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Minutes of the Executive Board
Of The
Florida Park Service Alumni Association,
Inc.
May 5, 2011
The FPSAA Executive Board Meeting was
called to order by President
Larry Perry
at 3:15 p.m., at
Highlands
Hammock
State Park
,
Sebring
,
Florida
.
Those present were President Larry Perry,
Past President
Clif Maxwell
, Secretary Judi Maxwell, Treasurer
Tom Linley
and Directors
George Apthorp
, Thelma Proctor, John Roche, Mark Nelson and member Sandy Cook.
President
Larry Perry
read thank you cards from James Cook Fund award recipients
expressing their gratitude for the support from the Florida Park
Service Family.
Secretary’s
Report – Tom Linley moved to accept the minutes as
written, seconded by
John Roche
and unanimously passed
Financial
Report –
Tom Linley
reported to the board that the FPSAA made over $2,200 over all
last year. The
Treasurer’s Report reflected a balance of $9,298.48 in the
FPSAA Operating account, $5247.80 in the James Cook Memorial
Relief Fund, plus three CDs totaling $20,829.61. Total assets
are $35,375.89.
The proposed FPSAA operating budget for
the next year anticipates expenditures of $8,971.00 which should
be offset by income in the same amount.
This amount includes a $5,000 transfer from the FPSAA
account to the James Cook Fund account.
The James Cook Memorial Fund anticipates expenditures of
$8,350.00, including $5,000.00 for possible awards.
Anticipated income will offset those expenditures.
George Apthorp
moved to accept the treasurer’s report, seconded by Mark
Nelson and unanimously passed.
Membership
Report- In the absence of the membership chairman George
Jones, Judi Maxwell reported roughly how many members have paid
so far this year. Judi
reported to the board that we have our second Lifetime Member,
Thelma Proctor. Jerry
Brown was also interested in a lifetime membership, but he
agreed that for some of us it’s not a bargain.
Events
and Park Support –
George Apthorp
reported on the events held during the past year.
Some Alumni members volunteered at the Florida Folk
Festival last year. The
park has some really nice camping provision for park service
volunteers.
The Second Annual Funament held at
Lake
Kissimmee
in October went very well.
All went smoothly and everyone seemed to have
a good time. The
event was promoted heavily by the Division and over 200 alumni,
park service employees and their families attended. Judi Maxwell
suggested that we change the name of the annual event to FPS
Family Fun Day to hopefully encourage more attendees.
The Friends of Florida State Parks rearranged their
meeting schedule to coincide with the event and paid for
breakfast on Saturday morning.
$1,120 was spent on the fish fry.
Income included $1,206 in registration fees, $170 fishing
fees and over $400 in the donation box.
The alumni were well represented by George,
Sandy, William and Judi Maxwell, Bonnie Allen and the
Clif Maxwell
family at a Yesterdays Event at Gold Head Branch where they
presented the open fire cooking program, old tools
demonstration, butter churning and turpentining.
John Pennekamp held a very nice 50th
Anniversary event in December.
Sandy
spent a lot of time in the FPS archives digitizing old pictures
of the parks for the event.
Both Sandy and George also participated in the event
assisting the park as needed.
Recognition
and awards – Committee Chairman
Doug Carter
was not present to present the Awards report but passed on the
news that there were no nominations received.
Nomination
Committee –
Clif Maxwell
presented the proposed slate of nominees to be presented to the
membership. George
Jones has requested to resign as upcoming president.
Tom Linley has agreed to take his place as President.
John Roche
will be the new Vice President/President Elect.
Kadie Ogden
is nominated as treasurer,
Sandy Cook
will take
George Apthorp
’s place as Events and Park Support Director,
George Apthorp
will replace
Doug Carter
as Recognition and Awards Director, Judi Maxwell will remain as
Secretary and Don Younkers will replace
John Roche
as Director at Large.
OLD
BUSINESS
Oral
History Project –
Sandy Cook
reported that the Oral History Project was back on track.
Phil Werndli and Sandy met with Dr. Robin Sellers and the
students from the FSU Oral History program.
The students have completed interviews on another 12 FPS
people representing all levels of the FPS bringing the total
interviewed to 35.
Sandy
passed around the list of those who have been interviewed and
ask that the board add any other people who would be good
candidates.
FPS
Archives –
Sandy Cook
reported that the new archives building is very nice.
New items come into a “dirty room” where they can be
fumigated and cleaned as necessary before going into the
archives storage area.
Sandy
has been digitizing slides and photographs that are already in
the archives. Hopefully
one day anyone can access these items from their computer.
NEW
BUSINESS
Merchandise
–
George Apthorp
reported that the amount of merchandise on hand was very low so
he purchased new shirts and hats.
There is now enough merchandise to last for a couple of
years. The price of
the new items totaled $1,060.
He will also be getting some more merchandise for next
years Funament.
FPS
Family Fun Day – The event will be held November 4, 5,
and 6, 2011 at
Lake
Kissimmee
. Camping and rooms
at the Liars Lodge have already been blocked.
There were lots of different events going on last year
and we’re looking to possibly expand them this year.
We hope to be able to get some sponsors with 2 levels:
one for businesses and one for individuals. The new FPS
ethics policy now states that employees are not allowed to
accept anything of value so we will have to be careful.
Employees would have to pay a fee but their families
would not. Mark
Nelson suggested that sponsors might give merchandise as apposed
to money which could be raffled off.
Folk
Festival - The Alumni will again act as host for the
park service volunteer camping area.
Also some Alumni members will be volunteering to drive
handicapped transport carts and man the back porch during the
festival.
Next
Year’s Meeting –.
It was decided that next years Annual Gathering will be
held April 27 and 28, 2012 at
Silver
River
State Park
.
25th
Alumni Gathering – Tom Linley suggested that a board
meeting be scheduled soon to make plans for the 25th
Anniversary of the FPSAA.
Larry Perry
adjourned the meeting at 4:55pm.
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FLORIDA PARK
SERVICE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC.
ANNUAL BUSINESS
MEETING
May 6, 2011
President
Larry Perry
called the Annual Meeting of the FPSAA to order on May 6, 2011
at 9:55 A.M. at
Highlands
Hammock
State Park
,
Sebring
,
Florida
.
Larry
welcomed the attending alumni and thanked the board members who
donated breakfast.
Thank you notes were read from Cook Fund
award recipients expressing their gratitude for the support from
the Florida Park Service Family.
Minutes
- In lieu of reading the minutes from the annual meeting held
4/25/10 at O’Leno State Park Ney Landrum moved that the
minutes be accepted as written.
Tom Linley seconded and was unanimously passed.
Financial
Report - Tom
Linley reported to the board that the FPSAA made over $2,200
over all last year. The
Treasurer’s Report reflected a balance of $9,298.48 in the
FPSAA Operating account, $5247.80 in the James Cook Memorial
Relief Fund, plus three CDs totaling $20,829.61. Total assets
are $35,375.89.
The
proposed FPSAA operating budget for the next year anticipates
expenditures of $8,971.00 which should be offset by income in
the same amount. This
amount includes a $5,000 transfer from the FPSAA account to the
James Cook Fund account. The
James Cook Memorial Fund anticipates expenditures of $8,350.00,
including $5,000.00 for possible awards.
Anticipated income will offset those expenditures.
Thelma Proctor moved to accept the treasurer’s report,
seconded by
Darrell Krause
and unanimously passed.
Membership
Report -
Membership Chairman George Jones reported that dues reminder
letters will be sent out again this year to those who have not
already paid. He
reported that we have our second Lifetime Member, Thelma
Proctor. George has
talked to the managers in District 5 and asked that they juice
up their staff.
Events
and Park Support -
Events Chairman
George Apthorp
reported that the last work day held last year was at O’Leno
where we re-decked a bridge.
Since then Alumni volunteers assisted at the Folk
Festival last may with various jobs.
The
Lake
Kissimmee
fishing tournament last October was a great success with over
200 people present and we’re hoping to double that amount this
year. One thing that helped to make it special was the Friends
of Florida State Parks changed their meeting to correspond with
ours and even sponsored breakfast.
This is becoming our main event for the FPS.
In December we assisted John Pennekamp with
their 50th Anniversary event.
Sandy
digitized a lot of old photos of the park and they made a video
with the pictures. So
our new FPS archives contributed to their event. In
January we supported the Gold Head event with open fire cooking,
old tools demonstrations, butter churning and a turpentining
display. The last event this year in which we assisted was the
Wakulla Springs Wildlife Festival in April where we again
demonstrated butter churning and old tool demonstrations.
George gave a walk while
Sandy
acted as a roving volunteer providing assistance as needed.
Recognition
and Awards –
Larry Perry
presented the Presidents Award to Tom Linley in recognition and
appreciation for his service and commitment to the FPSAA.
Nominations
Committee -
Clif Maxwell
presented the proposed slate of nominees to be presented to the
membership. George
Jones informed the membership why he requested to resign as
upcoming president. Tom
Linley has agreed to take his place as President.
John Roche
will be the new Vice President/President Elect.
Kadie Ogden
is nominated as treasurer,
Sandy Cook
will take
George Apthorp
’s place as Events and Park Support Director,
George Apthorp
will replace
Doug Carter
as Recognition and Awards Director, Judi Maxwell will remain as
Secretary and Don Younker will replace
John Roche
as Director at Large. Mark
Nelson moved to accept the slate of nominees, seconded by George
Jones and unanimously passed.
OLD
BUSINESS
Oral
History Project
–
Sandy Cook
reported that the Oral History Project was back on track.
Phil Werndli and Sandy met with Dr. Robin Sellers and the
students from the FSU oral History Program.
The 5 students have interviewed 12 FPS people
representing all levels of the FPS bringing the total
interviewed to 35.
FPS
Archives –
Sandy Cook
reported that the new archives building is very nice.
Don Younker and Jim Stevenson have been doing a lot of
work in the new building. New
items come into a “dirty room” where they can be fumigated
and cleaned as necessary before going into the archives storage
area.
Sandy
has been scanning photos and digitizing videos.
Clif Maxwell
stated that a few years ago we were working on getting an FPS
museum. He would
like to see this topic remain active.
He suggested that possibly the old ranger station at
Hillsborough
River
State Park
could be used. There
are a lot of FPS items in the State Archives.
George Apthorp
stated that our division has more records in the State archives
than anyone else.
Ney Landrum
gave an update on his book on the park service, which he calls a
manuscript. It
started out as a project to go along with the FPS 75th
Anniversary. The
Book is finally finished and he has turned it over to the
Division who said it would be going to press on Monday.
They will be printing 500 copies.
NEW
BUSINESS
FPS
Employee Fun Day –
The annual fishing tournament will be held on November 4, 5, 6,
2011.
Sandy
is trying to get more and younger people involved.
It looks like we have finally hit on something to bring
people in. This year
we would like to double the numbers and add more fun events.
This is an inexpensive and fun event for rangers and
their families and it has been sanctioned by the Division
Merchandise
–
George Apthorp
mentioned the new merchandise received and stated it would
probably be the last for the next 2 years
Next
Year’s Gathering
– The next Annual Alumni Gathering will be held April 27-28,
2012 at
Silver
River
State Park
.
Ney Landrum
inducted the newly elected board members, after which
Clif Maxwell
presented the Past President award to
Larry Perry
. Larry handed the
gavel to newly elected President Tom Linley who gaveled the
meeting to a close at 11:05am.
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Minutes
of the Executive Board
Of the
FPSAA James
Cook Memorial Relief Fund, Inc.
May 5th,
2011
The James Cook Memorial Relief Fund
meeting was called to order by President
Larry Perry
at 5:10pm, at
Highlands
Hammock
State Park
,
Sebring
,
Florida
Those Present at the meeting were
President Larry Perry, Past President
Clif Maxwell
, Treasurer
Tom Linley
, Secretary Judi Maxwell, Directors
George Apthorp
, Thelma Proctor,
John Roche
, Mark Nelson and ex officio board member
Sandy Cook
.
As there were no meetings held since 2009
the reading of the minutes was waived.
Tom Linley reported that four
disbursements of $1,000 each were made during the year.
He has increased the proposed budget for awards during
the coming year.
Since we now have better communication
between the Alumni Association and the field, hopefully more
employees will be aware of the association and the James Cook
Fund.
Larry reported that he received 3 thank
you notes from award recipients this past year.
Judi Maxwell questioned the status of OPS
and volunteers as being able to receive Cook Fund awards but
cannot join the association.
George Apthorp
felt that membership into the FPSAA should be kept to FTEs who
have passed their probation.
Sandy Cook
suggested that possibly we could accept them as affiliate
members, but the by-laws would have to be changed.
It was decided to discuss this during the general
membership meeting.
Tom Linley
moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by
George Apthorp
.
Larry Perry
adjourned the meeting at 5:35pm.
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