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Annual Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park March 30, 2019 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center President Michael Polzin called the meeting to order at 10:36 a.m. Board Members in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Michael Polzin, Jeff Cooper, Jenni Wyatt, Katie Wurtz, Kathie Kemp, Shannon Johnson, Debbie Page, Vicki Taylor, Ashley Thompson & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Alison Hemingfield & James Pogue Members and non-members recorded their attendance & contact information on an attendance sheet. We had 17 FLANO members and 9 non-members in attendance. Welcome & Introduction to FLANO: President Michael Polzin State of the Park: Park Superintendent Greg Schneider presented a slide show which included the history of LKN State Park from the creation of Lake Norman through the various stages of name changes, park additions and current amenities. He also reported 2018 accomplishments and current projects planned or in process. LKN State Park Facts were presented:
Treasurer & Membership Report: Treasurer Katie Wurtz Membership: As of this meeting, FLANO had 49 members. Treasury Report: Membership Donations $1440, Donation Box Donations $ 913.15, Other/Metal Recycling Funds $359.28, Expenses $776.53. Outgoing Board Member Appreciation: President Michael Polzin extended the Board’s gratitude to outgoing Board members—Jeff Cooper, Alison Hemingfield and James Pogue. Each was presented with a card and FLANO T-Shirt as a token of our deep appreciation. Call for Nominations: After explaining the rotating Board members terms, President Polzin asked for nominations from the floor for Board Members. Those nominated for election to the Board were: Sheila Riddell, Jim Pogue, Patrick Wurtz, Kathie Kemp and Jenni Wyatt. All five candidates were elected by unanimous assent. Election of Vice-President & Secretary: President Michael Polzin MOTION by Kathie Kemp to elect Shannon Johnson as Vice-President. Seconded by Jeff Cooper. Shannon Johnson elected as Vice-President by unanimous assent. MOTION by Katie Wurtz to elect Ashely Thompson as Secretary. Seconded by Shannon Johnson. Ashley Thompson elected as Secretary by unanimous assent. Executive Board: President/Michael Polzin; Vice-President/Shannon Johnson; Secretary/Ashley Thompson; Treasurer/Katie Wurtz Board Members: Kathie Kemp, Debbie Page, Jim Pogue, Sheila Riddell, Vicki Taylor, Patrick Wurtz, Jenni Wyatt & Ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Announcements: President Michael Polzin Those desiring to join FLANO can sign-up today or online on the website. FLANO T-Shirts available for $20 each. Next Board meeting is Tuesday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m. Minutes submitted by Jenni Wyatt for President Polzin’s approval 3/30/19.
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Board of Directors Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park March 5, 2019 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center President Michael Polzin called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Michael Polzin, Jeff Cooper, Jenni Wyatt, Katie Wurtz, Kathie Kemp, Shannon Johnson, Debbie Page, Vicki Taylor, & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Ashley Thompson, Alison Hemingfield, & James Pogue Current Business:
 We are building these fishing line containers for several locations around the park. You, your family, or group can get involved with protecting our wildlife by building for your park or fishing hole! Thanks to FLANO member for bringing this project to the group! Program: Year of the Fish, Fishing Line Recycling Cost Estimate: $64 Purpose Begin and maintain a Monofilament Recycling Program Background Monofilament poses a huge danger to marine and human life when left in the environment. Monofilament fishing line can injure swimmers and boaters, foul boat propellers, entangle and poison wildlife, and more. Also, monofilament doesn’t biodegrade – so it last in the environment for up to 600 years. Because monofilament line is designed to be almost invisible in the water, animals will often swim into it and become entangled, or accidentally swallow it. When an animal becomes entangled, the line cuts through the animal’s skin easily. For many animals, this can mean losing a limb, fin, or a lot of blood. These wounds can also easily contract infections such as gangrene, which can cause them to die rather quickly. If an animal swallows fishing line, the animal may starve to death because it feels full, but isn’t actually getting any nutrients. Not to mention – all of this causes the animals to suffer greatly. Taken from: (http://nmlc.org/2011/06/monofilament-recycling-program-underway/) Goals
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Determine optimal location for PVC collector containers.
Monofilament Recycling Tube Construction Instructions taken from Fly Fishing International (https://flyfishersinternational.org/Conservation/ProjectsPrograms/MonofilamentRecyclingProject/tabid/283/Default.aspx) Assembly Instructions Materials list
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Maintenance Mail Fishing Line Yearly to: Pure Fishing America (Berkley) accepts monofilament for recycling. Contact Berkley at 1-800-BERKLEY or 1900 18th Street, Spirit Lake, IA 51360-1041. Board of Directors Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park February 5, 2019 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center Vice-President Jeff Cooper called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Jeff Cooper, Jenni Wyatt, Kathie Kemp, Debbie Page, Vicki Taylor, Ashley Thompson & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Michael Polzin, Katie Wurtz, Alison Hemingfield, Shannon Johnson & James Pogue Current Business:
Next Board Meeting is Tuesday, March 5th at 6:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. Minutes submitted to Vice-President, Jeff Cooper, for approval on 2/5/19. Board of Directors Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park January 8, 2019 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center President Michael Polzin called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Michael Polzin, Jeff Cooper, Katie Gradert, Jenni Wyatt, Shannon Johnson, Debbie Page, Vicki Taylor, Ashley Thompson & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Alison Hemingfield, Kathie Kemp & James Pogue Visitors: Patrick Wurtz Current Business:
Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. Minutes submitted for approval by President Michael Polzin on 1/11/2018. Board of Directors Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park November 6, 2018 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center Vice President Jeff Cooper called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Jeff Cooper, Jenni Wyatt, Vicki Taylor, Debbie Page, Ashley Thompson & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Katie Gradert, Alison Hemingfield, Shannon Johnson, James Pogue, Michael Polzin & Kathie Kemp Visitors: Amy Shepherd, Patrick Wurtz Current Business:
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Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Minutes submitted for approval by Vice President Jeff Cooper on 11/7/18.
Stonestreet to give talk on Lake Norman area history at Lake Norman State Park The Friends of Lake Norman State Park (FLANO) is hosting a special history presentation by the fireplace at the Lake Norman State Park Community Building (204 Group Camp Lane) on Tuesday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. Well-known educator, columnist and author O.C. Stonestreet will present highlights of the fascinating history of Lake Norman, LNSP and Iredell County. The event will also feature a brief park introduction by Park Superintendent Greg Schneider and an introduction to FLANO, formed this past April, by President Michael Polzin. At this free event, Stonestreet will have a book signing opportunity for his works, including They Called Iredell County Home: Interesting People Who Were Born or Lived in Iredell County, N.C. and Tales from Old Iredell County. Enjoy popcorn and hot cider by the fire while learning more about our wonderful community! ABOUT FLANO The Friends of Lake Norman State Park association, created in April of 2018, is a nonprofit organization operating as a Chapter of the Friends of State Parks, Inc. incorporated under North Carolina state law with IRS 501(c)(3) status and tax ID 58-1634155. The purpose of the association is to support Lake Norman State Park including park lands and trails; develop and promote public awareness; provide support and resources for the maintenance of programs, facilities and recreation; advocate for ecological conservation and preservation; and address environmental issues. These purposes are exclusively nonprofit, charitable, and educational. Membership is open to any individual, group, or corporation who supports the purposes of the association. Website: https://www.friendsoflakenormanstatepark.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofLakeNormanStatePark/ Friends of Lake Norman State Park Membership Update
Greetings everyone. Hope you all have been enjoying the summer and have made it out to Lake Norman State Park to take advantage of this wonderful community asset! I’m Michael Polzin and I am the President of the Board of the Friends of Lake Norman State Park (FLANO). Since our initial meeting back in March, a great deal has happened and I wanted to update you on all of our progress. Key accomplishments to date include: · Our group submitted for and was approved by the North Carolina Friends of State Parks as a fully sanctioned FSP Chapter along with approximately 35 other Friends groups throughout the state. · We have set up various financial management tools including currency and online payment systems, bank accounts, and a post office box to manage membership fees and donations in support of Park improvements. · We have developed a great logo (see attached) thanks to the great efforts of one of our Board members – Kathie Kemp. · We have a beautiful full color brochure about the group thanks to the combined efforts of Kathie Kemp and Debbie Page who designed the brochure and Alison Hemingfield whose company had several thousand printed for us for free · We have developed and launched an excellent web page thanks to Debbie Page. If you haven’t already, check it out at www.friendsoflakenormanstatepark.org · We have participated in several community events such as a Bike-a-thon at the park, Troutman’s Party in the Park, and an event with REI. · We now have 22 paid members and have raised almost $1000 to be used for Park improvements. Not bad for just 5 months and this is only the beginning. The first big project we are going to help support is a complete renovation of the Group Campground. It’s a high priority project for the Park Rangers and it will bring in more visitors to the park. We are also considering new initiatives on trail development/maintenance as well as a recycling program to collect discarded fishing line that can harm the wildlife in the Park. At this time we are looking to continue to expand our membership and make ourselves better known to residents of the area and to local businesses. To that end, we have recently established two committees. The first is the Out Reach committee. This committee will develop programs and identify local events that we can use to get out the word about the park and our group. For example, one event that we recently supported was the Bio-Blitz the Park held this past weekend. This event brought in local wildlife and plant experts so that the Rangers could better catalogue all the species residing in the Park. It was a great way to get out and explore the park! The second committee is the Sponsorship committee. This committee will focus on getting in contact with local business (big and small) with the aim of getting those businesses to donate money and/or equipment, or allow us to partner with them on events. We have had some great support already thanks to the good people at REI and we know that many other businesses would be interested in getting involved as well. We are looking to get some additional people to get involved with these committees and help take our group to the next level. We aren’t asking for a huge time commitment as we all have busy enough lives already, just a few hours here and there to attend committee meetings and participate in executing some of the events/programs that you would be helping to develop. If you would be interested in getting involved, please let us know which committee you would like to join. If you prefer not to be on a committee but are interested in volunteering to help in other ways, please let us know that as well. We are very excited about what this group has achieved thus far and are looking forward to making continuing contributions to our favorite local attraction - Lake Norman State Park. Thanks to you all for your interest and I hope to hear from many of you soon. Sincerely, Michael Polzin, President Board of Directors Meeting
Friends of Lake Norman State Park September 25, 2018 Lake Norman State Park Visitor’s Center President Michael Polzin called the meeting to order at 6:11 p.m. Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Michael Polzin, Jeff Cooper, Katie Gradert, Jenni Wyatt, Kathie Kemp, Debbie Page, Ashley Thompson & ex-Officio Advisor Greg Schneider Absent: Alison Hemingfield, Shannon Johnson, James Pogue & Vicki Taylor Visitor: O.C. Stonestreet Current Business: Introduction of new Board Member: President Michael Polzin welcomed Ashley Thompson to the Board and introduced her to the other Board members. Ashley was appointed by the Executive Committee to fulfill the term of Jeff Pelchat who resigned from the FLANO Board on 8/23/2018. Ashley Thompson confirmed her willingness to serve on the Communications/Outreach committee. History Presentation scheduled for Tuesday, October 16th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Community Building: Historian, author & columnist O.C. Stonestreet was introduced to the Board as our speaker for this event. He brought samples of his columns and one of his books for the Board to review. He briefly discussed the proposed content of his presentation. O.C. plans to talk for 40 minutes and then open the floor for discussion. A schedule for the evening was planned. Greg Schneider will open with a welcome and brief overview of park amenities. Michael Polzin will give an overview of FLANO goals/achievements to date and then issue an invitation for those present to join FLANO. Greg Schneider will present the Heroism Award to Rich Goad. O.C. will give a 40-minute talk and PowerPoint presentation followed by a 20-minute question/answer period. O.C. will be provided with a table for book signing and sales. Refreshments will be served before and after the event. ACTION ITEMS: Michael Polzin volunteered to provide the spiced cider. Katie Gradert will ask for decaf Starbuck coffee donation and find a rental popcorn machine. Left-over water/snacks from Bio-Blitz will be used. Katie Gradert will obtain equipment needed for the PowerPoint presentation. Michael Polzin, Katie Gradert, Jenni Wyatt & Jerry Wyatt will help with set up of room, FLANO table and refreshments. Park Staff will have a fire in fireplace that evening or instruct FLANO how to do this. Debbie Page, Kathie Kemp & Ashley Thompson will man the FLANO table before and after the event. Katie Gradert and Ashley Thompson, Jenni Wyatt & Jerry Wyatt will clean up after event. Debbie Page will write a press release and publish it in area media outlets. Debbie Page will design a flyer for the event. Jeff Cooper offered to have a flyer printed to distribute in the area. Board members unable to attend tonight’s meeting are urged to help promote and participate in this FLANO outreach event. NLD Trail Building Event on Saturday, September 29, 9 a.m.-12n ACTION ITEMS: Jeff Cooper will set up the FLANO tent and man it from 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Jerry & Jenni Wyatt will man the tent from 10 a.m.-12n. Get Fit, Sunday, September 30, 2-4 p.m. ACTION ITEMS: Debbie Page will be there early to set-up with Get Fit sponsors. Ashley Thompson and Jenni Wyatt will man the FLANO tent. Jerry Wyatt and the Polzin family will lead Alder Trail hikes. Back-Country Clean-up Day & Bio-Blitz Greg Schneider reported on the success of both events. Eleven volunteers and three park staff participated in Back-Country Clean-up Day. Over 500 pounds of trash and electrical wire were removed from the park. $337.06 in funds were donated to FLANO from the recycled metal proceeds. 76 volunteers participated in Bio-Blitz. All the numbers of the species collected have yet to be entered in the database. It appears that there will be around 500 more species identified and added to the species list at Lake Norman State Park. Greg expressed his appreciation to FLANO for helping with the event and preparing/serving meals to the volunteers. Special thanks were extended to Shannon Johnson and Debbie Page who planned meals, shopped for groceries, donated and prepared food, and provided serving dishes, etc. They far exceeded the park’s expectations and served with excellence. A very special thanks to both their husbands too! Treasurer’s Report: Katie Gradert distributed copies of the quarterly report to Board members. This also included the number of hours worked at FLANO volunteer and outreach events. Committees Email Letter Update: Michael Polzin and Jeff Cooper reported that the letter is ready for distribution. ACTION ITEM: Katie Gradert will email this letter to FLANO members. Joy Shuck personally donated an event tent to FLANO ACTION ITEM: All Board members, if you haven’t already done so, please email and thank Joy Shuck for her generosity. Group Camp Update: Katie Gradert submitted grant proposal to Joy Shuck at REI. Joy responded that, if approved, the grant funds would not be available until May 2019. Greg Schneider was willing to wait until funds are available. ACTION ITEM: Katie will communicate to Joy Shuck that this time frame is acceptable and will continue to pursue REI grant funding. T-Shirt Update: Katie Gradert & Kathie Kemp reported that cost of t-shirts greater than anticipated and do not want to deplete FLANO reserves. Several options were discussed including pre-ordering t-shirts, having individuals front the cost of the shirts or asking NCFSP to front the cost. ACTION ITEM: Katie Gradert will contact NCFSP to see if they will advance FLANO the funds to purchase t-shirts and then pay back NCFSP when t-shirts are sold. Next Board Meeting is October 9, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m. Minutes submitted for approval by President Michael Polzin on 9/25/18. |
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