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Draft Minutes Henricus
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Gap Conservation Area Blandy Farm The
meeting was called to order at Note:
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Tate Manny
Barrera Northern
Neck Ellen
Ackerman, Caroline Coe, Eileen Rowan, Jeanne Menuet Julie
Simpson National
Audubon Society Tom Urquhart,
Dave Pardoe Decisions: 1.
Approved a requirement for two signatures on checks written against VAC
funds, effective November 15. There will be 3 signatures on the bank record,
the President, Vice President and Treasurer. 2. Agreed
to start a Virginia Audubon e-mail list. Manny Barrera will moderate. 3.
Decided that VAC will pay the VCN dues for 2002 of $500 and request that
Chapters contribute $250 each to cover 2002 dues of $500, VAC 2003 dues of
$500 plus the 2003 Chapter contribution of $50. 4.
Elected Officers for the coming year. Caroline Coe, President, Andy
Tate, 1st Vice President, Rick Skelton, 2nd Vice President, Manny Barrera,
Secretary, and Julie Simpson, Treasurer. 5. Set
schedule of meetings: Jan 25th, Key
Points: 1. VAC
has received $15,750 from the State for the IBA program. 2.
Shirley Plantation reception follow-up: working group preparing a
mini-campaign to raise $1 to 1.5 million over 3 years for the State office.
National is assisting. Mailer to all NAS members in 3.
Chapter newsletters need to give State office efforts more coverage. Get more
interest from the grass roots. 4. IBA
program up an running; office at 5. Dave
Pardoe: NAS Board recognizes caution needed on funding; state of the economy
is a problem. Things take time. Also need to integrate IBA program with 6 Tom Urquhart
will follow up on question regarding fiduciary responsibility; he is
confident that National can hold funds for State office. Discussion: Minutes
of the previous meeting and of the April meeting were reviewed and
approved. A copy of the Treasurer's report was provided and accepted. The Treasurer reported a balance of $15,750
for the Important Bird Area (IBA) program. A discussion followed on the need
for two signatures for VAC checks. It was decided to have three signatures on
the bank card. Thomas
Urquhart provided an update on the State office. He said the IBA was the
organizing principle for the State office. As a follow-up to the Shirley
Plantation fundraiser, a working group will prepare a mini-campaign to raise
the 1 to 1.5 million needed over the next 3 years for the State office. National Audubon’s VP for development will
support the effort. Part of the effort
will be a mailing to all Virginia Auduboners requesting their support for the
State office. Dave
Pardoe mentioned that Chapter newsletters were not reflecting what was going
on at the State level. Eileen Rowan recommended a State-wide ListServ mailing
list to elicit grass roots support. Eileen
Rowan reported on the IBA program. She appreciated the assistance from the
NAS and added that the State of Dave
Pardoe noted that the IBA needed to find people with time available for work
on the conservation committee. Eileen said she is consulting with the
Virginia Society of Ornithology on potential members of the technical
committee. The
nominating committee reported on the proposed slate of officers and the
current officers were re-elected by acclamation. Dave
Pardoe commented on “how long things take”, noting that it took at least 3
years to get an Dave
mentioned an effort to elaborate a 2nd Audubon Mission Statement,
emphasizing the protection of ecosystems and focusing on public policy. He
mentioned the After the
lunch break, the VAC questioned Tom Urquhart on whether the NAS could assume
the fiduciary responsibilities of the VAC over funds intended for the State
office. Tom said he thought that was possible and would follow up with NAS. Future
meeting dates were agreed: January
25: April 26:
July 26:
Open October
25: A
discussion followed on VCN dues and it was agreed that the VAC would pay VCN
dues of $500 to retain and affiliate membership. The meeting adjourned at Respectfully
submitted, Manny
Barrera Secretary |