Fort Collins Audubon Society
Board of Directors Meeting

Thursday, January 6, 2005

ATTENDEES: Scott Cobble, Beth Dillon, Carol Fiore, Phil Friedman, Ron Harden, Joel Hurmence, Marcia Maeda, Bill Miller, Sue Miller, and John Waddell.

OTHERS PRESENT: Lynne Hull
The meeting was called to order by President Bill Miller at 7:07 P.M.

INTRODUCTIONS: None necessary.

MINUTES – Review, revise, and approve – All:
December 2, 2004
Marcia moved to approve the minutes. Carol seconded the motion. The motion was
unanimously approved by the board.

REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITEES:
OFFICERS:
Treasurer’s Report – John Waddell
No report.

Update on Achiote – Waddell:
1. John will supply Scott with the amount of money received so far.
2. Bill, Phil, Ryan Finchum, and Paul Hellmund have been working on the Achiote effort.
3. FCAS will provide booth space for Emerald Planet at the January Annual Meeting.
4. The Achiote trip is fully booked.
5. FCAS will receive some funds for its efforts.
6. Emerald Planet still needs to raise funds for building supplies.

NEW BUSINESS:
A. Proposed Chapter Name Changes – Select Three of Those Proposed – Fiore:
1. Carol will create tickets using post cards.
2. Carol passed out examples of the proposed ballots.
3. Bill proposed printing 140 ballots.
4. Phil suggested running off 40 spare ballots at Kinko’s.
5. The Board voted and narrowed the chapter name change proposals to:
a) Mountains & Plains Audubon Society
b) North Front Range Audubon Society
c) Peaks to Prairie Audubon Society

B. Tsunami Relief – Donation of Surplus Loveland CBC Monies – Komar:
1. Bill gave John two checks of $20 each to be donated in some fashion for the
tsunami relief effort.
2. The Board decided that UNICEF would be an appropriate organization to send the
money too.

C. Bath Avian Appreciation Days – Booth – B. Miller:
1. Bill received a letter from Phil Phelan regarding a booth. Joel volunteered to coordinate
the effort. John indicated he’d participate.
2. Bill will send Joel a list of email addresses.

OLD BUSINESS

A. Bylaws revisions – B. Miller:
1. Bill presented some possible changes to Article I: Membership of the chapter Bylaws.
2. Ron indicated some concern with Bill’s proposed wording of Section 1 of Article I.
3. Joel presented some possible changes to Article I: Membership of the chapter Bylaws.
The text of Joel’s proposal follows - Text to be replaced is red with single strikethrough.
Proposed text is blue. Text left unchanged is black:

Section 1. Any person interested in the purposes and objectives of this Society is
eligible to apply for membership.

Section 2. Classes of membership shall be the same as those maintained by the National
Audubon Society. Persons shall be admitted to membership in this Society by either (a)
membership in the National Audubon Society with assignment to this Chapter, or (b)
payment to this Society of annual Chapter dues. Full membership in this Society shall
not require membership in the National Audubon Society.

Section 3. Annual dues for membership shall be established by the National Audubon
Society. National Audubon Society membership dues shall be established by the
National Audubon Society. Chapter dues shall be established by this Society’s
Board of Directors.

Section 4. Members of all classes shall enjoy all the rights and privileges pertaining to
the members deriving from membership in both this chapter and the National Audubon
Society. All members of this Society shall enjoy equal rights and voting privileges in
Society business, in accordance with these Bylaws.

Section 5. Should renewal of Chapter membership dues not be paid within six months
after the time they are payable, a member in default shall forthwith be dropped from the
Society’s rolls.
4. Joel will forward an electronic copy of his proposed bylaw changes to Bill and Scott.
5. Joel moved to accept his proposed changes to the bylaws. The motion was seconded by
Carol. The board approved the motion unanimously.
6. Possible changes to Article VI Committees of the Bylaws, specifically Education and
Publicity Committees, will be addressed at a later date.

B. Annual Meeting / Silent Auction Details:
1. Room Layout – Miller:
a) Bill passed around a sheet showing the Columbine room layout.
b) Bill will send Ryan Finchum’s email address to Scott so that he can send an electronic
copy of the FCAS Silent Auction bid sheet to Ryan.
2. Silent Auction – Refreshments – S. Miller:
a) Sue indicated there would be three food tables
i) Vegetable and Fruit table
ii) Sweets table
iii) Cheese and other snack table
3. Silent Auction – Donations – Johnston:
No discussion
4. Silent Auction – Other – B. Miller:
No discussion.

C. Emerald Planet – B. Miller:
1. Joel inquired whether the Achiote effort would result in an on-going relationship between
FCAS and Emerald Planet. Bill replied that he hoped so.
2. Ron asked if there were any legal implications of such a relationship. Bill indicated he’d
ask Ryan for his input.
3. Bill will get clarification on which FCAS members will generate funds for FCAS.
4. Currently, there is no fee charged to Emerald Planet for FCAS services. However,
FCAS will keep that option open for the future.

E. Review Tickler List – donation – B. Miller:
No discussion.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
(Reports not discussed during the meeting should be distributed by email to the full Board)

A. Conservation – Carol Fiore:
No discussion.

B. Membership – Kate Bolster:
No discussion.

C. Education:
No discussion.

D. Finance – John Waddell:
Discussed earlier.

E. Programs – Jackie Boss:
No discussion.

F. Field Trips – Gary Lefko:
No discussion.

G. Publications – Joe Martin:
No discussion.

H. Publicity – Diann Johnston:
No discussion.

I. Hospitality – Sue Miller:
Discussed earlier.

AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

A. AOC Update – Ron Harden:
No discussion.

B. Nature Center Committee – B. Miller/Komar/Friedman:
No discussion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Need Annual Meeting Silent Auction donations.
2. Bill indicated that FCAS has a nice relationship established with Sylvandale Ranch.

ADJOURN:
President Miller called the Board meeting to an end at 9:04 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Cobble
Secretary