2.      Treasurer Report – David Mallory

The Treasurer’s Report was presented. An IRS late filing penalty is being appealed. The treasurer’s report was approved by a motion and vote.
 

3.      2006 Meeting Schedule

   The following meeting schedule was approved:

4.     Regional Representatives’ Reports

Aaron Asquith reported Baby Does is being razed. The location of future socials will be changed. Aaron is looking for speaker ideas for 2006 socials.

Dennis Maroney has agreed to be the representative for the southeast region.

No other regional representatives were present.
 

5.     Committee Reports

a)   Floodplain – No report was made.

b)   Stormwater Quality – No report was made.

c)   Scholarship – The Urban Watersheds Research Institute (UWRI) has contributed $2000 for an undergraduate scholarship.  It will be added to the 2006 budget. The selection criteria have not been determined.

d)   Outreach – No report was made.

e)   Membership – There are 575 members. The 2006 renewal form will be made available on the web site.

f)    Training – There were 40 attendees at the CLOMR/LOMR workshop, with another 25 on a waiting list.  The committee was encouraged to offer it again in January of 2006 with more seats.  Four additional workshops will be held in 2006.  They are:

1^st quarter        shoreline/stream bank restoration

2^nd quarter       water quality if design

3^rd quarter       stream corridor restoration for floodplain management

4^th quarter       GIS applications

g)   Website – Those using Pay Pal to the conference registration gave it good reviews.  There was discussion about making Pay Pal an option to pay for membership renewals and workshop registration, with the service charge paid by the user.

6.      2005 Conference Robert Krehbiel

Results of the conference evaluation were reviewed. The evaluations generally gave the conference good ratings.

The 2006 conference will be at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. The contract and deposit have been sent. The dates need to be set.

It was suggested that the 2006 keynote address be a local topic.

CD’s were made and mailed to the conference attendees. The cost was about three dollars per CD.
 

7.     2007 Arid Regions Conference

Kevin Houck reported that there was no consensus among the Arid Regions Committee members on where to hold the 2007 conference. The members indicated that it should be held wherever CASFM wants to hold it.

A poll was taken among those attending the meeting to determine preference for holding the conference in Denver, a close mountain resort such as Keystone or Breckenridge, Colorado Springs or Grand Junction. A close mountain resort was preferred over the other locations. Denver was the second choice.
 

8.     Hurricane Relief

After discussion, it was agreed to allocate $5000 to support individual volunteer efforts. The funds will be used to reimburse personal expenses up to $1000 per person, on a first come basis. At the January meeting it will be decided whether to continue to make the funds available to reimburse personal expenses or to make a charitable donation.

9.     CASFM Magazine

The first issue will be distributed during the spring of 2006. CASFM needs to provide articles for the magazine. An interim newsletter may be published during the winter of 2006.
 

10.     Newsletter

Tom Browning asked whether CASFM should endorse position statements to provide guidance to community officials. He presented a proposed position statement regarding undesignated flood hazard zones.

A question was raised regarding how the endorsements might affect CASFM’s tax status. David Mallory was authorized to spend no more than $500 for a legal review of the memo and articles of incorporation to determine if there would be tax implications.

Tom Browning will research what other chapters do and what steps would need to be taken if CASFM were called to testify before a legislative committee.