Friends of Schoodic Meeting
Friends of Schoodic Meeting –
17 September 2003
Attending
the meeting:
Bill Zoellick, Jay Horschak, Pauline Angione, Jim Wagner, Nancy
Horschak, Jeanie Wilson, Sally McKinnon, Peter Drinkwater, Tom Mayer, Ed
Pontbriand, Bill Stone, Ruth Sargent, Stanley Torrey
Trail Cleanup
Scheduled for the 27th. Focus is on Alder trail and Anvil trail, as well as general
cleanup around the shore. FOS will
put posters around town. Hoped for
turnout is 50 people.
Jay H. will call Sumner High to see if they will help out.
Transportation Meeting
Tom Mayer, Peter Drinkwater, Frank Cassidy, Bill Stone, and
Bill Zoellick attended the meeting at the NPS regarding the Island Explorer bus
service and plans for transportation expansion. These attendees reported on the meeting. Bill
Zoellick produced a written report, which
is attached to these notes.
Discussion followed. There
were a number of suggestions from the group regarding the Schoodic Explorer
service.
q
interview bus drivers
q
provide suggestions for improvement
q
get a more attractive bus
q
change the lunch break to coincide with ferries
q
drop the Prospect Harbor end of the loop
There was discussion of whether FOS should support the bus.
Concerns included questions about the purpose of the bus, whether it was
a good use of limited resources, whether it was more than support for a few
local businesses, and whether the program had been in place for long enough to
let FOS or others form a fair opinion about the service’s utility.
The decision was that FOS should remain
neutral with regard to the Schoodic Explorer, neither supporting nor
opposing it. FOS would work to
monitor what is happening. The group decided that the bus is not a priority issue for
FOS.
Next Steps for FOS
What should FOS become?
What work needs to be done over the Winter? A number of participants made observations about the
structure and role of FOS:
Bill Stone: the
original assumption was that FOS would become a separate entity.
He raises the question of whether there is really a need to do that.
Jim Wagner: at the current level of activity, the joint
arrangement seems to be working.
Jay Horschak: suggests
making a list of pros and cons, regarding becoming a separate organization.
No decisions were made at this meeting about the direction
or structure of FOS. Consequently,
no new planning is underway regarding Bylaws or other matters.
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Sample ideas for the next meeting.
Next Meeting
October 8
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