FIDO Membership list of attendees: Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck & Laura Berk, Amy Biro, Freddie Conwell, Jean Durant, Cynthia Hale, Denise Hatala, Judy Henderson, Merrill Henkin, Danielle Merriman, Kari-Ellen Organiscak, Marianne Reeves, Aspasia Sicking,Kevin Wachs, Carolyn Wadatz.
FIDO Supporting Member list of attendees: Hanne Jonikall (I hope I spelled it right Hanne), Ken Roehl, Norah Joseph and Philip Wolpe, (Please excuse me if I left anyone out).
Meeting started at 7:05 p.m.
Chuck began the meeting by thanking everyone for showing up to the meeting. And we quickly introduced the interim board members to the attendees.
- Treasurers Report: Numbers from the Treasurers' Report of 7/24 (all numbers correct as of 7/23):
From membership dues = $500.00
From Dog Walk Event = $437.00
From Brick campaign = $5,885.00
Total revenue = $6,822.00
From postage for first mailing = $942.21
From postage for thank you notes = $24.60
From purchase of bricks = $1,058.50
Total expenditure = $2025.31
Net gain = $4,796.69
Estimated expected cost of postage for second mailing (3800 pieces at .277) = $1052.60. Savings by using 5-digit presorted bulk over first class $505.40.
- Report from the Board: Danielle and Amy were nominated for interim Vice President. And Danielle was elected by a vote of 12 to 1. Congratulations Danielle for being elected to Fido’s interim Vice President. Jean and Denny were appointed by the board to be Board Members at-large. Congratulations to them also.
- Proposed revisions to the bylaws: For the replacement of website and e-mail addresses. Change to the bylaws was voted on and amended by a vote of 12 to 0.
- Events and Fundraising report: The next event and fundraiser is the South Euclid Fun Days. Slated to start this Saturday, July 28th, from noon till after the fireworks. Sunday, July 29th, from noon till 6:00 p.m. FIDO will have a booth at the Fun Days. We will be displaying some of the Café Press items that people can view and order online. Also, there will be brick fundraiser forms and membership forms available. Also, Jen who is a Vet-Tech will be at the booth various times on both days to answer any pet related questions.
- Kiosk Update: Chuck reported that the kiosk should be completed in approximately 2 weeks. Chuck also talked to Ed Gallagher (the Maintenance Director of
- New Business: The Electoral Committee was formed and will be taking nominations for the upcoming October elections. The Electoral Committee consists of following members: The Secretary (Laura Berk), Marianne Reeves, Jen Bartlett and Cynthia Hale. We will be accepting nominations for Board Member positions for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The nominations must be made in writing by delivery to a electoral committee member or via email to any of the electoral committee members email accounts, by August 21st. Any active member may make a nomination, and the nominee must be an active FIDO member in good standing and willing to serve.
- Enlarging
- Coyote roller for on top of the fence for escaping dogs that like to jump fences.
- Can we fix the double gate to keep small dogs in?
- Signs that say Do not open both gates at the same time.
- Get paper recycling bin for paper, newspaper and magazines. To provide income for FIDO. Maybe even a plastics recycling bin.
- Apply for grants to pay for park improvements.
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
These minutes are respectfully recorded and submitted by the FIDO interim secretary Laura Berk.
4 comments:
Can we fix the double gate to keep small dogs in?
How are they getting out - under the gate, or through the gap on the latch side?
If it's under, the coming concrete should solve that - given a flat, level surface to swing over, the gates can be lowered as needed.
If it's the gap, the post that the latch engages can be widened up to 3 inches by splitting another gate post and welding it on. I've seen it nicely done by someone with no training using a cheap wire feed arc welder from Harbor Freight. I'm sure the city service department could do it in a half hour.
Thank you for your comment. I have brought up this issue with the city and they are looking into repairing it.
Constructive ideas are always welcome.
Just to clarify, when I brought up the issue with the gates at the July meeting, I was not referring just to small dogs getting out. When more than one gate is open at the same time, ANY dog can get out (and they have). I feel this is a significant safety issue, but there is a simple remedy. There may be a separate issue with a gap that small dogs can squeeze through, but I was requesting self-closing hinges on the gates in addition to large signs on both sides of each gate reminding people not to open one gate until the other is closed.
It's really helpful having the meeting minutes posted here. One request: for future meetings, could we have a little more detail on the issues brought up during "open discussion" so that those not present could have a better understanding? Perhaps the minutes could include the outcome of the discussions, i.e. pros and cons of ideas offered, why some suggestions may not be possible, next steps, who agreed to do what, etc. Thanks!
That is a good idea about the self closing gates and signs. We will definitely look into it.
We will try to get more detail into the meeting minutes too. It is really hard to keep up with our fast paced meetings sometimes.
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