Meeting+2011+Nov+3

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

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Blank, Hammerbacher, Hess (notes), Steelman (presiding), Anna Miller (PRTM grad student), Perlmutter, David Carr (FER grad student), Lobsinger, Leung, Connors, Jen Costanza, Ander, B. Kirkman
 * Attending**


 * Annotated Agenda Items**

=**//Promotion Committee//**=
 * Web site follow up (Kaytee) - @http://wakenature.wordpress.com/
 * still updating text and pages, but should be ready to roll out soon
 * did you get pictures?
 * have some pictures, but would like more for those who have them. Can upload them to our flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/67524507@N04/sets/
 * Remember we have a FB page now so if there is info you think should be shared please let me know!
 * listserve follow up - The free listserv options are Google Groups and Yahoo Groups, both require account set-up and you have freedom to adjust the digest profile. The NCSU listserv is free, and you don't need to sign up for an account just subscribe and unsubscribe. However, there does have to be a monitor for the listserv which can be tedious.


 * Fulbright grant submitted? (Toddi)
 * Draft is [[file:Fulbright Ecoleadership Program Application2011v 2.0.doc]]
 * New edits by Leigh Ann here[[file:Fulbright Ecoleadership Program Application2011v 2 0 LAH comments.doc]]


 * Signs - sign has been ordered, may or may not be in by this meeting.
 * prototype sign ready!


 * NOTES**
 * Website is just about done - shall we launch
 * Everyone should take a look at send any last minute recommendations
 * Steelman will send a note to full list asking for comments
 * If anyone has photos, please get them to Kaytee
 * Hess will redirect WakeNature.org to the wordpress site on 15 November approx 1P
 * Fulbright award [|Final_Sign_Proof.png]
 * Hammerbacher has some funds through a grant from NC Division of Forest Resources that has some money for signs of various types
 * We will remove funds for the signs themselves from the Fulbright proposal, which will reduce it to slightly below the $3,000 limit on the grant
 * Steelman will take any last comments before submitting
 * Signs
 * Kaytee has been working a mockup that has been order; Snow paid for this sign
 * We'll get a look at it soon
 * Procedural question about committee operation - advisory or recommend
 * Full group should give explicit charges to committees, esp if $$ is involved - whether they are to "go" or "advise"
 * If committee wants to spend money, it should be authorized by the full group
 * Can't commit time of other members without the other members knowing (ie, ask)

//**Inventory Committee**//

 * What is going on with Inventory Committee?

From Gary P. & George Hesse via conference call) Let's discuss potential projects, including:
 * 1) incorporating the new Wake County NRID into our work (Are data for open spaces observations available? Only lists from county parks are on the website.), and
 * 2) developing a list of potential county / municipality-owned protected areas for significant natural resource element occurrences as potential stewardship/management opportunities as WakeNature Preserves
 * 3) We can continue this as a post meeting committee meeting after or another date before Thanksgiving?


 * NOTES**
 * Open space files on NRID will not be viewable to the public, even though data are in the database; as places like Turnipseed are open to the public the data may become more visible
 * Carr might help us update out list of parks that contain EOs and SNHAs
 * Inventory committee might be able to look at species checklists for parks to help ensure accuracy
 * Should a Wake County Park (as opposed to an Open Space) be one of the next WNPs? This might help develop procedures for managing parks, at least in part, as a nature preserve
 * Good inventories already available for Horseshoe, Anderson, Durant in Raleigh (Connors)

//**Capacity Committee**//

 * Gary Blank has offered to chair the Capacity Committee: //I (GBB) am currently engaged with my graduate class developing a management plan for the Swift Creek Bluffs Assemblage. That effort along with my other teaching efforts this semester precludes doing anything else to move the Capacity Committee forward before spring. Thus, I suggested to Anna Miller, who volunteered (and was endorsed by Yu-Fai Leung) to co-chair, that she should explore other initiatives the Capacity committee could under take.The query by Jennifer Costanza referenced below seems timely and directly applicable to where we might want to direct our attention.//
 * Anna Miller may also co-chair
 * Anna would like to ask the group for input on the direction of the Capacity Committee. What should the CC be working on? Thoughts?
 * George Hess received this email from Jennifer Costanza, a PostDoc at NCSU. Jennifer will come to the meeting to talk with us. "I'm on the board of the Triangle Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology. We're looking to schedule activities for members to learn about conservation issues and activities happening around the area. I was wondering if there might be some opportunity to interact with WakeNature in some capacity. I was thinking perhaps we could visit one of the preserves and learn about WakeNature and the conservation efforts/other activities going on there, or we could even hold a volunteer work day. In the past, field trips/volunteer days we've held have had roughly 10-20 people participate."
 * Status report on Lake Raleigh Woods Advisory Panel, Ross Sullivan's effort, and NR100 Service Learning results at LRW.
 * Status report On Swift Creek Bluffs Assemblage management plan


 * NOTES**
 * Gary Blank will co-chair the committee with Anna Miller, who is a PhD student with Leung in PRTM. Anna is interested in community-based research and monitoring.
 * We reviewed with Anna the kinds of things we're looking for the capacity committee to do
 * Connect volunteer clearinghouse to the website
 * Kirkman noted that People for Parks has a tool trailer that's hardly been used
 * Charge - what kind of field tool kits should WNPP purchase, should resources become available? What's out there that we could use and borrow.
 * Jen Costanza
 * Chairwoman of Triangle Chapter of Society for Conservation Biology
 * Currently organizing events for the Chapter - looking for hands-on and educational activities; members have various levels of expertise
 * Could become engaged in long-term monitoring activities
 * Committee will follow up
 * Advisory panel for Lake Raleigh Woods is moving ahead, though slowly
 * Sullivan is moving on invasive plant removal plan
 * NR100 students have been helping with invasive plant removal
 * Blank has a student lined up for spring to inventory fungi at the site
 * Swift Creek
 * Blank's class is making good progress
 * Have survey responses RE desires and concerns of people living on neighboring properties
 * Will deliver draft document to Triangle Land Conservancy and WNP by semester's end
 * Kirkman noted that Exploris Middle School has adopted Swift Creek Bluffs, led by Mike Shafale at Natural Heritage
 * Blank will send out date/time for class presentation on this - it's 15Dec (we think)


 * Should we cancel or reschedule the January meeting?**
 * Currently schedule for 5 Jan - should we move to 12 Jan - YES we will move it.
 * Hess has requested meeting room for all of 2012

From Kaytee: Thought I would share the link for the NRID database launch. Please share with colleagues or friends you think might be interested. http://campaigns.ratepoint.com/campaigns/a0c79eecda453c8f541312ad563f09ea

Process question related to how committees operate. Do we want to bring decision back to full group for final decision or do subcommittees make decisions. Example: Sign for today. How do we want to proceed?