NCCC FAWR
Program Advisory Board minutes
Date and time 3/11/15 6PM
Attendance:
Present: Sam Nijensohn, Colleen Goodridge, Bob Lewis, Jacque Couture, Armand Lemieux, Jared
Nunnery, Eileen Illuzzi, Allen Yale (late due to history judging at NCUHS)
Absent: Trevor Evans and Rebecca (Brown? Hunt? My apologies, not 100% sure of last name…)
Followed agenda (see below):
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
6:00 PM
Land Lab Location
Agenda
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Introductions – new instructor Sam Nijensohn and advisory board members
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Purpose of the advisory board
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Reorganization of the advisory board
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Minutes of Advisory Board Meeting – April 30, 2014
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Program progress report -- Sam Nijensohn
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George Buzzell Scholarship
(a) Review eligibility requirements
(b) Review application for scholarship
(c) Determine how to distribute scholarship applications to high schools –
making sure guidance counselor is aware of the scholarship - ASAP
(d) Determine date the scholarship applications are due.
(e) Date to review 2015 applications and rating criteria to be considered.
(f) Confirm 2014 scholarship recipients, review, and approve checks to be
written and sent.
(g) Scholarship fund balance.
(h) Future fundraising.
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Other Business
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Next meeting – date, time, place
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Adjourn
Additional Discussions and Details:
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Bob Lewis- Derby Fish and Game Club- contact by email – maybe tree work
WMA’s (Jared Nunnery)- apple tree release- with Lou Bushy and Cedric Alexander
Introductions: my background
Eileen- program flexibility as the advisory board advises and the community finds needs (jobs)
Bob Lewis relating about major improvements in career center under Eileen’s directorship
Jacque raises Q about student interest and how that drives the program’s directions
Eileen responds- need to look at local economy and train for jobs that exist among other factors
Can’t always base a program on student interest for various reasons discussed
Impossible to cover” everything” in FAWR- not enough time/ expertise varies…
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Bob- we need to “blow our own horn”… ideas presented include:
Scott Wheeler’s radio program? 6:30 Sunday morning… though (Jack was on last week)…
TV Station
Jared says Northern Woodlands would love the story of the Thoreau cabin…
Colleen says a perfect fit for” outstanding use of wood” award (Northern Logger)
* I WILL PUT TOGETHER A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT AND SEND IT OUT to Jared and Colleen for these
purposes
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Brad Gillian at Leader may be worth contacting at Leader for Ed. Discount
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Program Progress Report:
1) Student achievements
a. Farm Show results
b. G.O.L. IRC’s
2) Resources
a. Equipment report
b. Community resources, individuals, organizations, sites
c. Mentorship and Camaraderie and Land Lab
3) FFA
a. Officers
b. Future CDE’s
c. Present membership status report
d. Connections with other NEK chapters
4) Projects (existing and planned)
a. Equipment maintenance and repair
b. Thoreau cabin- all phases
c. Skidder bridges
d. Exotic invasive removal at Land Lab (and replanting)- Board offered help (State has
“weed wrenches” we may borrow)
5) Program expansion and development planning (in the “works”)
a. Maple production
b. Fruit tree
c. Arboriculture/ Urban Forestry
6) Program expansion (in the planning stages)
a. Small livestock
b. Aquaculture
7) Trips
a. Farm Show
b. Jed’s Maple/ PMRC research
c. Spring FFA events at convention
d. Spring Timbersports
e. GOL competition
f. Boundary Surveying
Also Forest Products Industry meeting coming up.
Everett Demerrit may come for wood carving talk+ sharpening tools talk
*I will get contact info for Everett from Bob
George Buzzell scholarship- much discussion which led to (among other things) the recognition that the
George Buzzell Scholarship Committee is a separate entity from the Program Advisory Board. Thus, PAB
meeting adjourned and GBSC started with minutes recorded separately.
Respectfully submitted 3/12/15 Sam Nijensohn