November 2002

November 25, 2002

The Annual Meeting of Triangle Greenways Council met at Crowley’s Old Favorites Restaurant and Lounge in Raleigh on November 25, 2002, immediately following a meeting of the Board of Directors. The meeting began at 7:30 p.m. Barb Oslund presided. In attendance were Jeff Brewer, Amy Brewer, Benson Kirkman, Allen de Hart, Bill Hamilton, Bill Bussey, Dan Jewell, Dean Kanipe, Wendy Olson, Jeffrey K. Smith, Bill Flournoy, Chuck Roe, Norman Camp, Charles Dobbin, and Larkin Kirkman.

The meeting began with each person present introducing himself or herself.

Nominations and election:

Dan Jewell gave the report of the Nominations Committee. He reported that the Committee had asked Barb to serve a second year as President and recommended that the Membership elect Bill Bussey again as Vice-President, for the year 2003.

He reported that two persons with terms ending on December 31, 2003, had resigned from the Board and that the Committee recommended not filling the position of Mike Cinoman at this time and filling the position of Sig Hutchinson with Larry Bailey. He reported nominations of Paul Embler, Bill Hamilton, Dean Kanipe, Bill Flournoy, Norman Camp, Don Belk, and Judy Weseman for positions on the Board with a term ending on December 31, 2004, leaving one position unfilled.

It was moved and seconded to accept the report of the Nominations Committee and to elect the nominated persons to the Board. This motion passed without dissent.

Barb requested that each person supply a biography for the next newsletter.

Report on the Year:

Barb passed out a document, “2002 Annual Report of the President.” [This document is attached to the minutes but is not distributed with the e-mail of these minutes. Copies will be available at the January Board meeting.]

There was discussion. Barb stated she had seen many changes, that we are impressive in the diversity of the interests of the people on the Board. She asked how we could serve trails and the Triangle for the next 20 years. She called attention to the fact that the communities now have staffs looking at trails. She called attention to the land trust function, grants received, and representation of the Council in meetings. She wishes to start the year with a Retreat, have the Council function through Committees, and have fewer meetings of the Board.

Dan reported that he had talked with persons who facilitate Board planning; Jeff Smith suggested that the Sierra Club has an annual retreat; Norman suggested meeting at Anderson Point.

Dan elaborated that a facilitated retreat would possibly focus on membership building, fund raising, goal forming, and how to get at those goals. The persons he knows are retired executives and a normal fee is $400 for an organization, or about $30 per person. He asked what we should try to cover and reported that a former Board member had offered to sponsor anyone unable to pay for the charges.

After this members expressed desires for the attention of the Council: building the endowment, raising funds to employ a staff, acquisition of all wetlands on Walnut Creek, pursuing large grants, setting up meetings of county groups, attending to developments at Shearon Harris.

Benson Kirkman announced to the meeting the death of Cecily Brown. Ms. Brown created Hymettus Woods and gave the property to the City of Raleigh. We have acquired a reversion interest in the property. Ms. Brown loved the property and sought to give it the greatest protection. Bill Flournoy explained that Ms. Brown had died last Thursday and gave a history of the property and about Ms. Brown’s dedication to preserving it.

The meeting was a dinner meeting at Crowley’s and it adjourned at 8:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Larkin Kirkman
Secretary

Attached to the minutes but not circulated to the Board by e-mail:
2002 Annual Report of the President.