6/19/01 |
Attendees: 1. Minutes
of May Meeting – secretary not present at last meeting 2. Treasury’s
Report: report from 1/1/01 to 6/13/01 provided; Net total $4,224.08 3. Logo: A total of 7 logos were presented; motion was made
by Tom Melton and seconded to accept logo of kid fishing on pier. Discussion followed, including that if the logo
was reduce it would be to small/not visible, that the logo doesn’t portray what the
SEC wants to portray, a logo must be accepted at this meeting, logos can be changed,
suggestion of having a contest for the kids when the center opens to provide a logo,
non-board members cannot make a motion; Motion to accept the same logo was made by a board
member and seconded. Motion Approved. 4. Fundraising: treasurer’s report provided; fundraising is
necessary; request to hire a professional fundraiser; fundraisers take a percentage of
funds (typically 20-25%) and percentage comes from fundraiser itself. John Mantione to look into professionals and
provide quotes; Motion made for John to go forward to investigate and report back. Motion Approved. 5. Casting
for recovery: August 15th
fundraising event at Riverview Restaurant; $50
per person/cash bar. Proceeds to go to short
fall in July 27th event at Windwatch. Invitations
shown; will be sent to breast cancer groups, Jenny fields, etc. 6. Fees
for Center: Girl Scouts are booked for
October at $3 per head. Need to make a price
lists for groups, organizations, etc. Meeting
Room will go for $50 per organization with use of equipment if available; $3 per head for
groups (up to $100 for whole group) Group size to be limited to legal limit of building. Motion to accept fees Approved. 7. Babylon
meeting: Frank Bacerdy new very little. Requirements:
yielded to $10 daily parking fee from Jun 23 to Labor day; Town of Babylon
board sanctioned, Babylon has to come up w/non-resident season permit (prob. between
$35-40), Discussion within Town Board is ongoing at this time, clarified that entities
involved for working at Center will be given a pass; no equipment/museum stuff can be held
in building until it is secured. Friday
Sweeney meeting w/Babylon to some of these issues resolved. 8. Budget: As of June 1, 2001, committee has ceased budget;
fund raising on horizon and have a few small grants, as well as sponsor package and
sponsorship letter; Recommended authorizing expenditures/budget; Motion to allow a $500
budget per month for expenses, anything over Board must approve. Motion approved. 9. Pier
Update: FWS will not contest to permit
changes, pier will extend to State Channel; still need ACOE and DOS approval; suggest put
lights on pier for safety, DEC states it would not affect birds; two osprey nests will be
placed as mitigation. Discussion of whether
lights on pier are even necessary, no vote taken. 10. Construction
update: roof finished, access ramps are up;
Scheduled completion date: July 1, 2001 11. NSF Grant: Scott Bronson w/Cold Spring Harbor and Lenora are
looking into NFS grant at Center; Scott is doing DNA research w/stripped bass; meeting
next Tuesday/Wednesday w/academic professors to come up with wording for grant. 12. National
Fishing Week – canceled due to rain and rain date was held last Saturday at
Southaven; more than 80 kids showed for the Teach a Kid to Fish programs, LIBBA provided
hot dogs; noticed fishing piers are gone, John Fritz to look into it; received $15,000
grant for hatchery and was transferred to SC Parks, in 6 months will loose funding if not
completed; Commissioner Scully stated that the response was high and wants to do more,
wants to grant another $4,000 (if gets reelected) for kid fishing programs. 13. BOCES: Lenora program update: NYFTTA donated rods and crab traps to BOCES,
hopefully will get a press release. 14. Snapper
Derby Fundraiser: NYFTTA donated 50 combo
rods to Bellport Community Center and Mastic/Shirley Library. Teach a Kid to Fish programs will be the center of
the derby; will have 6 loaner programs by the end of the year. Antoinette knows Bob Myers, a Bronx school
teacher, who would be interested in setting up programs; Bob Myers set up a fishing club
but they have never been fishing. 15. Girl
Scouts: programs were initiated at Camp
Eddie; counselors will be taught program next week (26th) to start Teach a Kid
to Fish programs in August; Lenora to be involved. 16. Other: July 1st construction will be completed; people should contact Lenora for museum/library donations, Letter has been drafted; there is a potential for Native American fishing artifacts to be placed in museum; Fishathon to be run by Advisory committee; funding for mounts is waiting for facility to be complete, purchasing and/or sponsorships to be run by SAC; casting for Recovery in kind services/participation, fundraiser to serve them under authority of SAC. MEETING END |