CAYUGA LAKE WATERSHED NETWORK
Board of Directors Meeting
January 12, 2011
Conference Call

Directors present: : David Stilwell, Dale Baker, Scott Heinekamp, Deb Grantham, John Mawdsley, Amy Galford, Ruth Richardson, Jim Clark, Brian Boerman

Other: Hilary Lambert

The meeting was called to order at 7:03pm.

Business: 1. November 2010 Board Minutes: Motion to approve minutes was proposed by Dale and seconded by Deb, and unanimously approved.

2. 2011 Program: The draft program developed by the Program committee with the Chairs of the other committees was presented. David suggested that Issues members consider offering talks for Ecocruises on the Dashboard parameters that they are considering. Amy made some corrections to the draft program. David queried whether the Network could deal with the full program but it was agreed that we would try. Approval of the program was proposed by Deb, seconded by Dale and unanimously approved.

3. Identifying New Chair: John reminded the Board that this is his last year as Chair. Dale introduced the idea of setting up a small group to identify possible candidates for Chair, speak to them and make a recommendation to the Board by June. David asked if there was a job description or clear responsibilities. Some responsibilities are described in the Byelaws. Others suggested were: supervise the Steward, annual appraisal, arranging Board meetings and agenda. John agreed to write up the responsibilities as he perceives them. The group was based on the Nominating Committee but not confined to it. It will consist of Dale to lead it, Ruth, Keith, John and Amy.

4. Report of Finger Lakes Regional Alliance: Hilary pointed out that there is an article on the FLRWA in the latest newsletter and referred Board members to that. The nine lake organizations included in the FLRWA total about 7000 members. The FLRWA has identified several topics to focus on initially. They are setting up a web site, considering obtaining 501c(3) status, and setting up working groups. It is hoped that the Alliance will have more influence on decision making than the individual Associations acting separately.

7 . Other Business: None

Reports, Questions and Updates:
Chair: No report
Watershed Steward: Year-end focus on fundraising, donation thank-you correspondence, grant ideas and proposals for 2011 and beyond.
Finance Cte.: Network has reappointed the Accountants to file tax information. It is hoped that final accounts for 2010 will be available at the February Board meeting.
Community Relations: Committee to meet shortly and it is focusing at present on web site upgrades, probably using Rivers Network subsidized software.
Issues: Minutes of two meetings to be circulated shortly. They recently approved the proposal from Program to rerun the Wetlands topic from last Spring in conjunction with Montezuma. They have identified a back up topic if this does not work. Judy to contact Montezuma.
Program: covered in earlier items.
Nominating : No report (see item 3, above)

Adjourned: 8:03pm Dale made the motion, Ruth seconded, unanimous.

Date of Next Meeting:Wed., 9th February 7 pm, CLWN Offices at Wells College, Aurora