Attendees: John Mordes, Amy Kahn, Ben Kahn, Paul Roberts, Don Ross Emily Gelbert
- Treasurer’s Report
- $6998.96 in checking account
- Expenses:
- village day for the table
- picnic food from Better Life (Thank you Chris Osborn)
- Expenses:
- $6998.96 in checking account
- Thanks to everyone who made the picnic a success
- Thank you to Evan, Chris, Jerry R
- Thank you to Evan, Chris, Jerry R
- Plans for NUF Village Day at Pettee Square Sunday Sep 14 from 11am-2pm
- Volunteers needed to get popup shelter, chairs, a table, informational materials, and to sit at the table. Please consider helping out
- Chairs are at Ellen Katz’s house
- Paul cannot join until at least 12:30
- John needs help for setup
- A&B to bring printouts of QR code to village day
- A&B to add cleanup and village day notices to website in upcoming events
- Don will be able to attend but he is also running the tent for EV. He can help unload.
- Ben and Amy will go with John to pick up things and set up
- Plans for October cleanup
- Stone building is still locked up for renovation. John sent a message to Greg Schwartz to check on progress. Greg wrote back: got a message from DCR to explain delay. Excerpt: It appears they are waiting for updates to the building as a result of an outside contractor putting in a French drain. Water remediation needs to happen to address the situation and seal the building from water infiltration.
- Amy to add a post: Update on the Stone Building.
- Second padlock on the building put on by contractors, which means we cannot access picnic benches. They may give us access, but we need a plan B. We also can’t get to gloves, poles, bags.
- Amy and Ben have a couple of folding outdoor tables.
- John can check in with Erica about getting access to bags, etc.
- Do we want to coordinate with Friends of Quinobequin?
- Cleanup date October 25 at 10am
- Stone building is still locked up for renovation. John sent a message to Greg Schwartz to check on progress. Greg wrote back: got a message from DCR to explain delay. Excerpt: It appears they are waiting for updates to the building as a result of an outside contractor putting in a French drain. Water remediation needs to happen to address the situation and seal the building from water infiltration.
- New website upgrades, enhancements, features, and costs
- We have moved over to a new hosting provider, Kinsta. A&B will redesign some of the navigation to make it easier to use. We are paid up for the year ($297.50).
- Getting certified for Google Workspace for our organization, which means:
- We all get email addresses
- We all have access to hosted meetings
- We will have email/contact lists/distribution lists
- Ben checking every day for certification status. He logged in to confirm all information with Google.
- We will have to move all content from Dropbox to Google
- Village Day and cleanup both posted to the website.
- Scouts updates
- No updates at the moment
- Suggestion: Can they work on QB trail? We will have to coordinate with Friends of Quinobequin, get blessing from DCR, Newton Conservators.
- Leadership transition for 2026
- We need to elect someone new in December. We will also need a new VP to carry on and provide assistance.
- John will reach out to Evan.
- Karen does not want to take on treasurer role
- John owns the PayPal – time to give it to someone else.
- Don has volunteered to check on PayPal.
- We need to consider the treasurer role. Maintain the 5013C status.
- Matters arising
- Graffiti on the walkway on top of the bridge. Looks like someone tried to remove it. Emily will take a look. It’s pretty bad. Maybe DCR should take care of it. John will reach out to Erica.
- Emily will look at painting the railings on the echo platform again, with boy scouts.
- Next meeting October 7, 2025