DRAFT MINUTESFriends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens
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Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens Attending: Bob Gray, Chris Hoess, Anna Hull, David Ross, Henry Whitesel in person; Molly Anderson by conference call convened at 2:30 at Lincoln University, Nelson Center, Rm 235 A) Key Dates 1. Our next board meeting is scheduled for Stakeholder Meeting Planning Conference Call Conference Dial-in Number: (716) 748-0224 (potential toll call)
2. Hikes, Talks and Other Commitments
B) Action Items Going Forward Molly Anderson For Feb. 7: bring laptop, projector and screen Coordinate power point slides with Henry; share site maps. Henry to send Molly work day photos for power point.
Mike Bertram: Point person for our history initiatives Bob Gray: For Feb 7 stakeholder meeting: follow up with the rest of our non-respondents (including boy scouts, Goat Hill hunt club, BoF, Trish Hannum, Pal Durborow) and reach out to Alison Brown. Review work program for New Texas with Trish Hannum
Point person for monitoring our strategic plan. Anna Hull: For annual report, provide Bob with an estimate of attendance at our hikes and special events.
David Ross: For Feb 7 stakeholder meeting: contact West Chester Geography faculty Make sure Molly has Dropbox access. For annual report, will provide Bob with an estimate of attendance at our public talks.
Keep track of remaining December action items for March 1 Board meeting. Point person for administrative initiatives. Kent Wagner:
Point person for recreational uses and trail planning initiatives. Henry Whitesel:
For Feb 7 stakeholder meeting: Review work program with Joe, Jay and Pal Henry to send Molly work day photos for power point. For annual report, will provide Bob with volunteer hour tabulation. Point person for our restoration activities
C) Agenda Items Considered 1. Approved Minutes from Board Meeting of 12/24/2014. 2. Approve agenda. 3. February board meeting date, time and location. March 1, 2:30-4:30, at Lincoln University 4. Action Items from 12/21/2014 Board Meeting. a) February 7 Stakeholder Meeting
(1) We reviewed status of who is coming and agreed that we will have a final attendance list to Molly for Wednesday, February 4 we will ask those who have not yet responded to let us know by Monday February 2 Anna will contact researchers, adding Carol Loeffler to the invite list Bob will follow up with the rest of our non-respondents (including boy scouts, Goat Hill hunt club, BoF, Trish Hannum, Pal Durborow) and reach out to Alison Brown. David will contact West Chester Geography faculty.
We will schedule brief conversations to review site work programs with each of the landowners before the meeting. Molly to bring laptop, projector and screen Molly to share site maps for power point. Henry to send Molly work day photos for power point. We flipped items 3 and 5 on Bob’s draft agenda Point people for agenda Will use sidebar conversations during meeting to schedule a time to discuss burn issues with BoF and NCP. b) Lower Chrome Draft Planning Document David will make sure Molly has access to Dropbox where she can access updates to planning document. Bob plans to make revisions based on comments received and add and executive summary. Agreed to allow 15-30 minutes during March 1 meeting to discuss.
c) 2015-16 Work Program Objectives
We expressed our thanks to Henry and Mike for putting this together. Bob shared information he learned about soil formation, which led off a useful conversation about alternative maintenance strategies. We agreed to create bullet points for Stakeholder meeting focusing on the two-year “planned response” sections of the draft objectives d) Annual PPFF report Henry will provide Bob with volunteer hour tabulation. Anna will provide Bob with an estimate of attendance at our hikes and special events. David will provide Bob with an estimate of attendance at our public talks.
Remainder of Agenda table until March 1 Board meeting 6. Upcoming events, obligations: - Annual report to PPFF – 1/31/2015 7. Priorities and Program for 2015; - Reconfigured work day approach, planning, notifications and supervision. - “Re-balancing” – Broader mix of activities– fewer but significant workdays. - ID grant sources, dates, writing responsibility for equipment. - Connecting the local community to “their” barren. - Herbicide applicator certification. 8. Collaborative initiatives: Ursinus and WCU workdays (DR); 9. Agreements (a) NCP shared equipment, storage (b) BoF use of TNC barn (DR and BG) 10. Rare species protection – update Site Tracker, map, (AH)(BG & HW) 11. Master Plan: (BG)– next steps:
12. Admin – Master Plan documents folder; (DR) 13. Scaling Board roles, responsibilities to available resources. 14. Other business 15. Adjourned at 4:55 with thanks to Anna for hosting.
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