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Mojave National Preserve ConservancyMinutes of the BOD Meeting

August 20, 2013

Conservancy Board Members present on call: David Lamfrom, Dennis Schramm, Sid Silliman,Linda Slater, Michael Gordon

Meeting commenced at 5:30pm.

MNPC Financials: David reports a balance of $11541.53 for period ending June 30. Still need topay for board training - about $2000.

Facebook page: Michael added info about Silurian renewable projects. Need to add info on thefence removal project and the stargazing event. Still need bios and photos from Ben and Lynn.

Membership: Sid sent out email messages over last couple of weeks to Community Foundation.Those have been successful. Now possible to make donation from our website. Had a couple of

new members join.

Restoration project: Sid posted two notices about upcoming project. Will double check withwhether San Francisco folks (Bob) have been contacted.

Renewables: NPCA has taken up the Silurian Valley (17 miles north of Baker) issue. Believes itis completely inappropriate place. NPS PW Region recently issued letter opposing project.David asked about our group taking a position on the project. Sid asked about Soda Mountain.David says these two are top two projects he is working on.

Ambassadors: Board members reaching out to community about our group and the Preserve.

Ruth brought this up at our board training and suggested it be brought up at each board meeting.Page 4 of her notes addresses things to discuss and also pages 5-6 of pre-meeting packet. Sidbrought up today to brainstorm who to reach out to. David mentioned group that was integral increation of the Preserve. Sid mentioned Desert Committee of Sierra Club. Desert Survivors.NPCA. Linda mentioned youth hunting group. Four wheel drive groups. Private propertyowners. Retired NPS folks. Artists that exhibit in Kelso Depot. Sid suggests that we each list 3-4 groups that we would volunteer to reach out to. Each board member agreed to develop theirlist before the next board meeting. He will send out brief email to board about this subject.

Newsletter: Time to start working on fall newsletter. Dennis will send an email to board to get itunderway. Possible topics: bighorn sheep die off, impacts of sequester, Mitchell Caverns

update, President's corner.

Board elections: We need to address this issue. Legally we should be following the bylaws (i.e.treasurer position). Probably need another couple of board members. Let's address this atOctober meeting.

Board adjourned at 6:30pm. Next meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 17th at 5:30pm