Fort Collins Audubon Society
Board of Directors Meeting

Monday January 08, 2001
National Seed Storage Lab
Colorado State University

** The next board meeting was not scheduled. It will be set by the incoming President, Rick Harness. 

MEMBERS PRESENT: Dale Agger, Jackie Boss, Dave Dubois, Rick Harness, Sue Kenney, Nick Komar, Bill Miller, John Waddell, Laurie Zuckerman 

Meeting opened at 7:05 PM.

1. Discussion was had, re the conduct of the program meeting on 01/11. Outgoing President Kenney will make a brief presentation on the accomplishments of FCAS during her tenure. Bill Miller will present to FCAS members attending the slate of candidates for the Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs for the year 2001, for a vote by the members. Announcements will be made next, followed by an introduction of the evening's program.

A slate of candidates was presented by Bill Miller from the Nominating Committee, as follows:

PRESIDENT: Rick Harness VICE-PRES.: Sue Kenney
SECRETARY: Kris Cafaro TREASURER: John Waddell
DIRECTOR: Bob Blinderman DIRECTOR: Dave Dubois
DIRECTOR: Cynthia Melcher DIRECTOR: Laurie Zuckerman
PROGRAM: Jackie Boss CONSERVATION: Bill Miller
FIELD TRIP: Nick Komar MEMBERSHIP: Sue Kenney
PUBLICITY: Rick Schroeder HOSPITALITY: Barb Turnbull
FINANCE John Waddell PUBLICATIONS: Dale Agger
BIRDATHON: Rick Schroeder AOC DELEGATE: Ron Harden
EDUCATION: Louise Creager WEB PAGE MASTER: Joel Hurmence

2. Bill Miller volunteered to attend the Larimer County Parks and Open Lands Design Charette to be held January 18th, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. The meeting, to be held at the Larimer County Parks and Open Lands visitor Center near Carter Lake, will be for the purpose of developing a citizen-driven master plan as an update to the existing 1993 master plan.

3. Bill Miller, Dave Dubois and Laurie Zuckerman volunteered to attend Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program (DRCIP) Project Forum, hosted by the Poudre River Trust on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon in the Columbine room of the Lincoln Center. The purpose of the Project Forum is to define "… the vision of our community's most precious natural resource."

4. Discussion was held about the upcoming Poudre RiverFest, on Saturday, June 2nd. In the past this event was coordinated by the Poudre River Trust, but in 2001 will be coordinated by TREES WATER PEOPLE, the Friends of the Poudre, and the City of Fort Collins (Natural Resources Department and Parks Department.) The RiverFest is in preliminary planning stages at this time.  Discussion was had by the FCAS Board about supporting and endorsing Lynne Hull's "Procession of the River Species" activity by encouraging FCAS members and families to become involved, and by helping with publicity efforts. Nick Komar raised the idea of holding a FCAS event, possibly in conjunction with the RiverFest, which would provide high visibility for both FCAS and the important natural resource of Poudre River. Nick also suggested obtaining copies of Audubon's Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States to be presented to RiverFest participants/others.

5. Fees for the AOC lobbyist, Jo Evans, will go up in 2001, because her salary from AOC will increase from $18,000 per legislative session to $21,000. To support this salary increase AOC is requesting that chapters increase their contribution from $1.75 per member to $2.00 per member. Our chapter contribution, in support of the AOC lobbyist, will increase from $1,038 in 2000, to $1,186 in 2001.

6. The 2001 Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will take place Feb. 16th - 19th. Dale Agger will put an article in the Ptarmigan, and an announcement will be made at both the January and February program meetings.

7. Discussion was had over submitting a grant application to the AOC Project Fund. It was suggested that we apply for monies in support of the Procession of the River Species project. Nick Komar and Laurie Zuckerman will work on this effort.

8. Bath Nursery will be holding their annual Avian Appreciation Days this year, on Saturday (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) and Sunday (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,) January 20th - 21st. Rick Harness will coordinate lining up people to staff the FCAS display.

9. Sue Kenney passed on Kathleen Tracey's appreciation to John Waddell for taking on the position of Treasurer.

10. Committee Chair reports were not given, due to the lateness of the hour.

11. A review of the notes from the Strategic Planning Session of Saturday, Dec. 2nd, 2000 was postponed due to the lateness of the hour.

12. Sue Kenney announced that the Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area, postponed from Nov. 11th, 2000, due to snow, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Jan. 13th, 2001. Participants will rendezvous at the north end of the Wetlands, off Trilby, and conduct the cleanup from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Submitted by Bill Miller, 01/09/01