SCHOHARIE LAND TRUST BOARD
OF DIRECTORS MINUTES OF
18 JUNE 1992 MEETING
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
Cooperative Extension Office in Cobleskill on 18 June
1992. BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Elliott Adams
Catherine Harwood
Ken Hotopp
Mary Jo O'Donnell
Dan Schuppel
Robert Smith
John Townsend
BOARD MEMBERS EXCUSED:
John Mauhs
Eugene McCaffrey
Karl Westphal
GUESTS PRESENT:
Craig Mausler
MINUTES of the 5 May 1992 meeting were approved.
VROOMAN'S NOSE FIELD TRIP It was reported that the trip was
a success. PRINTER AND PROCESSOR The Corresponding
Secretary reported that we will
be loosing the use of the word processor and laser
printer.
NY LAND TASK FORCE MEETING It was moved by Elliott Adams,
seconded
and carried that; the Land Trust pay the $20 registration
fee
for up to 4 people to attend the 22 July 1992 meeting in
Ithaca, NY.
ACQUISITION COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT It was moved by
Elliott Adams, seconded, and carried to accept the
mission statement as read. It was agreed that each
member of the Board should get a copy. A copy is
attached.
ARTICLE It was announced that the American Agriculturalist
had an article on land trusts.
WETLANDS RESERVE: Limited funds were approved for ASCS to
purchase easements on lands that are actively being
farmed and that were in the past wetlands. ASCS will
then return these lands to wetlands.
NEW PROJECTS An attorney for the Town of Greenville asked
if the Land Trust would hold an easement on some lands
belonging to the Town. The Braun family is interested
in putting an easement on its
265 acres in Seward.
501C3 No new news; we hope no news is good news.
CSA PROGRAM It is still planned cosponsor, with the
Catskill Center, a public information meeting on CSA.
POLICY FOR COMMITTEES It was moved by Elliott Adams,
seconded, and passed that the Policy For Standing
Committees be approved as amended. A copy it
attached.
NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be on the third
Thursday as usual, 16 July 1992, from 7:30 pm to 9:30
pm at the Cooperative Extension Office in Cobleskill.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:55PM.
Elliott D. S. Adams
Recording Secretary
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