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Eastern Meeting Summary
June 19 - 24, 1996
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Woodford, Vermont Friday evening June 20:
Notes: There were 9 State's Directors present: they were - Mark Haughwout, Vermont -
Acting FFLA Chairman State Reports: Washington: Ray Kresek; reported by Gary Weber Washington has 40 members, there are questions about the Central Mailing issue, T shirt sales are working well in Oregon;(Ron Johnson) Ray has a circular outlining over 5000 lookout photos which area available for individual reproduction. Costs are $ 8.00 for the first 4X6 Color or black & white, $ 10.00 for 8X10 add $ 2.00 for each shipping/handling. Australia: John Evans; reported by Gary Weber. A 200 ft tall Steel fire tower recently found still standing Photos of Australia's fire towers are being circulated among local people and research questions are underway to learn more about Australia's lookouts. Forest Stewardship programs are being initiated and an Australian Chapter is hoping to be organized. Presently Australia is under going a long fire season. Eugene Hoffmeyer in Charleston,
Virginia needs to move a 100 foot fire tower and is seeking help and
advice in accomplishing this. Information or inquiries can be forwarded
to Eugene J. Hofmeyer JR. Sellwood; Post Office Box 21, Charles City,
Virginia 23030-0021 How much does a 100' fire tower weigh? and has
any ever been moved by a helicopter? Massachusetts: Henry Isenberg there are 25 paid and 10 complimentaries 46 active fire towers in the State and a total of 50 are standing. Maine: Caroline Parmenter There are 4 new members being reported enrolled, 10 single memberships and there are 6 complimentaries In Maine there are 21 towers still insured. Maine of course has done away with all State funded watchperson positions but there are several lookouts which are manned voluntarily or by local fire company people. such as Mt Agamenticus, Mt Hope, and Atherton hill. Kineo at Greenville on Kineo Island has been rebuilt by the Maine Park service. In other notes: The town of Waldoboro wishes to buy Ossippe hill tower from the State The 1997 Sanford, Maine Conference is on scheduale and all are welcome to attend (Kevin Goodrich) New Hampshire; Chris Haartz There are 14 paid members; The State has duplicated "Lookout Newsletter" and is sending it out to all New Hampshire lookout operators; Chief of Forestry Jack Sargent is retiring in December. Smart's Mountain lookout will be dedicated shortly. The State is operating all towers, Red Hill tower is operated. Stratham Hill tower is unknown of it's ability to be manned but is being worked on. New Hampshire's Spring fire season has been very wet as was mostly all of the New England states. New Jersey; Bob Spear The state is operating all of it's 21 fire towers. All but 1 of the A Division towers have assigned operators, the ommission is Bearfort, however that tower had been manned briefly this Spring by Dave Quam before he left for Minnesota. Bearfort tower is equipped with probably the only remaining elevation reading Osborne Fire finder in the State The firetowers in "B" Division are likewise all able to be manned as the need arises with assigned operators. (Tansley). Lebanon tower is hoped to soon undergo a "tree cut" program to increase visibility Jamesburg tower did have a "tree cut" done but the tower also is undergoing study to be raised higher. Jamesburg is located in the "Thomas" County Park There is no money available for "capital improvements" on the firetowers but they are being maintained with all available means. "C" Division fire towers are likewise all able to be manned as needed, mostly all the Division's towers are in excellent shape and all are maintained. (Gowdy) Assistant State firewarden Joe Hughes will be retiring in July after 22 years of service. Mr Hughes recently made available to us of very old glass plate negatives of the actual photos used to produced the 1928 & the 1936 "Lookout guide to New Jersey firetowers" New Jersey's Chapter has 47 members of which 21 are due for renewal in June and 4 have not renewed in the past 18 months and will have to be dropped shortly. The Chapter is orgainized with 2 Co-Directors, an Archivist, and two other assistant directors. Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Steve Cummings There are 32 secondary towers in the State and 12 are "primary" towers The Mt Penn tower may be going to be restored; 6 are on the National Historic Lookout Register. Idaho; & the Western deputy wrap-up notes Gary Weber There are 25 paid members 1 past due and 50 complimentaries On the St. Joe District recently, work was recently done on a 20 ft tower, replacing the caps on the tower legs. The Southwest is in Extreme fire danger Dave Lorenz may be stepping down as Arizona director- no reasons given .Nothing has been received from Mark Thornton in California. However Henry Isenberg states he had been in almost weekly contact with the California director for some time. A note from Ray Kresek (Washington) that he had found 2 more towers that hadn't existed before this time on State records. Will be the same DNR staff this year but maybe none next year. Montana; (Waverick) "some things have slipped organizationally" At the Kooteni tower,( 7 point lookout ) has a gabled roof now Colorado has a lot of fire activity Wyoming; Pat Lynch may be interested in the FFLA. Have heard nothing from Director Dixie Boyle for some time. Alberta, Canada, Bob Young is "on line for the Conference" Vermont; Mark Haughwout, The State's Parks Department continues to maintain the remaining fire towers in the State although they are not manned by any Forestry personnel. Efforts are still underway to get the Dickinson Hill Fire tower in New York State moved to a State Park in Vermont. Dickinson Hill is a 60 ft steel aermotor design and has been abandoned by the NY DEC for many years. It is under jurisdiction of the New York State Police which have expressed a desire to have the old tower removed as it is no longer used by them for their police repeater, a newer radio mast nearby has been erected for that purpose. At this Conference we will be hiking to the Mt Olga fire tower nearby where there will be a small ceremony honoring it's induction on the National Historic Lookout Register. Vermont has so far had 36 lookout sites identified and researched by the State's FFLA Director. Vermont may be unique in that it's State Park Department is very active in maintaining the remaining standing fire towers, all of which command outstanding views of the Green Mountain National Forest which have nearly two©thirds of the State within it's boundaries. From several of Vermont's higher lookout positions, one can plainly view far off Mount Washington in New Hampshire, and the Presidential range of the White mountain National Forest. In the north of the state, Mount Mansfield, Quebec province, and a sliver of water, far off that is Lake Champlain on New York's border. Virginia; and the National Historic Lookout Register;Keith Argow "Tree Bear" will be at the Olympic pavillion in Atlanta On the NHLR front: In coming issues of "National Woodlands Magazine" there will be 4 lookouts in Canada and 2 in Brazil added to the International Registry Mt Adams in Washington at 12,000' ft elevation and it's Lookout is still about 20 feet shorter then that of "Parkview Lookout" in Colorado. National Woodlands Magazine subscriptions in 1997 will be going up 40% and Plus memberships will have to become $ 12.00 for the quarterly subscription rate at that time In Virginia, the Forestry department is working at a feverish rate to remove the remaining fire lookouts in the state, their attitude is that 1 or 2 will be adequate, this down from over 100 lookouts. Membership in the Virginia Chapter is 3 members; 2 others are served by other State Chapters, 1 is in Colorado, and 1 is in Wisconsin Virginia is the site of the January Conference at Charlottsville's Forestry office In other notes on Virginia: The Sugarloaf tower is coming down by the Burris Land & Timber Company. Carter's Mtn lookout has land owner problems, on on a sad note, the Hawksbill Lookout which had a catwalk around it and was owned by the Forest Service was recently burned down by vandals. Other towers continue to be sold. There are 3 towers still standing on the George Washington National Forest. High Knob tower may be lost. The tower at "Duncan Knob" has lost it's usefulness with the State Police. This is a 14' x 14' live in tower, steel/ The Ski patrol hit a dead end with the Forest Service about it. The Carolinas' are making progress but volunteerism is down to restore towers, so nothing has been done, there's no man power to do it. Mt Cammera is a real success story; Shuckstock Lookout is in trouble and Spruce Mtn is gone. "Rich Mtn" had a live in cab but the Telephone Company took the tower down. 2 towers in Erwin Tennessee are in trouble because they are not in a good place on the Appalachian trail. There are 40 ft towers with catwalks in South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi but no action on any yet. There are no rentals available in the Eastern U.S. In other Notes: The "Serve Maine" program which was in use some years ago in that State seems to have no further information available on it. These were the main points covered at the Friday evening Board of Director's meeting at the Mt Prospect Ski lodge. As there was no "officially designated" Secretary, Notes were taken in long hand and some of the "detailed discussions" may lack clarity. SATURDAY June 21st The morning business session began at 9 a.m. after the invocation delivered by Mr.Stephen Cummings of Pennsylvania. Housekeeping details were reviewed again to those assembled by Conference Chairman Mark Haughwout (VT) followed by a briefing on subjects to be discussed this morning. 1--First was advertising in "Lookout Network Newsletter". It was unanamously agreed this was an initiative in need of following through on, and several people felt the need for further research into a "price structure" to base this on. 2--Dues Collection; Chapter Directors should now be sending all membership renewals, new memberships and also "plus" memberships to the National Treasurer, Shirley Goodrich in Springvale, Maine. As some Directors empahsized however, it is most important that Chapter members continue to remit their renewals to their State's Representative, otherwise, it will be difficult to keep records straight. Previous questions had been raised about the ability of individual Chapters to be re-imbursed for their expenses, and also to keep track of their memberships. This was put to rest in explaining that Directors should then submit a request for repayment to the Treasurer who will then send back the appropriate amount. This issue still confuses a few of us who are concerned about the time lag involved in this complicated payment and repayment method. There is a legimate concern that State Directors will have to front the cost of copying newsletters and other information with out of pocket costs while waiting to be reimbursed. This process however is necessary for Incorporation matters which must have annual reports from all State Chapter Directors by the first of each year. Keith Argow (VA) added that the 5013C process is a lengthy proceedure but should be accomplished by January 1, 1997. 3--Central Mailing: It's been talked about within Chapter circles, and to many of us, still remains a "gray area" of understanding it. It was touched on only very briefly at this assembly, but still no clear decision as to who will be managing it or when it can be expected to take form and just how the Newsletters are sent out and by what method. One item that was talked of was firstly, the need for a Complete listing of All FFLA members, their mailing addresses and if these individuals wish their address be published for information sharing. It seems that in Massachusetts, according to Chapter director Henry Isenberg, that Massachusetts members for the most part do not want their addresses published in any future Newsletters. In New Jersey however for example, 100% of the Chapter's members do not have any problem with this, as it is felt that this is one of the purposes for the Forest Fire Lookout Association to exist. The exchange of Lookout information cannot be achieved if members cannot contact each other. In the near future the Secretary* will be contacting each State Chapter Representative and or Directors to request that they forward their State's membership listing to him, so that finally, a complete listing can be made, and forwarded to the National Treasurer. This is the first step toward Central Mailing, and without it, we can only continue to talk about it and not put the wheels in motion. 4--Project Reports: Beebe Hill, New York, Region 4 New York DEC has agreed to cut rough oak planking for replacing the steps and landings on this 60 foot Columbia County fire tower. An earlier work day at the site by FFLA members removed all the old steps from the structure. A work week is tentatively schedualed for the 2nd week in July at the fire tower site at Beebe Hill State Park. Future projects may involve some restoration work at Mt Utsayantha near Stamford, N.Y. At last report, Interepretive duties at Blue Mtn tower, also in N.Y. have been hampered by hitches in funding. Larry Paul; Lynbrook N.Y. and Bob Spear; N.J. are trying to work with DEC Foresters and Rangers to determine what can be done to improve the access road to Hunter Mtn fire tower, which was recently presented to Regional Forester Paul Trotta and Lietenant Kilpeck of the New York State Forest Rangers with a National Historic Lookout Certificate on the summit. After road improvements, it's hoped that some restoration work can be done on the tower which has suffered extensive damage last winter by having it's roof torn off in winter gales on the 4,000 + foot summit. Balsam Lake Mtn firetower; also known as "Balsam round top" was hiked to recently by Bob Spear (N.J.FFLA) and was found with wind damage also to it's roof, and it's bottom ladder missing to keep people from climbing the tower. Also, signs on the tower saying "Tower closed to the Public" was particularly disturbing as without the ability to view the 360 degree visual from the tower's perch, there is no view what so ever as the summit is enclosed by the thick forest. Balsam Lake is on the National Historic Lookout Register and was one of the first in New York to be so registered, and was nominated by the New York State Rangers. Idaho; Gary Weber Western Regional deputy Chairman Restoration work has been done on an L4 type tower in the St Joe District in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, also on a 10 ft tower on the Kootenei National Forest in Montana. also on "West Fork Butte" lookout near Missoula, Montana which had been built in 1930. At "Kalispell Rock" Washington, a 1927 log cabin with living quarters for a Fire warden has been restored. The site is located in a Grizzly Bear habitat area and "there appears to be a fair amount of interest in lookout restoration" reports Gary. Postal Service stamp iniative needs artwork for the stamp design no other information was discussed about this. 5--Newsletter: Artie Grimes, N.J. brought to the attention that there hasn't been any membership registration form in the Newsletter for a long time nor an up to date listing of present States represented by Directors. Gary Weber; Newsletter editor, added that starting with the next issue the "Seasonal issue" will be printed instead of a monthly date. 6--Newsletter mailings: Continued mailing to non-paying members was discussed with mixed suggestions. Some Directors continue to send Newsletters out to all past members even though they have not renewed for some time, in the hopes they will renew. This idea was challenged because why then should these people pay at all, if they continually are sent Newsletters anyway ? . Complimentary mailings are generally done to a host of people who are or have been benefactors of tower information in the past. At some point however postage costs for some Directors are a determining factor as to just how long, complimentary copies of the Newsletter realistically can be continually sent, without a registration return. For the most part, each state Director is the determinator of his Chapter's ability to mail out non paying complimentary Newsletters, based on finances available. This is another point that will need to be addressed at some future date, when and if "Central mailing' of the Newsletter takes effect. 7 -South Carolina Conference; 9 were present as best can be determined, as the Conference minutes were never typed up or distributed to Directors for general review. Apparently some very important issues were discussed and decided on. Notes taken by those present at the Conference were given to Acting Chairman Mark Haughwout here at this conference to be assembled and typed It was announced at the South Carolina conference last January that we have lost our Michigan Director, Larry Jarvinen who has resigned for unknown reasons. This news was only now reported to the general assembly in Vermont. Some of us present were alarmed that this important information had not been transmitted to the Board of Directors so that possibly some one of us could follow up with Larry on a letter of inquiry. There was renovation work done at the McClellanville tower by Kevin Goodrich, Mark Haughwout and Henry Isenberg. Materials were donated by the local town council of McClellanville. Keith Argo added that "This was the real top story to come out of this Conference, that some real hands on work was done with citizen involvement".." this is the type of thing we must continue to do at our gatherings if we are to make an impression on others of our involvement with lookout rest- oration work. Another real outcome of this Conference was what happened afterwards as Mark Haughwout (VT) continued his quest across the southern states, Georgia,Tennessee,Kentucky and into Ohio and back across Pennsylvania to Vermont, visiting some 56 Lookout sites and fire towers, meeting with Rangers and other Forestry people along the way. Among the curiosities Mark discovered was a "Oil Derrick" type of fire tower he discovered at a remote corner of Georgia and Alabama. In other news from Mark's trip: Kentucky has No towers in operation but has an up to date record of knowing where they all area and what has happened to them. Keith Argow added that, " Georgia has a "Forestry Commission", not a "History commission". They are "pro tower" however but do not want any of their towers on any Register. Mark added that "Georgia's firetowers for the most part are in very good shape". In South Carolina, there is a "Negative view" on fire towers, and the State is taking them down rapidly. "Attorneys have them spooked cause of liability* Argow. The dedication of the McClellanville tower was attended by 4 members of the Town council. Kevin Goodrich who was there and helped work on the tower suggested that in the future, we should "be careful what we promise people we are going to do as far as work on a tower, unless we have an organized plan and enough comitted people to carry it out." A lot of material donated for the McClellanville tower went unused, as there just wasn't enough of us there to accomplish all the work that was set out to do., this in the future may harm rather then do the good that is intended on such a venture. The work of the South Carolina conference was apparently successful despite the low turn out. But because of untimely events that happened following the close of the conference there has been no follow up with a "Conference report" which is unfortunate as those of us who were not able to attend, are no less interested in what transpired. 8--Corporate Update: Steve Cummings, Penna. The attorney handling the Incorporation proceedure has since retired and Steve is pursuing the option of having another agency serve as the Corporate address for the Association. The Directorship of the FFLA is reminded again that by the first of January 1997 we MUST have an accounting in of all Chapters which are represented to meet IRS requirements. 9--International Business: Keith Argow hinted at the future announcements of several Canadian lookouts and also some others in foreign countries to the National and International Forest Fire Lookout Registers "Towers continue to come down at the rate 1 a day somewhere in the U.S. and we must continue our vigilence in pushing for restoration and preservation of as many as possible. Chris Haartz (NH) interjected that he intends to push for nomination of every existed manned lookout in New Hampshire for the NHLR*. 10-- International responsibilities: Bob Spear; NJ brought up the question of whether or not having International Chapters such as ones in Canada and Australia and possible others as our Association grows has any effect on our Incorporation status or other modes of legally conducting business as a non©profit agency which we are seeking. Should we have an "International Chairman" or be using other terms to describe officer positions. Differences in monetary values between nations for annual membership rates for example Although there appears to be no problems or concerns right now, it may be of note that such things may have to be discussed at future conferences. A position such as "Overseas Director" may be of value. Things to ponder about. 11--Other Business: Election Committee appointed Keith Argow, Bob Spear and one other were appointed as "Election Officers" for the coming slate of names for FFLA offices 12 Secretary appointed; Bob Spear, N.J. was appointed by majority to take over the vacant position of "Secretary" for the Association, until the next official election takes place 13--Presentations: The last order of business for the morning's session was the Presenation of Certificates for the National Historic Lookout Register These were as follows: Rocky Mtn, Maine, US# 139, Maine #7, to Bob Spear and Mark Haughwout for their partnership in nominating this northernmost fire tower in Maine to the Register. Ross Mtn Fire Tower in Somerset County, Maine to Bob Spear, N.J. and Mark Haughwout,V.T., and the long awaited Certificate for Ramapo Lookout, in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey which had made the Register in 1992. This also was given to Bob who will be presenting it to those people of the New Jersey Forest Fire Crew who moved and erected the 50 foot fire tower after a monumental effort of volunteerism. 14-- "Doug Newman Award" presention for 1996 was given by National Historic Lookout Register chairman Keith Argow, representing the American Resources Group*. The award this year was presented to Bob Spear, one of the original Charter members of the"Committee of Fire Tower Enthusiasts" which became the Forest Fire Lookout Association, past Eastern Regional deputy Chairman,Co-director of the New Jersey Chapter, current Secretary of the FFLA and a regional representative for the National Historic Lookout Register, as well as a District Forest Fire warden in the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, Fire Warden in New York State Region 3;NY DEC. and a U.S.Navy veteran. "It was accepted with the greatest honor and humility and perhaps the most cherished as to have this presentation by my colleagues and friends, I will always hold this honor in the greatest esteem";Bob Spear 15--The final half hour before Lunch break was a demonstrative talk by two representatives of the Vermont Forestry Services, who outlined their roles in fire suppression and other duties they perform throughout the State. Lunch Break: Sandwiches and drink was retrieved by our own Bill Baird who was the savior of everyone's mid morning hunger pains, a rain shower doused the practical part of the fire tool demonstration outside. The afternoon activities included viewing the displays in the downstairs room of the lodge and a side trip to the Mt Olga Fire tower. A group hike to the summit on the trail included some volunteerism in picking up trail trash along the way and at the 47 foot fire tower which is maintained by the Vermont State Parks Department. Later a ceremony at the Park's headquarters building where the National Historic Lookout Register certificate was presented. Dinner was at the Ski Area's main dining lodge a short distance from the Conference meeting area. Later afternoon and evening's events were "networking among FFLA members" and viewing slide shows and also talks by former Lookout operators who had manned the remote Glastonbury fire tower. The usual raffle for door prizes concluded the planned day's events and a slide show on Vermont's scenery and wildlife capped the evening around 10 o'clock. A long and tiring day for everyone as attendees' retired to their camp areas or motel rooms near-by. Sunday morning: Individual groups split up and went their separate ways, either to do fire tower touring or taking it easy around camp. Several people had to leave Saturday night for home. Bob and Sandy Wolff headed back to their New Jersey farm and arrived home around 3 a.m. Artie Grimes and Mary Pat also left Saturday evening Mark Haughwout led a contingent of "tower searchers" which included Henry Isenberg (Mass), Scott Ritter (Penna) Bob Spear (NJ), Josh Nigrow (R.I.) and Gary Weber (Idaho), we were joined in Wilmington at breakfast by Peter Innis, local resident and an avid mountain hiker and tower enthusiast. Fire towers visited were the Shelborne Falls tower, which is the only stone fire tower still in use by the State in Massachusetts. The round 50 foot tall tower was constructed between 1906 and 1909. A circular inside cement and stone stairwell goes up to the trap door to the square wooden fire tower cab on top. The tower was locked so entry could not be gained. It is accessed by a farm road through private lands which is open to day hikers. The Savoy tower or "Walker tower" as it is also called is your standard Massachusetts heavy gauge steel tower which the State is noted for. As yet the manufacturer of this type of tower has not been determined but they are the common design used in Massachusetts and might be added, seem to be well maintained by the Bureau of Fire Control. A "round-about" day of travelling through Vermont and Massachusetts consumed the entire day and supper was planned for later that evening in the town of Wilmington at the "Vermont House". Our friends, Larry and Eva Paul from Long Island, Bill and Iris Baird from New Hampshire, Keith Argow of Virginia, our "tower touring" contingent, which included Gary Weber; Idaho, Steve Cummings; Pennsylvania, Bob Spear; New Jersey, Henry Isenberg; Massachusetts, Caroline Parmenter; Maine, Shirley and Kevin Goodrich; Maine, and Mark Haughwout; Vermont enjoyed a delicious meal. Evening Business agenda: Sunday We adjourned back to the Conference site for one final late evening's wrap up of business details yet to be decided on. Decisions were made on "Life membership" status for anyone contributing $ 750.00 or more which would include life subscription to National Woodlands magazine and "Lookout Network" newsletter Compromise decisions were made concerning the proceedure that would be necessary for withdrawing any large amount of funds from the National treasury. A system of checks and balances was decided on for this. Any donation larger than $ 500.00 is to be set aside for "dedicated funds" and not used in the General fund. Starting as soon as possible, State Chapters are to remit their membership renewals and new memberships to the National Treasurer, who will then process these funds into the Association account. State Directors will then submit their request for re-imbursement for expenses up to the amount they have sent in for their Chapter. Any excess of this amount will then be left in the National account and be available for Association business. Notes of Appreciation: There was concern expressed by Steve Cummings (PA) that our largest benefactor to date, Mr Lance Perry of Canton Ctr, CT has never properly been given recognition for his generous grant to our Treasury. It was as a direct result of Mr. Perry that the Incorporation of the Forest Fire Lookout Association was funded, and indeed through his continued interest has been able to achieve some of it's original goals. It was felt however that the continued growth and now "International status" of the FFLA is testiment to all our thanks and appreciation to Mr. Perry and that it would be no less than honorable then to keep him up to date and in touch with our continued projects. Other: The evening's session adjourned. Monday morning; Folks who were leaving for homeward bound trips said their farewells. Countryside touring was done today by Mark Haughwout and Bob Spear which took them on a circular trip around Glastonbury mtn and crossing the Long Trail/Appalachian trail near Grout pond, then back to Bennington for dinner. Chris Haartz (NH) was heading toward the Dickinson Hill tower in New York state before turning back north to New Hampshire. Steve Cummings (PA) was enroute to Crown Point, N.Y. to do military research and Gary Weber (ID) would head out across New Hampshire a bit to see the sights there. His flight from Albany airport to Idaho on Wednesday. The exploits of the next few days are to follow in a "Vermont trip wrap up" as Bob Spear (NJ) took a leasurely course northward through the Green Mountain National Forest of Vermont which led him to several more hikes to remote fire towers in the northern part of the state. In Summary: Despite our accomplishments at this conference there are still some "gray areas" left unresolved. 1--The Central mailing issue is still rather hazy in structure. The single most important "vehicle" we have to get our information out to our membership is our Newsletter "Lookout Network" . Agreeably, to all who were present at the meetings it is a unanamous opinion that Gary Weber (ID) has done and continues to do an excellent job in producing the newsletter. The method needed to get the newsletter mailed out to all currently paid members in the Association remains an obstacle to overcome. This is due in fact to the Incorporation status of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. As a Corporation, in order to adhere to IRS rulings, we must show that the FFLA is one entity, with a common Treasury and reporting system for tax purposes. This means ALL state chapters must have a financial report in to the Treasurer to comply with this status. By doing so, the National Treasury must be the receipent of all Association funds, so that this report can be produced. 2 --A "Mailing List" of all Association members, names,addresses etc must be produced and sent to the Secretary who will catalogue this by State and send it on to the Treasurer. This is essential to start the Central mailing process above. Each State's chapter representative should send his membership information to: Bob Spear , Secretary FFLA 101 Lott Road Wantage, New Jersey 07461 3 --Enactment: Once this completed Mailing list is obtained and the funds necessary for completing Central mailing is procured, then the Newsletter editor,Chairman,and others of the Board of Directors must decide on a means to proceed. a) appoint a Newsletter Committee to assist Gary or who ever is going to continue producing the Newsletter b) hire the services of a "mailing service" to distribute the newsletter to everyone on the membership mailing list. c) This list must be continually updated to reflect who has renewed and who has not. d) "Plus" members must be updated continually as National Woodlands magazine must be informed of those who are current. This report was prepared by FFLA Secretary, Bob Spear at the Vermont Conference. If there are any corrections or additions to be made by those who were present and took their own notes, please send them in to NJ Archivist's address above. Respectfully submitted by Bob Spear NJ FFLA
MEMBERSHIP REQUEST INFORMATION From FFLA Secretary Bob Spear July 1996 To all State Directors: Please at your earliest convience forward a list of your current paid membership for your Chapter. This information is vital as we must have an up to date address listing so we can begin our "Central Mailing" system for "Lookout Network" Newsletter. This information is only to be used for mailing out "Lookout Network" Newsletter and for no other reason, your information is held in confidence and will not be released for any other mailing lists etc. The membership roster will then be forwarded to the FFLA Treasuer, Shirley Goodrich in Springvale Maine. When the membership list is completed, the Board of Directors of the Forest Fire Lookout Association Inc. along with the Newsletter editorial committee will then make a decision on the next course of action, which should be to get Central Mailing rolling ! In order to have the funding necessary for this venture and to comply with Corporation guidelines, Directors should now be sending their Membership renewals (dues) and new membership monies directly to the Treasurer, Shirley Goodrich; FFLA Treasuer RR©01 Box 3230 Springvale, Maine 04083 home # 1©207©324©6537 Requests for re©imbursement of Chapter expenses should then be forwarded to the Treasurer for processing. Send membership information to: Bob Spear; Secretary - Forest
Fire Lookout Association Everyone's cooperation in this matter is needed. Thank you FOREST FIRE LOOKOUT ASSOCIATION |
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