Online Zoom Meeting January 19 7:30, Thursday
To explore the creation of an on-going organization of community members to help manage and care for Mitchell-Scarlett Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett-Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which was dredged in 1982. It is owned by the Ann Arbor Public Schools and is no longer managed by Nature Area Preservation. Help us create a vision and a plan for going forward.
For more information contact: Judy or Manfred Schmidt or phone: 734-971-5763
Agenda
Adoption of Agenda
Approval of Minutes of Meeting #8 – November 20, 2022
Old Business 1. Website – Phil Huhn
What types of materials should be included on our website?
https://friendsofthewoods.wordpress.com 2. Articles of Incorporation – Mike Benham (attachment)
3. 501(c)3 Application – Pat Frey (see separate email)
Adjournment – 8:30 pm – Next Meeting – Thurs, Feb. 16, 2023
Informational items:
Mike Benham: Park Tool Finder – Community feedback wanted
Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation staff are seeking residents/students/visitors to share their experiences using the new tool designed to help find City of Ann Arbor parks. Participants are being invited to attend a 30-minute interview (in-person at Fuller Park or virtually) to test the website (http://www.a2gov.org/parkfinder).
Interviews are being conducted by University of Michigan School of Information Civic User Testing Group (CUT) students on Thursday, Feb. 2, 4-8 pm. If you’re interested please complete this form (https://forms.gle/kpuGfggCBrXGenWi6).The CUT group’s philosophy is “if it doesn’t work for you, then it doesn’t work.”
Phil Huhn: Urban and Community Forest Management – Announcement from the City of Ann Arbor Jan 12, 2023
https://www.a2gov.org/departments/forestry/Pages/default.aspx
Matt Spoor: NAP Outreach Assistant |NAP@a2gov.org“I see that Leah had mentioned in a previous email that we had Scarlett Mitchell “penciled” in for a Jan 28th workday. We have had to take January and February off because we do not have the staff, with many of our temporary employees being laid off during this time, to cover public workdays. That may have been from an earlier draft before we decided to forgo them the first two months of the year.
We do have a public workday tentatively scheduled for October 14, from 9-noon cutting shrubs.”
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