Meetings Minutes
January Board Meeting ( 1/14/03 - Powder Valley Nature
Conservation Center)
Attendees
John Roth, Bill Fordyce, Paul Stupperich, Margo Carroll, Scott
Merritt, Pat O'Driscoll, Bob Gestel
Minutes from last Board meeting were reviewed. Motion passed for
approval.
Reviewed status of 90 Day Plan.
o Incorporation complete
o Bank Account set up
o 1st Board Meeting held
o Website functional
o Status of trail sections received from land stewards
o U.S.F.S. volunteer agreement signed
o N.P.S. volunteer agreement is almost ready waiting on waiver
completion
o Trail Construction and Safety Guidelines are essentially done
o Leadership Program is on track
o Member Drive is fully functioning (about 50 members as of this
date)
o OTA mailing address is set (P.O. Box 1431)
o OTA phone number is set up and functioning (voice mail)
Accounting getting started. Motion passed for John Roth to
purchase Quick Books software. This costs about $150.
501c3 application is moving forward.
In less than 1 month, the OTA has fully completed .6 miles of new
trail construction. The goal has been set to achieve a minimum of 1
mile of new construction per month for all of 2003.
100 OTA hats are going to be created. 100 OTA t-shirts are going
to be created.
Motion passed to get the OT symbol trademarked.
4 City tour is actively being organized.
o Committee Margo Carroll, Bill Fordyce, John Roth, Jim Gavin.
o West Plains, Springfield, Poplar Bluff, Arcadia Valley.
o Arcadia Valley was chosen as first stop. Looking for dates in
February.
Motion passed to accept Banking resolution. Bank is in Potosi.
First newsletter will be in April, second one in September.
Note the board members are discussing changing this to
March/September.
Next Board Meeting will be February 11th at Powder Valley.
Optional Board Meeting will be scheduled for a later February date,
to take place in Arcadia Valley.
Meeting Adjourned
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