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What follows is a list of the different meetings for which we have notes available on the web.
2006
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August 9, 2006
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Program Presentation by Rob Brooks of Penn State regarding
landscape scale wetlands management and conservation. Also, a
presentation regarding the Winter Harbor Water Company conservation
easement proposal. |
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July 12, 2006
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Short program by Dan Decker of Cornell University.
Change in picnic plans, discussion of fencepost removal, Ed Pontbriand
reports on fighting fires in Arizona. |
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June 21, 2006
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Short program on archeological work in Gouldsboro,
headquartered at SERC. Update on Acadia Partners and SERC. |
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May 10, 2006
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Election of officers for the coming year. Discussion of
how Friends of Schoodic can and should participate in volunteer
activities. News about clean ups, facilities preparation, and other work
in the Park. |
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April 12, 2006
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Planning for Spring Cleanup, various volunteer
opportunities, Gatehouse training, reports on Acadia Partners and
Friends of Acadia research sponsorship, and a call for nominations for
officers. |
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March 8, 2006
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A busy meeting, involving summer planning and numerous
updates on current activities. John Courtin, the incoming Friends of
Acadia president, introduced himself to the group. |
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February, 2006
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The regular February meeting of Friends of Schoodic,
scheduled for February 8, 2006, was cancelled because of a conflict with
a special town meeting in Gouldsboro. |
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January 11, 2006
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Friends of Acadia response on NPS Management Policy
changes; update on activities; newsletter plans |
2005
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| December 14, 2005 |
Updates on real estate for sale along Moore Road entering
the Park; update on Gatehouse; update on SERC. |
| November 9, 2005 |
Discussion of winter program to welcome area residents to
the SERC campus and plans for a winter newsletter. |
| October 12, 2005 |
An end-of-season meeting with reports on SERC, the
gatehouse, Artists in Residence, and other programs this summer. |
| September 14, 2005 |
Lots of activity discussed in this meeting, including
fundraising, sorting of blueprints, an end of the year gatehouse
summary, changes in construction plans for SERC, future cleanups, and
more. |
| August 10, 2005 |
Discussion of list management and database coordination
with the parent organization, reports on SEA, drawings work, and trails
work, discussion of results of Walk in the Park fundraiser |
| July 13, 2005 |
SEA fundraiser, picnic, gatehouse report, park report, and
updates on other summer activities |
| June 8, 2005 |
Update on summer activities; continued discussion of SEA
project and fundraising; update on artists in residence program |
| May 11, 2005 |
Clean-up activities, discussion of dangers of providing
volunteer assistance to the NPS that compensates for budget cuts, report
on how FOS/FOA can help with SEA, architectural drawing catalog,
election of new officers, continued discussion of newsletter. |
| April 13, 2005 |
Spring newsletter, gatehouse planning, updates on SEA,
architectural drawing cataloging. Nominating committee for FOS officers. |
| March 9, 2005 |
Brief discussion of membership and nominations for
officers. Welcome to Denny O'Brien, new Acadia Partners director.
Discussion of Schoodic Education Adventure, artists in residence
program, cataloging of building plans, and plans for newsletter and FOA
journal articles. |
| February 9, 2005 |
Discussion of gatehouse work for coming year, discussion
of assistance for the Schoodic Education Adventure program, introduction
to Jim McKenna, new Park point person for SERC |
| January 12, 2005 |
Spring newsletter plans; report on initial Schoodic
Education program work; SERC news |
2004
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| December 8, 2004 |
Planning for the coming year. |
| November 10, 2004 |
Action requesting separation from Schoodic Futures so that
the group can operate within the framework of Friends of Acadia.
Discussion of next year's projects and volunteer activities. |
| October 13, 2004 |
Comments on draft General Management Plan Amendment for
the Schoodic District; Motion to accept Friends of Acadia offer of
merger; Appreciation for Tom Mayer's work as chairman; Dirk Faegre is
acting chair |
| September 1, 2004 |
Discussion of potential merger with Friends of Acadia. |
| July 14, 2004 |
Summer picnic. By-laws. |
| June 10, 2004 |
Outline of summer activities; initial presentation of
draft bylaws. |
| May 12, 2004 |
Extensive discussion of summer volunteer work -- primarily
gatehouse staffing. Reports on bylaws, grant proposal, and SERC. |
| April 14, 2004 |
Agreement to pick up website costs, discussion and
decision on membership period, discussion and decision on membership
fees, Maine Community Foundation Grant proposal, dates for trails
maintenance training. |
| March 10, 2004 |
Detailed plans for gatehouse staffing and training.
Further discussion of spring newsletter. Formal vote to separate from
Schoodic Futures. |
| February 11, 2004 |
Election of officers for 2004, discussion of summer
activities and newsletter, and discussion of separation from Schoodic
Futures to establish an independent non-profit, tax exempt entity. |
| January 14, 2004 |
Installation of the initial steering committed; addition
of new members; charter to Tom to set up a nominating committee for
officers.
Much of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the new
requirements that the Park Service will put in place for gatehouse
volunteers, both in terms of training and time commitment. There
was also discussion of numerous trail and maintenance activities. |
| December 10, 2003 |
Acceptance of the operating rules developed by the group
tasked to do that–the rules now go to Schoodic Futures, the FOS
parent organization, for approval. The bulk of the meeting was
devoted to consideration of FOS activities for the coming year. The
group also reviewed results of the voting on the logo designs, and
decided to shelve logo-related activities for awhile. |
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12, 2003 |
This was the meeting facilitated by Ron Beard, at which
the group worked through fundamental organizational issues. This was a
particularly important meeting -- the ideas and issues discussed
here will continue to be important areas of discussion for
Friends of Schoodic for some time.
Part of this meeting focused on issues of bylaws and
organization. We have collected bylaws from a number of sister organizations, as well as the operating
procedures that emerged from the November 12 meeting. |
| October 8, 2003 |
Plans to publish a newsletter; plans to consider a new set
of logo designs; substantial discussion of organizational structure
issues, leading to a plan for a special meeting on the matter. |
| September 17 2003 |
Includes notes from a
meeting with the Park Service in Bar Harbor concerning the Schoodic Explorer Bus service.
A more serious, though brief discussion of concerns about organizational
structure. |
| August 13, 2003 |
Review of volunteer activities over the summer, focusing
on the gatehouse; plans for a meeting about the Schoodic Explorer Bus;
website expansion ideas; a brief look a the bylaws and structure
question; concern over lack of activity surrounding SERC |
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