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
5 Comments
Mildred
6/4/2012 02:56:38 am
Thank you for putting the June meeting online.
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Jackie
6/4/2012 08:34:41 am
Thanks for the comments. I think this is a good format for us. I will look into a date at the end of july to have meeting.
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John Leiser
6/6/2012 08:16:29 pm
I also love the format; it's quite a time saver (for most of us - thanks for your continued time, Jackie!).
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Jackie
6/7/2012 12:49:12 am
John,
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Darryl Speicher
6/7/2012 12:57:20 am
I want to be on record as putting my ditto Marks under the comments made by John and Mildred. Great work jackie and Jacob. I think the new weebly website and the stuff Jackie's learning will help us take PARC to new heights.
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