From n1djb at yahoo.com Fri Jan 8 10:41:30 2010 From: n1djb at yahoo.com (Jamie Donalds) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 07:41:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MassChestnutNews] TACF-MA Winter Board Meeting Message-ID: <845950.93765.qm@web111416.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Greetings Fellow Chestnuteers, The?Winter Board Meeting of the Mass.Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will be held Sunday,January 17th from?Noon to 4 pm at (note the new start time!) ?National Grid Facility 939 Southbridge St., Worcester, MA 01610 The site is just off exit 11 on I-290 ? Map - http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Worcester&state=MA&address=939+Southbridge+St&zipcode=01610-2227&country=US&latitude=42.2351&longitude=-71.81707&geocode=ADDRESS (Go through the gate and park to the right, look for the signs to lobby where you will be ?buzzed? into this secure facility.?Conference room?is on the second floor.) All are welcome! ? Note: There will be?NO?Growers Meeting? preceding the Board Meeting 10AM-12:30PM. The meeting will start at?Noon ?DRAFT AGENDA for?1/17/10 please email me with additional items! at N1DJB at yahoo.com ? Noon - 4:00 pm??WINTER TACF BOARD MEETING ? Welcome and introduction?? - (Jamie Guy) Introduction of Guests and Members - (Jamie) Treasurer?s Update - (Michael N.) ???????????????????????? Bugget committee report (Michael N.,Jamie J Meik.) Board of Directors Issues - ??????????????????????Update our bylaws at the Secretary of State's office-How & Who- (Jamie,J. Mirick) ???????????? Secretary? s Report (Kathy) Membership New Contacts approval of minutes from?fall,annual ?meeting Progress on?wood plaques & letter for Jim Garland?and Frank Howard ? Inoculation report? - (Kendra, Charlotte,John E.) ???????????????????????????????? Orchard to inoculate? in 2010 ????????????????????????????????? How do we best use Frank Howard's donation?? New England Regional Science Coordinator report- (Kendra) ??????????????????????Regional meeting: March 20th, Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH ????????????????????? Umass Seed orchard possibilities?????? ??????????????????????Geocaching RI News: .???-(Yvonne) ??????????????????????? Seed Orchard Development- ??????????????????? Report on Easement Agreements? with landowrners - (John Mirick) ????????????????????Seed Orchard at Moore SP- MOU?-Lois, Dennis, Jamie,J. Mirick ????????????????????North Grafton Land -Peter?and Shirley Williams (Kathy,Rufin) ??????????????????? Future actions with Trusties of Reservations- J.Meik Support for Stockbridge Orchard - (Jamie ,Rufin) Spring?Orchard Activities, (Charlotte) ?????????????????? Nanking Lines?? how many will we do? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? Please email any other topics for discussion or suggestions. *Note?? I still have the projector and screen. If anyone needs it let me know and I will bring it to the meeting ? Board Members-Please let me know if you can not attend this meeting. Chapter Members-Feel free to join us! ? thanks -Jamie Donalds President The MA Chapter Of The American Chestnut Foundation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mrsgale.fates.org/pipermail/masschestnutnews/attachments/20100108/0cd7d0ca/attachment.html From n1djb at yahoo.com Fri Jan 15 15:17:02 2010 From: n1djb at yahoo.com (Jamie Donalds) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:17:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [MassChestnutNews] Reminder - this Sunday -TACF-MA Winter Board Meeting Message-ID: <767396.146.qm@web111414.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Hope to see you all there! Updated agenda is below. ?-Jamie Donalds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The?Winter Board Meeting of the Mass.Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation Sunday,January 17th from?Noonto 4 pm ?AGENDA for?1/17/10 ? Noon- 4:00 pm??WINTER TACF BOARD MEETING ?Welcome and introduction?? - (Jamie Guy) Introduction of Guests and Members - (Jamie) ? Treasurer?s Update - (Michael N.) ?????????????????????? ?Budget committee report (Michael N.,Jamie J Meik.) Board of Directors Issues - ??????????????????? ???Update our bylaws at the Secretary of State's office-How & Who- (Jamie,J. Mirick) ?????????????????????? Planting of BC3F3 Meadowview nuts assigned to chapter by members.(Rufin) ?????????????????????? Restoration Planning ? (Rufin,Jamie) ?????????????????????? ???????????? Secretary? s Report (Kathy) ????????????????????? ?Membership ?????????????????????? New Contacts ?????????????????????? Approval of minutes from?fall,annual ?meeting ?????????????????????? Progress on?wood plaques & letter for Jim Garland?and Frank Howard ? Inoculation report? - (Kendra, Charlotte,John E.) ????????????????????? Orchard to inoculate? in 2010 ??????????????????? ??How do we best use Frank Howard's donation?? ? Break at 2PM ? New England Regional Science Coordinator report- (Kendra) ??????????????????????Regional meeting: March 20th, Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH ????????????????????? Umass Seed orchard possibilities?????? ??????????????????????Geocaching ? RI News: .???-(Yvonne) ? Seed Orchard Development- ??????????????????? Report on Easement Agreements? with landowrners - (John Mirick) ????????????????????Seed Orchard at Moore SP- MOU?-Lois, Dennis, Jamie,J. Mirick ????????????????????North Grafton Land -Peter?and Shirley Williams (Kathy,Rufin) ??????????????????? Future actions with Trusties of Reservations- J.Meik ? Support for Stockbridge Orchard - (Jamie ,Rufin) ? Spring?Orchard Activities, (Charlotte) ?????????????????? ?Nanking Lines?? how many will we do? ? Other Items -? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mrsgale.fates.org/pipermail/masschestnutnews/attachments/20100115/209eb562/attachment.html