Meeting+2009+Oct+1

Thursday 2009 Oct 1 8:30-10 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU Campus
 * Wake County Nature Preserves Meeting**


 * Attendance Notes**


 * Annotated Agenda Items**

1. Please review the Application and Approval Process page. We would like to finalize the process during this week's meeting. Your input will help this go faster. In particular, please review the draft form. Please use track changes and upload and link a new copy (add your initials to the filename) when completed. Kaytee is going to turn into a fillable pdf from so we can move forward. Hooray!

-Jamie will make changes and send to Kaytee and will be test ran at next meeting. - John will work on recipe book in spring and possibly george and gary work on it in the fall 2010

2. Update on Regional Open Space Summit (Leigh Ann) -- how does WNPP fit into Summit -- confirmation for M. Kirschman (presenting on the economics of nature preserves) -- who do we want to encourage to attend?

From george 22 Sept: Date confirmed as Mon 9 November. Kirschman will speak at 11A, finishing discussion by 12:15P. Plan is to then have him at a table with folks we'd like to meet him. There will also be two sets of four 30-minute small group sessions run concurrently, and Michael will be available at these for interaction with other interested parties. Full Regional Summit meeting will run 9:30A - 2:30P at RTP Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive, RTP NC.

3. Update on volunteer issues for salamander/invasive work (Kim) -- what is the status of the work day (date? time?) --do we need to do additional promotion? --do we need to training?

Group wants to wait until Spring to do large volunteer activity. The GSA would like to clean up vernal pools sometime in November - John will get back with group regarding date.

4. White paper regroup --Toddi will have draft outline of white paper --Why does the WNPP make sense? --Goal is 20 pp double spaced --Background to explain problem, trends/conditions and alternatives and why they make sense (the rationale of why we are doing what we are doing)

5. Management plan template and prototype progress (Gary/John) --do we accept the template as a basic standard for site approval.? --where are the various parts we need/ anticipate for the Mgt Plan? --do we need to do a reality check?

- Suggested the board, would set standards for management plan and focus on what is most important and what needs to be managed. - Have something that is easier to understand the person at the park/organization can located on their own - look for generalized description of habitats (wildlife action plan) - need preference to the triggers that let to more detailed inventory -should reference criteria in property description

6. Update from OSAPAC meeting and presentation From Jamie: Our presentation went very well, thanks to John C. OSAPAC understands we have some work to do before formally coming to them for their approval of applying for designation. Question about if there may be particularly sensitive areas where we may want to restrict public access. They're interested in seeing the draft management plan when it's done (one member would particularly like to read forestry part). Suggestion about using Americorps volunteers for invasives id and removal. Supportive and encouraging. Thanks to Leigh Ann and Gary P for being there as well.

7. Announcements.

From Gary P: I had mentioned this at the September 3 meeting, and thought I'd share the link to the Land Conservation Symposium being held at the NC Botanical Garden on October 29. If anyone's interested in attending, I think we could learn from the presentations and it would be good to have WakeNature represented there. Registration is required.

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From george: Thanks to TLC for upgrading the wiki for a year - no more adverts!! More horizontal space on the screen.

From george: The 3 Dec meeting will be extended and run 8:30-11A. It will be our annual review, reflection, and planning meeting. Patti Clayton and I will run a facilitated session to serve two goals (1) our annual review, reflection, and planning discussion and (2) collect further information for the WakeNature book chapter several of us are co-authoring. Refreshments will be provided. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

Please add items you'd like to see on the agenda by 5PM Tues before the meeting.

Please add your pre-meeting discussion of these items under the item right here on the agenda, or on the appropriate linked page.//


 * Introductions as needed** (5 minutes)