Board Meeting Agenda

                Pocono Avian Research Center 
                Board of Directors Meeting 
                June 3, 2012 
                Location: online 
                AGENDA 
Call to order
Financial report 
Director report 
Education report 
Research report 
Fundraising report 
Action: vote for officers 
New business 
Adjourn

Pocono Avian  Research Center 
Board of Directors Meeting 
June 3,  2012 
Location:  online 

Call to  order 

Accounts balanced at $5467.21. Accounts receivable = $365 are due. 

Director’s Report: a) we continue to do  well with the office at our house in Cresco.  Overhead is low (telephone bill only),  and we have been able to save some monies for future equipment needs.  I am still on the lookout for a small  office space that would be inexpensive to rent in order to facilitate meetings  with interns and for possible expansion of the research center in the  future.  While I have no plans to move this year, I am still keeping an eye out.  I would appreciate any help you can give on this endeavor. B) I would like to schedule a meeting this summer (at the end of July??) with everyone in attendance.  It would be good to sit down together and discuss a plan for the next three to five years. This plan would take us  well into our second decade and set some goals for the future. C) Jacob has been  creating the new website. He has formatted the pages, the galleries, the blogs,  and he is responsible for all of the detail work you see here. I would  appreciate any feedback you could give.  

Education report; we have been busy with programs at  Skytop this spring.  We also scheduled some programs for PPL (stargazing and storytelling), the Monroe County libraries summer reading programs, and the Barrett Friendly Library.  We also were requested by the Barrett Earth Day Celebration this past April.  Darryl was the leader for the warbler weekend at PEEC and the group had an amazing time. Let me know if you have done any programs for PARC, or know of any organizations that could be interested in having PARC at their place.  

Research report: A) this spring we became involved in a  Girl Scout bronze award project. The project consisted of building bluebird  boxes and they will be placed in the Paradise Township parks this week.  The GS leaders now need us to extend the scope of the project to include some monitoring and research and community  service.  In order to help, Jake created a web page under RESEARCH-bluebird nest box project.  It is password protected and the scouts will be able to access it using the same password you use for this site ‘bluebird.’  This is our first foray into electronic submission of data.  Let’s see how it goes. B) MAPS is begun.  We banded for period four at Kettle Creek this week and captured a yellow-bellied flycatcher, Swainson’s thrush, catbirds, cardinal and a chickadee.  A good start. The intern for this summer is Autumn Swan, a graduate student looking for more experience in field work before continuing on with her field of study.  We also are getting help from Lehigh University Professor Amber Rice and several of her students and colleagues.  She needs training on mist nets, handling birds, and Pyle guide for a project she wants to begin next spring.  We are training her group, and her students (until they leave for home in late June) and she is providing a lot of good assistance. PARC has offered to purchase waterproof boots for all volunteers for use during the summer research season.  Let me know when you want to come out for banding.  I have uploaded the schedule below.

Fundraising report: We are thinking about a Birds and  Breakfast in the fall.  The format would include a prepaid participant.  The group would meet for a morning of birding in select Monroe County locations, and then the group would go to a diner where we have arranged for the meal.  I have yet to do the math to see how many people we would need to make money, what do you think??

Action: vote for officers Please vote for the board to retain the following positions:
Darryl Speicher president
Jackie Speicher treasurer
Lisa Schreffler secretary
Mildred Bernstein board member
John Leiser board member
Diane Wong board member
John Styk board member 

New business: Do you have anything new to add??

Adjourn

Thank you for all your support.
Respectfully,Jackie Speicher