52 Duncaster Road, Bloomfield
1. Call to Order/ approval of minutes.
2. Fundraising Project.
a) Lisa Lane/ Stout Fields/ Thrall Barn: Grants to Bafflin
b) Stout Fields: NRCS grasslands awarded to DEP and WLT. DEP will hold Development Rights. Chip, Vikki and Diane met with Beth Brothers at DEP.
c) Lisa Lane/ NRCS Farmland grant submitted with Bloomfield Town having ownership of land and Land Trust holding the Development Rights. Chip and Vikki met with NRCS state Conservationist Jay Mar and Kip Kolesinskas at Lisa Lane last week for a walk through on the farm.
d) Thrall received a matching funds NEGEF Grant for clearing.
3. Special Projects
a) Bike Tour Report- May 22, REI sponsor, netted $197, goodwill was priceless, See Blog for more detail and pictures.
b) Trails Day Hikes- June 4, 22 people at Farmington River Park, Jay -See Facebook for photos.
c) Garden & Art Tour Report- June 18, great day netted over $5000 about 200 people attending. Party for participates was held at Cheryl Home with wine donated by David Sullivan.
4. Committee Reports
a) Membership: Hannah’s research and the CCLC Challenge Grant submission
b) Acquisitions: Sigrun Gadwa, a wetlands biologist contacted WLT about buying 5-6 acres of wetlands property to replace wetlands being developed.
c) Stewardship: Thrall-Kevin Paula, Dale and Vikki meet with a Farmer at Thrall, CL&P and Capewell Greene planting, Dead Tree on Cohen Property, check out the geocache at Van Otterloo
d) Grants: Ag Viability/ Conway School of Landscape Design
e) Financial:
g) Marketing: Internet and Newsletter, tutorial on MailChimp
5. Board and Committee Discussions.
a) Duties of Secretary and Treasurer will be defined. Tami will ask to step down and concentrate on web and internet coordination. Vikki would like to concentrate on Grants and Stewardship. The Board will open nominations for Treasurer and Secretary.
b) Committee needing personal: Membership, Fund Raising, Publicity, Events
c) Committees should develop formal needs list
6. Special Board morning breakfast/ appetizer meeting in August to discuss board and committee development.
7. Work Party at Thrall in Fall
8. Next Meeting Date: August 24?
10. New Business:
11. Adjourn
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