturday of every month.  Alternatively, we could create a season-long calendar – including other things, other than clean-up.

Tom suggested to Dirk that he pull together a schedule of cleanups, looking toward one a month, from May through October.

Trail maintenance.  

Dirk noted that this is not something that we can just decide to do – it needs close coordination with the trail engineers in the Park.  Dirk’s recollection, on the other hand, is that Bill and Ed have a list of things that they would like done.  Dirk will follow up with Ed and Bill of the Park Service.

Gatehouse:  

There is a committee – Bill Zoellick, Earl Blackney, Bill Weidner, and Tom Mayer – that is tasked with setting training and orientation procedures.  It was noted that training involves two levels – at the highest level, there are safety requirements.  There is also stuff that makes you a better volunteer. It was suggested that this second category consisted of skills and knowledge that a volunteer could improve over time.

Gatehouse coverage:  one key question is, could we cover the entire schedule?  The strong sense of the group was yes, we can.  The group decided that we will communicate to the Park that we are interested in covering the entire schedule.

Ferry – we will also provide coverage of the Ferry, coordinating with Mike Greenwood to determine schedules, commitment of personnel.

Fence deconstruction.  

Dirk will look into whether there is a way to do this, and do it relatively inexpensively.

Logo 

13 people voted for logos online.  There was one first place vote each for logo designs 2, 4, and 6.  Ten of the people casting votes used their first place votes to indicate that none of the designs seemed right.  A majority of the people voting chose only the "none of the above" option, indicating no further preference. Put simply, the people casting votes feel, in general, that FOS should continue working on the logo. 

There was discussion of how to proceed with this – some discussion of possibly having a logo contest.  There was some sense that we are not ready to move forward with this immediately.  Discussion was tabled--the group will take the logo issue up again some other time in the future.

Newsletter

Tom reported on results from the last newsletter.  The mailing to members produced no response.  However, the bulk mailing resulted in about $300 in donations and 10 new members.  There was discussion of when to have the next newsletter.  The group decided to do one in the spring – in advance of the season, cleanups, and so on.

Dirk asked whether FOS would be willing to share its mailing list with Friends of Tunk.  The sense of the group was that we need to clean up our list, and get a clearer understanding with members, before we can share lists.

Meeting adjourned at 9 PM.

notes by Bill Zoellick