Lake Maspenock Weed Management Committee

11/18/2014 Meeting Minutes

• Dis­cus­sion held around inter­ac­tion between LMPA Exec­u­tive Board 
  • Doc­u­ments and actions to be reviewed and approved by E‑Board
    • Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and approval may be via email
  • Dis­cus­sion held around sub-com­mit­tee roles 
    • Mar­ket­ing & Fund raising-combined
    • Liai­son to ACT
    • Liai­son to Town
  • New Mis­sion Statement/Marketing fly­er to be devel­oped by Mar­ket­ing sub-committee
  • Reviewed Marketing/Fund Rais­ing Plan 
    • Pub­lic Infor­ma­tion­al Ses­sion with Dominique (ACT Con­sul­tant) sched­uled for 1/8 or 1/15 Snow date 
      • At HHS Cafe­te­ria; 7PM 
        • Mate­ri­als-100 of Each 
          • Fly­er & FAQ
          • Mar­ket­ing Pow­er-point Presentation
          • 2012 ACT Survey
          • Ques­tion­naire & Meet­ing Sur­vey to be hand­ed out and retrieved at end of meeting
          • New Mem­ber­ship Flyer/Form
          • Weed Dona­tion Receipt form (hand­out to donors only)
        • Com­mu­ni­ty inter­ac­tion-Media Social & Print 
          • Iden­ti­fy can­di­date to be inter­viewed for sto­ry in Hop­kin­ton Independent 
            • Out­line to be devel­oped by Mar­ket­ing sub-com­mit­tee and reviewed/approved by E‑Board
          • Solu­tion com­mu­ni­ca­tion by 1/31
            • Address­es prob­lem and com­mu­ni­ty con­cerns (dis­cov­ered from Questionnaire/Survey
          • Reviewed fund rais­ing ideas 
            • Signs sup­port­ing the Lake (Con­cept sim­i­lar to 1,000 homes for the library)
            • Polar plunge
            • Scare­crow drop through ice date
            • Ice Fish­ing Derby
          • Reviewed E‑Board Meeting
          • ACT Pro­pos­al for Pilot pro­gram received and reviewed 
            • Fundrais­ing begun with deposits to sep­a­rate bank account-Tax deductible
          • Reviewed next steps with CPC for CPA funding 
            • Appli­ca­tion sub­mit­ted 11/17
            • Pre­sen­ta­tion to be held 11/20-Mike Riley to speak on behalf of Community
            • CPC deci­sion due begin­ning of December
            • Will need to deter­mine next steps 
              • If CPC declines-will need TM Arti­cle for Gen­er­al Account Funding