Woodland Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts Executive Committee Meeting - Dec. 6th, 2022

This will be a Virtual Meeting as allowed by “An Act Relative to Extending Certain State of Emergency Accommodations,” signed into law by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on July 16 2022, which extends the expiration of the provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30 sec. 20, to March 31, 2023.

Members of the public are welcome. Please RSVP to Sophie Argetsinger to request a Zoom link to attend by emailing: [email protected]

Agenda

1. Call to order, welcome, and Land Acknowledgement
2. Approval of minutes from September 19, 2022 Executive Committee meeting
3. Board succession: finding a new Board chair to start in early 2023
4. Partnership Plan update
5. Website updates: bundling new website design with Virtual Forest Center site, domain names, use of .gov, etc.
6. Funding updates and how to prioritize spending in the coming year
7. Planning for virtual full Board meeting in January
8. Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
9. Public comment

Executive Committee members: Henry Art – Williamstown (Board Chair); Rick Chandler – Ashfield (Board Vice Chair); Alain Peteroy – Franklin Land Trust (Clerk); Keith Ross – MA Society of American Foresters (Treasurer); Robert O’Connor – MA EOEEA; Kate Lindroos Conlin – MA Forest Alliance; vacant (USFS ex-officio)
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*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 the state legislature and USDA Forest Service to officially establish and recognize the new name.