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CAYUGA LAKE WATERSHED NETWORK
Board of Directors Meeting
May 11, 2010
Wells College, Aurora NY
Directors present: John Mawdsley, Dale Baker,
Keith Tidball, Jim Clark, Ronda Fessenden, David Stilwell, Dan Hill,
Scott Heinekamp, Amy Galford.
Also in attendance: Hillary Lambert
The meeting was called to order by J. Mawdsley, Chairperson.
The minutes of the April meeting were approved (Dale moved, Jim
seconded).
Business:
Proposal for an Association of Lake Associations in Finger
Lakes: John. Hilary and John made a brief presentation with
handout. Following discussion a motion was proposed: “We approve
the organizing of the Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance and
would like the Network to be part of it.” Ronda moved, Jim
seconded. Approved. John to be our representative.
Marcellus Shale – further submissions to DEC: Hilary.
Hilary informed the Board that the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
was sending a comments letter to DEC re: their decision to treat
upstate and downstate waters differently re: fracking – and
SPWA was wondering if we (and other FL orgs) would sign on. Following
discussion a motion was proposed: “The CLWN approves submission
to DEC of a comment letter re: asking for the same treatment as
other watersheds. A letter will be drafted via email.” Scott
moved and Ronda and Jim seconded. Approved. It was agreed that Hilary
would send to the Board the letter that Seneca Lake Pure Waters
Association is sending to DEC, and that we would write our own comments
letter the following week focused on 1. Protecting Cayuga Lake’s
waters and 1. Those of the Finger Lakes region.
Sunset on Cayuga – tasks for Board members. Ronda
reported that great progress is being made in organizing for the
October 22 Sunset on Cayuga, again at the Lakewatch Inn. Tickets
– individual, couple, and table – will be available
online soon. Volunteers are needed – some Board members volunteered
on the spot; Ronda will be contacting others. Maria Bachich is handling
donations for raffle and silent auction. Board members are asked
to begin getting prizes and encouraging folks to attend NOW. We
will be contacting yacht clubs, lakeshore and road associations
etc. – as part of our new membership campaign efforts, and
for this event. Hilary to send receipts template to Maria and Ronda,
and list of businesses who donated last year.
July Board Social: John.Ronda has kindly offered to host
our July Board social at her home in King Ferry on Tuesday, July
13th, 7 ish “or earlier” – please bring a dish
to share and “a bottle.” This FUN event is for Board
members and our other volunteers, committee members and significant
others. In lieu of a July Board meeting.
Other Business.
1. Finance committee report from Deb Grantham: We are
ok right now for this minute, but need the cash flow of membership
drives and continued plugging away at grant proposal opportunities.
Will know about the Park Foundation possible renewal by early-mid
June. We discussed the new membership campaign efforts going on,
spearheaded by John. Hilary will call for volunteers to help do
a member and lapsed member mailing this coming month; Jim is developing
a list of road associations on the northwest shore; we are developing
a set of specialized letters for lapsed, annual, small business,
and road association appeals. Jim will use the beautifully formatted
small Aquatic Weeds booklet as a gift for road associations. We
need to expand this approach for lakeshore associations elsewhere
on the lake. David offered to go the Atwater Road Association. We
need a short canned power point to present.
2. Strategic Planning: Hilary reported that the River
Network folks were ready to move forward with us on the necessary
Strategic Planning steps that would help us look good to funders,
would help fund this work and would help us find funding for the
remainder. Keith said that there have been too many of these efforts
previously and none of them has been used. He said we need a brief
document that states who we are, where we are headed and three things
that we do well. David agreed that “this should be a tool
you can hand out that says ‘Why you should support us.’
John directed Hilary to locate the most recent iteration of the
strategic plan cited by Keith on the office computers. Hilary resolved
to start over again with River Network once this is in hand.
Review of Tasks: from prior Board meeting not covered
in above business and from this Board meeting.We discussed holding
interesting lake-focused talks at our offices for the public –
agreed that this is a good idea but need to fit them in with other
offerings locally and in cooperation with Wells. John said that
he would talk to Rebecca Ruggles about this idea as she knows folks
in town who might attend.
Upcoming events: Cayuga Nation Picnic, June 12th at the
Share Farm: Network to have a small display.Other upcoming festivals
– Genoa; Aurora the weekend after July 4th. Could we work
with Dale and Program Committee to come up with people to ‘man’
our display for these and other events - ?
Reports: Hilary is preparing a Steward's Report;
Dashboard and Program Ctes. to meet this month or next. Nominating
Cte.- We need to prepare for our upcoming Annual Meeting on August
10. We will, as with last year, have the annual meeting from 6 –
7 pm and the August meeting from 7 – 9 pm. John will send
out an updated Bd members list with terms etc. Hilary will send
out a draft of last year’s minutes.
Next meeting: June 8th, 7 pm at Wells College
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Hilary Lambert, Steward, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
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