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PARK RESOURCE BRANCH
BRANCH MEETING

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2004
FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING – CARLISLE, PA


President Chris Lessig called the meeting to order at 12:55 pm. The following members were present: President Chris Lessig, Recording Secretary Judy Houck, Membership Secretary John Mikowychok, Members At Large – Neal McNutt.

President Lessig welcomed Karl Saatman and Jessica Magners to the meeting. Karl is the Park Manager for Ephrata Recreation Center and Jessica is a student at York College.

Elections: The following positions are up for re-election this spring: President Elect, Recording Secretary and Membership Secretary. John Mikowychok has agreed to run for Membership Secretary again. Judy has been Recording Secretary since 1997 and is not interested in continuing at this time. Discussion was held regarding any individuals who might be interested. If anyone has any suggestions, please forward the names to Chris.

Plan of Work – Brief discussion on our role as a branch. Chris will discuss with the Board of Directors what the status of the Institute is. He will also be meeting with State Parks to discuss the Plan of Work and review our Mission and Vision Statements. EVERY MEMBER IS TO BRING A LIST OF BOOKS/REFERENCES WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICE TO THE NEXT MEETING. This is for the resource library at the Institute. Judy was asked to re-send the Plan of Work information to committee members.

Website Information – Chris reminded everyone that we needed to get information onto our web page. Each Executive Committee member was assigned a topic to get information for the website.

Certification - PRPS President Carolyn Hanel stepped into the meeting and questioned the possibility of having a certification process for park maintenance personnel. This topic will be placed on the agenda for the next Executive Committee Meeting.

Announcements –
Next Executive Committee Meeting - Wednesday, January 26th, 2005 – 10 am
Manheim Township Parks & Recreation Department – Stauffer Mansion

With there being no further business to attend to, the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,


Judy Houck
Recording Secretary

 


 

 


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