2.      Treasurer Report – David Mallory

Federal tax forms have been filed.

David Mallory is looking for clarification that CASFM’s non-profit status also makes it tax exempt. Authorization was given for him to take whatever steps are necessary.

The treasurer’s box has been past on to incoming treasurers over the years. David Mallory has suggested that the records be converted to a digital format for archive purposes. Approval for the conversion was given.

The Treasurer’s Report was distributed and was approved by a motion and vote.
 

3.      Regional Representatives’ Reports

Julie Constan reported that an activity would be planned for the northwest region in June or July.

Brad Anderson reported that there was good attendance at the metro social. Another is planned this summer. He also reported that the northeast region had a social and is planning another for this summer.

No other regional representatives were present.
 

4.     Committee Reports

a) Floodplain/CFM (Kallie Sampish) - The paperwork to proctor the CFM exam at the conference has been submitted. The review course will be held again before the conference. The conference program will be pre-approved for CFM cec’s.
 

b) Stormwater Quality – Brad Anderson reported that a summer field trip is being scheduled.
 

c) Scholarship (Jeremy Franz) – The committee’s March 10. 2005 memo was reviewed and discussed. It was agreed that further discussion would be tabled until the next meeting when more attendance is anticipated.
 

d) Outreach – Brad Anderson reported that the Colorado Riparian Association is very interested in partnering and sharing information.
 

e) Membership – Brad Anderson reported that renewals are strong. The latest numbers were not available.
 

f) Training Committee – Brad Anderson reported that the committee has identified training courses and is planning another meeting.

Brad explained the CASFM would be willing to partner with UCD or other parties to provided training opportunities if it is a benefit to CASFM members and if the training budget/subsidy provided by CASFM could be integrated into the training.
 

g) Website (Stuart Gardner) – Stuart has been exploring options for retaining an outside consultant as Webmaster. He proposed that the Help Wanted page be used as a demonstration project to setup a database and form page that members could access to post ads. The anticipated cost is $1500 - $2000. $2000 was approved to turn the help wanted page into a database driven page.

Stuart also discussed the possibility of setting up an account to receive payments via the Internet. There is a charge, typically 3%, for the service that is charged to the recipient. This could be recovered by adding a surcharge to those using the service.

He will present a course of action and will establish a budget line item for discussion at the July meeting.
 

5.      2005 Conference Robert Krehbiel

David Bennetts distributed the draft conference program.

Prior to the start of the meeting, Ray Tenney with the Colorado River Water Conservation District gave a presentation on the Elkhead Reservoir project and offered to guide a field trip to the project site during the conference. A Thursday afternoon field trip to the Elkhead Reservoir site may be added to the program. Seats for the trip would be limited.

Award applications are due June 1st.
 

6.     2006 Conference

Bridget Simons with the Hotel Colorado spoke and said the hotel is very interested in having CASFM back in 2006.

She indicated that rates during the first week of October would be cheaper. She also said that if CASFM would commit to returning in 2006 and 2007, a package could be arranged.

 

7.     CASFM Magazine

Brad Anderson reported that Tom Browning had an idea for a CASFM magazine. Because Tom was not present, discussion was tabled until the next meeting.
 

8.     Other Items not on the Agenda

Brad Anderson noted the election of officers is forthcoming. He said that Tom Browning is interested in being the Chair. Kevin Houck expressed interest in either the vice-chair or secretary position. He also stated a concern that having two officers from the same organization may be problematic. Those present did not consider that it was a problem if two officers came from the same organization. The secretary, northeast, southwest and southeast regional representative positions are open. Brad will send an email asking for officer nominations.