Executive Committee Meeting of the WPNM - Oct. 21st, 2024

This is a virtual meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Please RSVP to Kate Conlin to request a Zoom link at any time: kconlin@newenglandforestry.org.

Agenda

1. Call to order and welcome
2. Approval of September 24, 2024 minutes & April 16, 2024 Chair Summit minutes
3. Review of Catalyst Fund job description for a Development Strategist
4. Review of reallocation of USFS Space Needs Study fund proposal
5. Review of Request for Proposals for Heritage Area feasibility study data through COMMBUYS
6. Agenda and speaker(s) for Full Board Meeting in November
7. Outreach strategy regarding forest management
8. Agent update: EOR Chair vacancy, NRBED Chair vacancy, treasurer appointment, newsletter, Collins Center public safety services study, Markey staff follow-up
9. Scheduling next Committee meeting(s)
10. Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
11. Public comment
12. Adjourn

Executive Committee members: Dicken Crane – Windsor (Board Chair); Art Schwenger – Heath (Board Vice Chair); Alain Peteroy – Franklin Land Trust (Clerk); vacant (Treasurer); Rhonda Anderson – Ohketeau Cultural Center; Russ Richardson – Massachusetts Forest Alliance; Robert O’Connor – MA EOEEA; Constance Carpenter (USFS ex-officio)
*On Oct. 11, 2022, the Board of the public body created in 2018 voted unanimously to change its name from the “Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership” in its bylaws to Doing Business As the “Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts” and requested