[Board of Directors - Gotomeeting December 13, 2017]

Stay tuned for the agenda.

Please review the attached proposals regarding a transition to Quickbooks online accounting prior to the meeting.

Please also review the Nov. 4th meeting minutes:  http://www.forum.fnps.org/index.php/topic,1448.0.html

Board of Directors meeting
Wed, Dec 13, 2017 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

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[Conservation Committee Report]

Please see attached for report, which includes the following motions:

Motion 1:
To give the Putnam Land Conservancy $1,000 as match for their investment in the direct mail campaign to landowners targeted within the project area of the Warea Partners Project.  The funds would come out of the donation requested from donor for this project ($3,000 received).

Motion 2:
To approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between FNPS and Putnam Land Conservancy.

Motion 3:
To approve the disbursement of funds that were raised through the Facebook campaign on #GivingTuesday for the Warea Partners Project (minus a percentage for overhead retained by FNPS) into a dedicated fund held by the Putnam Land Conservancy for the Warea Partnership Project.

[Re: Board of Directors - Gotomeeting December 13, 2017]

The Membership Report is  Posted with two Motions.

MOTION:  Approve the Revised membership levels as stated in the Report for the 2018 FNPS Membership Brochure. 

MOTION: Invite Roselyn Smith, PhD, Inspirational Speaker and Trainer, to present a workshop at the Annual Retreat on Meditation including an outdoor meditation activity in the scrub.  (Note from CLB: this is a necessary item on the December agenda as we need to approve the speaker fee.)

[Executive Assistant Report]

See attached.

[Re: Board of Directors - Gotomeeting December 13, 2017]

Updated six-month contract for Juliet Rynear to facilitate FNPS' transition from a contracted Executive Assistant to a full time employee.  The contract will run from 1 Jan 18 through 30 June 18.