11th
Annual General Meeting
Location:
The home of Mermer Blakeslee
and Eric Hamerstrom, 1370
Berry Brook Road, Roscoe, New
York
The
meeting was called to order at
4:40 pm and presided over by David
Barnes, president.
The
minutes of last year’s meeting
was read by Steve Levine, recording
secretary, approved by Bob Jones
and seconded by Rose Brown.
Treasurer’s
report
Opening
Balance = 5951.53
Deposits
= 1452.00
Expenses
= (1558.78)
Closing
Balance = 5844.78
Detail:
Deposits:
Dues
= 775
Book
Sales = 405
Church
Fund = 125
Honey
Sales = 147
Expenses:
Book Reprint
= (552)
Directory
= (561)
2008
Picnic = (335)
Web
Site = (36)
PO
Box = (38)
M&T
Bank = (36)
Committee
Reports
Bridge
and Campsite: It was reported
by John Adams and Ramsay Adams
of Catskill Mountainkeeper that
more than 800 signatures were
received by the on line petition
and that the State will again
open the Beaverkill Covered Bridge
campsite next year and without
the need for the County as co-operators.
Gas
Drilling: Ramsay Adams reported
that Catskill Mountainkeeper is
aggressively working to thwart
gas drilling efforts in the Catskill
region, a region reported to have
some of the richest deposits of
gas bearing shale in the Marcellus
range. It was also reported that
Mr. Krieger might be actively
seeking leases in the area for
gas drilling exploration.
Gambling
Casinos: It is reported that
the town of Thompson has approved
gambling permits and that three
different Indian tribes are seeking
to open casinos in the area.
It was suggested that an aggressive
email campaign along with other
efforts be instituted to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs headed by Larry
Echohawk against such plans.
It was also noted as an example
that the Atlantic City gambling
industry did not deliver the promised
positive social amenities as first
anticipated to the State of New
Jersey and that if gambling should
come to this area, it most likely
would cause extreme traffic problems
and other serious social disruption
in the form of negative social
behavior.
Communications:
Jane Sokolow reported that to
date there are 138 listed as FOBC
members and two new directories
will be given to up to date dues
paying members with extra copies
available for $2.00 each. Ginny
Lawrence implored the membership
to please send contributions (pictures,
articles of historic interest,
etc.) to post on the web site.
She also suggested that we could
possibly subscribe to the “Constant
Contac” system, a program that
would facilitate bringing new
entries to the website by posting
them directly in regular emails
eliminating the need to access
the site each time to search for
them. The cost would be $15.00
per month for up to 500 email
addresses.
Beaverkill
Church: Steve Lott reported that
the church is in excellent condition
except for the paint, which is
peeling. It was suggested that
it could either be repainted or
totally resided with new wooden
siding since it may be, in the
long run, be more cost effective
to paint a new wood surface that
would last longer rather than
the scraping and refinishing of
the old at greater frequency.
New
Business
Patricia
Adams suggested creating a committee
for exploring the possibility
of getting the area declared a
historic district. The Open Space
Institute has bought the old barn
at the Clear Lake clubhouse property
and the old school house at the
Prince Hall Masonic property that
must be removed by sometime next
year to a new site. The cost
of moving would hopefully be funded
for by petitioning for grants.
It was also noted that should
the area be declared a “Historic
District” it would not impose
rules and/or restrictions on homeowners
relating to any work they may
want to do with their houses and
properties such as those applied
to homes on a “Historic Register.”
It was asked that a committee
be formed to study where the schoolhouse
be moved and to study how these
above named structures are to
be used.
Patricia
also stated that the Twin Village
Golf Course in Roscoe was in some
financial distress and that the
world be spread to patronize this
most important local recreational
facility to keep it in business.
Mary
Hall informed members of a musical
performance to be presented at
the CAS Arts
Center
on September 19th and to support
this great local cultural facility.
David
Barnes announced that there will
be a wine and beer tasting benefit
for WJFF on Saturday, September
26th, 2009 from 2.00 to 5:00 pm
at Justine Sutherland’s Catskill
Mountain Yoga Retreat in Parksville.
Tickets are
$45.00 per person.
The
meeting was adjourned at 6:00
pm.
Respectfully
submitted:
Steve
Levine, recording secretary, FOBC
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