Fort Collins Audubon Society
Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, March 3, 2005
ATTENDEES: Heman Adams, Kate Bolster, Scott
Cobble, Beth Dillon, Carol Fiore,
Phil Friedman, Ruth Grant, Lynne Hull, Joel Hurmence, Nick Komar, Bill
Miller, Sue Riffe,
John Waddell, Ellen Wride.
OTHERS PRESENT: None
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order
by President Joel Hurmence at 7:10 P.M.
INTRODUCTIONS: None.
OPENING STATEMENTS: None
MINUTES � Review,
revise, and approve � All:
February 3, 2005
1. The Board
unanimously approved the minutes with the following revisions.
a) On page 1 in Treasurer�s Report,
item 5) the amount of $250 should be changed to $290.
b) On page 3 in REPORTS OF COMMITTEES,
section H) 6) the word �to� should be between
the words �volunteer� and �supply�.
c) On page 5 in NEW BUSINESS, section
J) 1) the letter �d� should be added to the word
�move�.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITEES:
REPORTS OF OFFICERS:
Treasurer�s
Report � Waddell:
1. John had
previously electronically distributed the finance and Achiote reports.
2. The
lobbyist was paid $1400.
3. The
retreat cost $180.
4. A ticket was bought for the Achiote
carpenter.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:
A.
Conservation � Fiore:
1. Several
committee members attended the wolf recovery plan meeting.
2. Lynne mentioned that the Senate was
trying to include the ANWR onto the budget bill.
B. Program �
Boss:
1. Bob Johnson will present
photography he took on the Audubon Colorado sponsored
trip to
Peru at the March program meeting.
2. Paul Hellmund will discuss the
Achiote, Panama project at the April program meeting.
C. Nature
Center � Komar:
1. FCAS has been asked for a letter of
support for the Fort Collins Living Museum
Collaborative Plan. This letter,
which Phil read to the Board, is to be submitted to the
Bohemian
Fund.
2. Phil moved to approve the letter.
Carol seconded the motion. The Board unanimously
approved
the letter of support.
3. Joel is now the chairman of the
Nature Center Committee.
D. Education �
Hull:
1. Lynne indicated that FCAS has
received an offer from Kevin Cook to conduct
beginning and intermediate birding classes.
2. The
initial classes will begin in May and will be held at JAX.
3. There
will be six lectures and two field trips.
4. Beth
raised the issue of FCAS members receiving a discount.
5. Lynne moved to accept Kevin�s
offer, with FCAS members receiving a discount,
along with FCAS advertising the classes in the
Ptarmigan and on the FCAS website.
The motion was seconded by Carol. There was no
discussion. The board unanimously
approved the motion.
6. Kevin offered to conduct a seminar
on leading field trips.
E. Public
Relations � Johnston:
1. No presentation.
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Birdathon �
Friedman:
1. Part of the
proceeds will go to the FCAS Scholarship Fund.
2. Starting in March clipboards will be
passed around at FCAS Program meetings for
people to sign up to participate in the Birdathon. There are
four participation options.
a) Team
Leader
b) Team
Member
c) Pledge
Giver
d) Business
Donor.
3. Phil sent an
announcement to Joe for inclusion in the Ptarmigan.
4. Phil was
considering two themes for this year�s Birdathon.
a) An IMBD
theme concerning collisions
b) An IBA
theme featuring Fossil Creek Regional Open Space.
5. Phil wants to start emphasizing
the theme in the April newsletter and Program meeting.
6. Nick liked the IBA theme because Fossil
Creek just opened and because there is
another potential IBA in the area � the Poudre River
corridor.
7. The consensus of the Board was for the
IBA theme.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Confirm 10% of
Achiote Project Funds � Hurmence:
1. Team Achiote offered FCAS $500 ($25 per
person x 20 people) plus an administrative fee
for handling some of the Achiote Project funds.
2. Administrative fee
a) Heman
moved to accept no administrative fee. Bill seconded the motion.
b) Phil indicated, during discussion,
that due to conversation he�d had with Team Achiote
he felt that they wanted FCAS to accept an
administrative fee.
c) Nick suggested that FCAS accept an
administrative fee with the caveat that FCAS
donate it to the Achiote Project if it appears to be
running short of funds.
d) John pointed out that FCAS has
benefited from its association with the Achiote
Project.
e) Lynne asked Heman if he�d change his
motion to - FCAS accepting an administrative
fee of 2%. He agreed. The Board approved the motion with
John voting nay.
3. $25 per person
offer
a) Nick
suggested accepting the $500 from Emerald Planet.
b) Lynne moved to accept the $500 from
Emerald Planet with the knowledge that FCAS
may donate it back to Emerald Planet to assure the
success of the Achiote project. Nick
seconded the motion. The Board approved the motion
unanimously.
4. Nick moved to reimburse Lynne for up to
$500 she may have to expend in support of the
the Achiote Project.
B. Approval of Proposals from Retreat � All:
1.
Newsletter/Logo
a) Carol moved to accept Sandy
Cochran�s work at $275. Beth seconded the motion. The
Board approved the motion unanimously.
b) Carol also
mentioned some ideas about advertisements.
2.
Scholarship/Fund Allocation/2005 Announcement
a) Lynn
suggested helping to fund some individuals to attend Kevin Cook�s classes.
b) Bill
suggested not limiting support to students who get great grades. Phil
agreed.
c) Ruth and
Carol volunteered to coordinate the scholarship.
d) Carol and Ruth recommended offering
scholarships for FCAS sponsored classes. They
also suggested some changes to the Child and Youth
Scholarship Application and to
the Educator Scholarship Application. The suggestions
were supported by the Board.
e) The
scholarship will be announced in the April Ptarmigan.
f)
Applications will be available at the Program meeting and on the FCAS
website.
g) Carol moved for a deadline of April
19th for Kevin Cook�s classes and a deadline of
May 24th for the Rocky Mountain Field
Seminars. Nick seconded the motion. The
Board approved the motion unanimously.
h) Phil moved to set aside $2500 for
the purposes of the FCAS Scholarship Fund for the
next two years. Carol seconded the motion. The Board
approved the motion
unanimously.
3.
Education/Kevin Cook Classes
a) Discussed
earlier.
4. Membership
Brochures
a) Bill
indicated that color more than doubles the price of the brochures.
b) Lynne
suggested using recycled paper.
c) Phil suggested placing the
membership application information on the inside center
page.
d) Nick wanted to know what would be on
the sixth page. Heman suggested scholarship
fund information.
e) Kate will
work on the brochure during the upcoming weekend.
f) Bill will
send out the brochure bids by email.
5. Field Trip
Policies
a) Phil will
work on field trip policies then distribute them to the Board
electronically.
b) $1700 has
been designated this year for up front overnight field trip costs.
c) Beth is
gathering information on Liability Insurance.
6. Fundraising
a) Bill will
synopsize the fundraising DVD.
ADJOURN:
Bill moved to adjourn the meeting. Carol
seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously
approved by the Board at approximately 9:10 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Cobble
Secretary