Meeting Minutes - 11/3/09

*  In attendance at this meeting.

Minutes 11-3-09:

TRĀL Board Meeting Summary

We have a candidate for treasurer and he is likely to be elected to that position at the next board meeting.  His name is Ken Refner and he is a long time corporate finance and business operations guy with experience in several industries.

Mesquite Area - Rod Jackson

The Rock Stars Motorcycle Club led by Rod Jackson did a cleanup and brush trimming at the Mesquite Wash parking area on October 31st.  There were 7 people and they put in 3 hours.

The new logs that were put in place to restrict access to the hanging gardens were still there and seemed to be doing their job.

Pobrecito Project - Rich Smith

We are ready for another work day out at Pobrecito on the pipe fence.  Rich will work on scheduling a day in the next couple of weeks.

BulldogCanyon - Patrick Frawley & Bret Marchant

The new road that was formed by the sheep herders has been fenced off.

Patrick contacting Allen Cross to work on some graffiti paint removal.

Bret reported that there is a lot of shooting in Cottonwood Springs.  He will also contact Allen C. about some fence mending.

Updates from Forest Service - Amy Racki

The Tonto public meetings are scheduled and are listed on the FS website.  The 6 meetings are all the same.  They are open houses with information on all 6 districts.  Each district meeting will be more heavily attended by representatives from that district but with some representation from the other districts and the Supervisors office.

Volunteer Program Update - Rich Smith

Unfortunately, the raffle is off.  An organization must have been in existence in AZ for at least 5 years before it can have a raffle.  We'll pursue other fund raising methods.

We are working through getting the training materials together and are still working toward a pilot class in November although it may move to early December because of the Thanksgiving holiday week.

Ambassador Training

We had several people from TRĀL attend the OHV Ambassador orientation training on October 24th.  The training has many elements that we can copy and intend to do so.

Travel Management Maps

Amy brought in some of the TM maps including the Mesa district, a blowup of Sycamore and the Cave Creek district.  We spent some time reviewing them in preparation for the comment period.