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Summary of 02/16/05 meeting, 4:00
pm, Alpine Grind
Current
Directors:
Barry Williscroft*, Bridget O’Malley, Cindy Hall*, Ken Holmes*, Kim
Deane*, Sparky Steeves, Stewart Spooner. (*not present)
Members
Present: Lorna
Manzer, Cedric Hanson, Sheree Sonfield
Items
on the Agenda
- Membership/Community Awareness
- A
membership goal of 350 people (10% of Rossland’s population) was
established as a figure that may get attention in the FORR’s
lobbying efforts. Current
membership is about 120.
- Several
ideas to reach the goal were agreed upon:
1.
Sheree
will make a presentation to the local Rotary Club, and ask Kim to attend
also. Goal is to obtain
members, support and inform them.
2.
Sheree
will draft and circulate among the group a written piece (“press
release”) providing the Red Shutter’s cat-ski application
approval/status facts, the FORR’s role in the decision and why it is
important to support the Friends of the Rossland Range efforts.
Goal is to get newspaper articles and then Letters to the Editor
published to provide more community information.
3.
Cedric to
ask Trail Times how to get FORR meeting announcements and info published
at no cost to FORR.
4.
Sparky to
organize a multi-media music and photography event to raise money and
members. Details to be
determined. Date will be just
after the next meeting, about March 19
5.
Stewart
to discuss with Kim an appropriate way to approach and allow members of
the KMC or KCTS to easily become members of FORR.
6.
Lorna
agreed to post next month’s meeting date on the downtown boards.
- Lobbying Activities
- Stew
will follow-up with Kim/Ken RE their strategy and activities with
outgoing MLA and Resort Development Minister, Sandi Santori, his
replacement and the head of the Nelson planning group.
- Old
Glory “Protected” Area Boundary
- All
in attendance agreed that the original Nancy Greene Recreation Area
boundary, less what Red Mountain has now in its tenure, should be
the primary “protected” “Old Glory Area” primarily because
1) this is a goal that is reasonably attainable because of the
history of this area and 2) FORR can develop and lobby for its
position RE areas of the Rossland Range which are adjacent to this
land and/or in the vicinity either within the Land Use review,
should it actually occur, or in other venues TBD.
- Responsibilities
- Bridget agreed
to relieve Cindy of email and web checking duties while she is
family occupied.
- Stew
agreed to talk to Kim about some leadership relief during the summer
months. Cedric agreed to assist TBD.
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at
5:20pm
Next
meeting:
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
,
4pm
, Alpine Grind
Next
meeting Agenda:
1.
Details
of Sparky’s Fundraising event
2.
Strategy
for May 17 election campaigning, debates, opportunity for questions by the
FORR
3.
Info from
Kim and/or Ken RE lobbying efforts and strategy eg with new
representatives, Nelson planners, candidates.
Summary
of this meeting was prepared by: Stewart Spooner.
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