Annual
General Meeting
The
meeting
took
place
at
the
home
of
Virginia
and
Roger
Lawrence
Les
Mattis
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
4:30,
noting
that
this
was
the
10th
annual
meeting
of
the
Friends
of
the
Beaverkill
Community
and
would
end
with
a
brief
theatrical
celebration
of
the
event.
Mary
Hall read
the minutes
of the
meeting of
August 11,
2007. As
per custom,
attendees of
the meeting
introduced themselves
and their
personal geography
in Beaverkill.
Sue
Barnett gave
the Treasurer’s
report indicating
that the
Treasury showed
a balance
of $5856.40,
determined as
follows:
Opening
balance $9428,
plus
Revenue
from dues,
church fund,
and booksales,
$ 2938,
less
Costs
of
$6509.60,
including book
printing 6338,
and miscellaneous
171.60
Sue
noted that
dues can
be sent
to PO
Box 704,
Roscoe, NY
12776 or
dropped off
at Hamish
and Henry.
Les
stated that the nominating committee
appointed at the last meeting,
John Kelly, Mary Hall, and Jane
Sokolow, had recommended several
new officers and board members.
In passing he noted that he was
stepping down as president and
that David Barnes had been named
by the board to succeed him.
Patricia Adams held the meeting
in abeyance under a point of privilege
to offer a vote of thanks for
Les’ many contributions to FOBC:
vigorous, lengthy, spontaneous,
unrestrained, and nearly unstoppable
applause followed. Les stated
that the following were named
as officers and board members
for the coming year:
President---David
Barnes
Treasurer—Sue
Barnett
Vice
President Communications—Jane
Sokolow
Secretary—Steve
Levine
Board
Members—
The
foregoing four officers, together
with
Mary
Hall, John Kelly, Patricia Adams,
Ramsey Adams, Mellisa Holden,
and Les Mattis. Les asked for
the approval of the slate by
the
members present, which was given
by show of hands.
Les
Mattis reported on the covered
bridge, which was closed at
the
time of the meeting. A fracture
had been discovered, and the
state
was working on a temporary fix.
Les noted that the State had
committed
to maintain the bridge as a
registered
historic site, but the larger
permanent repair would take
a lengthy period of research,
and
budget problems were likely
to
cause a long delay.
Virginia
Lawrence asked for contributions
for the FOBC website. She also
noted that the weather service
had asked that anyone with
information
on extreme weather conditions
such as roads made impassable,
mature trees down, hail size
of
a penny or more, rainfall, can
contribute to the record by
calling
1 800 759 2992.
John
Kelly reported that the Library
of Congress had vetted the
Stories
of the Beaverkill and had determined
to index it in its collections.
John
Adams reported that the campsite
had undergone much work since
the floodings and that it had
been somewhat reduced in size
and moved to the river island.
He felt that all in all the
campsite
was considerably improved.
Erik
Hamerstrom reported that the
barn above the Clear Lake Club
had been leased by OSI and that
the New York State Barn restoration
fund had provided some funds
for
its repair which was proceeding.
He indicated that repairs should
maintain it for the indefinite
future but that further funds
would be needed for its complete
repair. He stated that there
was a possibility that it could
be used by FOBC in some way.
Eric
also reported that the Church
was in excellent shape.
Ramsey
Adams gave a report on the
problems
arising from the proposed Marcellus
Shale drilling. He reported
that
the situation had only been
recognized
7 months ago but that gas companies
were signing leases thruout
the
Catskills. He outlined the
possible
damage arising from the drilling,
likely truck traffic, water
requirements
and pollution. He noted that
the shale layer is actually
at
its thickest in the Catskills;
that, except for forever wild
parcels, our area had no special
legal protection; and, further,
that many of the protections
of
the Clean Water and Air legislation
did not apply to this drilling.
He concluded that this was
coming
and that the effort at present
had to be to mitigate and limit
the effects as much as possible.
Information will continue to
be
provided in the Catskill Mountain
Keeper Website. Stuart Root
reported
on his researches in the property
records that reflected the
continuing
efforts of the gas companies
to
sign up property owners.
At
this point, to celebrate the
FOBC
anniversary, a theatrical reading
from Stories of the Beaverkill
was presented under the directorship
of Mary Hall and Mimi McGurl.
Participants included Patricia
Adams, Les Mattis, John Kelly,
Ed and Sally Czerny, Roger
Lawrence
and Bob Jones.
The
meeting was adjourned at 5:30
Respectfully
submitted John Kelly
Acting
Secretary
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