{"id":3487,"date":"2017-04-14T16:50:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/?page_id=3487"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:50:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:50:33","slug":"january-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/pcea\/meeting-minutes__trashed\/january-9-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"January 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Piscataquis County Extension Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Committee Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 9, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Present:\u00a0<\/strong> Walter Boomsma, Donna Coffin, Janet Yelch-Weatherbee, Beth McAvoy, George McKay, Barb Baker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call to Order<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductions &amp; Announcements- Review Agenda &#8211; Walter, Donna<\/li>\n<li>Secretary\u2019s Report (July and August need approval \u2013 m, s, p to accept minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Budget Report \u2013 Balance at the end of the year was $31,029.95 and included $5,100 payment from the county. January bill for $222.66 for supplies. Orono asked for EIN number info and will be working on BMP for counties. Donna will send a report to Walter. Janet, Donna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program Updates from Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Written reports appreciated! Help keep us efficient! See reports \u2013 for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unfinished Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Budget Update \u2013 passed by the county commissioners. Donna\/Walter<\/li>\n<li>Food Cupboard\/Community Garden \u2013 Trisha will be involved with plans for this new garden opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>So you want to farm in Maine survey \u2013 worked with Caragh Fitzgerald to have a combined Beginner Farmer survey that the results will help justify a grant request and provide information for program planning. Donna<\/li>\n<li>Newsletter\/Social Media Activity \u2013 See Donna\u2019s report &#8211; Donna\/Trisha<\/li>\n<li>SeDoMoCha School Garden improvements (tabled til spring) &#8211; Trisha\/Group<\/li>\n<li>Executive Committee Membership \u2013 Katy Joner-Robinson (Barb), Hailey Emery (Barb), Pam Pultz (Walter), Kim Kuffenerffer, Ben + Cookson (Donna), Rainie Stutzman (Beth), Doug + Gretchen Huettner, Karen Murphy (Beth), Kathy Curry (Walter) Group Approaches \u2013 should we run an ad in the Observer? Newsletters? Change the timing of the meetings to 3:30 to accommodate teacher\u2019s schedules, use technology, reach out to other organizations or businesses to get a representative. Masons, Kiwanis, Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union (fall rural harvest festival) \u2013 ask to attend the next meeting to check us out, before committing. Executive Committee Website &#8211; https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/pcea\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GrowME 2017 \u2013 Sheila can help with Greenville and Brownville. Walter \u2013 Guilford and Dover-Foxcroft \u2013 Donna will ask if PCSWCD will be involved. Amanda can help with schedule \u2013 Group \u2013 need volunteers to work with the classes. Extension provides dirt baby supplies. Better if cream is pasteurized. Hard to get schedule from schools. Beth will help.<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Underwood has submitted a letter of resignation. M, S, and P to accept her resignation with regrets. We will keep her on the email list. Walter will send a letter to her.<\/li>\n<li>Project Planning \u2013 a look ahead Group \u2013 rural heritage, one tomato, etc. Survey of young people on future plans around forestry and forest products through University of Maine Forestry Dept. Someone (Amanda?) pull together things that are coming up \u2013 master calendar or list? Could help Trisha with the garden newsletter.<\/li>\n<li>Walter distributed his workshop schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adjourn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reminder Communicate and collaborate so we make a difference!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Information\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Future Meetings and Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February Executive Committee Meeting, Monday, February 14<\/li>\n<li>March Executive Committee Meeting, Monday, March 13<\/li>\n<li>GrowME\/Ag Week March 20 \u2013 March 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piscataquis County Extension Association Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 9, 2017 Present:\u00a0 Walter Boomsma, Donna Coffin, Janet Yelch-Weatherbee, Beth McAvoy, George McKay, Barb Baker Call to Order Introductions &amp; Announcements- Review Agenda &#8211; Walter, Donna Secretary\u2019s Report (July and August need approval \u2013 m, s, p to accept minutes) Budget Report \u2013 Balance at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":2653,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>January 9, 2017 - Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/piscataquis\/pcea\/meeting-minutes__trashed\/january-9-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"January 9, 2017 - Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Piscataquis County Extension Association Executive Committee Meeting Minutes January 9, 2017 Present:\u00a0 Walter Boomsma, Donna Coffin, Janet Yelch-Weatherbee, Beth McAvoy, George McKay, Barb Baker Call to Order Introductions &amp; 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