CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Schoharie Land
Trust Board of Directors was called to order by Ken
Hotopp at 7:30 PM at the Cobleskill Public Library in
Cobleskill on 16 January 1991.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Elliott Adams
Catherine Harwood
Ken Hotopp
Mary Jo
O'Donnell
Dan Schuppel
Sandra
Scouten-Ford
Robert Smith
John
Townsend
BOARD MEMBERS EXCUSED:
Eugene McCaffrey
Karl
Westphal
"FARMLAND FOR EVER" VIDEO It was moved by Robert Smith and
seconded to authorize Mary Jo O'Donnell to look into
American Farmlands Trust's videotape titled "Farmlands
for Ever" and if it is appropriate to SLT's needs
authorizing her to purchase it. The motion carried.
OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION PLAN A comprehensive report was
given on the "Open Space Conservation Plan" hearings.
LEGAL COUNCIL It was unanimously agreed to authorize Dan
Schuppel to follow up on some leads and pick a pro
bona attorney to work on SLT's 501c3 application. John
Townsend will provide a copy of the application file.
MINUTES of the 21 November and 19 December 1991 meetings
were approved as corrected.
TREASURER REPORT The treasurer reported a bank balance of
$1330.15 with expected bills of about 200 and expected
receipts of about 2000.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY REPORT The secretary reported that
mailing
out the meeting notices is costing about $300 per
year. It was agreed to refer any culling of the
mailing list to the membership committee.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE Robert Smith may not, over the next 3 or
4 months,
be able to commit to the SLT as much time as called
for in the Board of Director's agreement. He
therefore offered to resign. The rest of the Board
unanimously agreed that it would be in the best
interests of the SLT to give him a temporary exemption
from the time commitment requirements.
COMMITTEES A motion was made by Robert Smith, seconded and
past unanimously to approve the committee structure as
presented. (A copy of same is attached to these
minutes.)
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS The following committee
appointments were made. further appointments will be
made soon.
Land Acquisition and Maintenance:
Karl Westphal
Mary Jo
O'Donnell
Dan Schuppel
Sandra
Scouten Ford
Membership
John Townsend
Sandra
Scouten Ford
Elliott Adams
Publicity and Public Relations
Bob Smith
Karl
Westphal
Ken Hotopp
Finance and Budget
Catherine Harwood
Elliott
Adams
Fund Raising
John Townsend
Karl
Westphal
KAPLAN FOUNDATION Since SLT's 501c3 has not been approved,
it was agreed that a letter would be sent to the
Kaplan Foundation informing them that we will not be
applying for a grant at this time.
STANDING COMMITTEE POLICY This draft policy was reviewed
action on it was postponed.
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON A motion was made by Elliott Adams,
seconded and carried, to authorize the President to
appoint the chairperson of all committees.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE The committee
reported on plans for a CSA informational workshop in
the spring.
LTA SEMINARS Mary Jo O'Donnell gave a report on a tape
of a seminar,
about strategic planning, from the LTA Rally.
NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE MEETING It was moved by
Bob Smith, seconded and passed, that SLT pay the $20
registration fee for up to three people to attend
this 30 January meeting, whether or not they are
members of SLT.
NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be
on the third Thursday as usual,
17 February 1992, from 7:30 pm to
9:30 pm at the Cooperative
Extension Office in Cobleskill.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned
at 9:30 pm.
Elliott D. S.
Adams
Recording
Secretary
