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FREP
MEMBERSHIP MEETING |
Wednesday,
January 20, 2010
1 PM
Location:
Judson
University, Elgin
Room 130,
Creekside South (Building#17
on map)
Take Judson Dr. east off of State St/Rt. 31
Campus Map
CLICK HERE for info on parking
Program: FREP's
EPA 319 Grant Package Preparation for FY11
Presented
by:
Holly Hudson, CMAP |
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Holly will
explain the parameters of the EPA 319 Grants and discuss plans for FREP to prepare a new
package of grant requests from the Fox Watershed for
the FY11 Cycle. We hope you will plan on attending
if you are looking for funding for a project. To
help us know the interest, please bring a one-page
(or less) description of a project you hope to get
funded, and include your contact information.
We will have more information about the 319
program on the FREP Website at
THIS LINK next
week, prior to the meeting. |
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Meeting Minutes:
FREP Executive Committee & Membership
Meeting Minutes are available on the Website at this
LINK |
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Note:
Executive Committee will meet from 11 AM - 12:55 PM |
Also at the meeting
- our annual election of officers.
SLATE OF OFFICERS:
President - Tim Pollowy, Hey & Associates
Vice President - OPEN
Secretary - Katie Parkhurst, Village of Algonquin
Treasurer - Jason Pettit, Kendall County Forest Preserve
Bill Donnell, nominations chair, is taking
any other suggestions for preparing the slate of officers. If you are interested
in participating in FREP in this way, please contact him asap at:
630-897-0516.
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Past Meeting Presentations: |
Presentations from past meeting and Noon Network programs are
available in pdf files on the FREP Website
HERE.
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FREP WEBSITE to be completely revised |
By February we plan to
launch the completely revised FREP Website, which was first
established nine years ago. Part of the update will be to redo the FREP
Member Profiles section. These profiles are an added benefit for our
dues-supporting members. Profiles include a logo, description, and link
to your Website.
Please email Becky Hoag at
foxriverinfo@comcast.net with your
organization/agency/governmental body/business information (one
paragraph), contact information, Website link, and logo file, so you can
be included.
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Kane County Rain Garden Initiative |
FREP's Kane County Rain
Garden Initiative, funded by a grant from the Kane County Riverboat
Grant Fund, is finalizing plans for events in April (see below). Our partners University of Illinois
Extension and Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District, completed the demonstration rain garden at the U of I Extension
Demonstration Farm in St. Charles. A new rain garden curriculum is
being developed by Elizabeth Hagen-Moeller of KDSWCD. The new FREP
Website will include a special section about the Rain Garden Initiative,
with links and resources.
We want to collect information about rain gardens within the Watershed.
If you have information about one,
please email Becky Hoag at
foxriverinfo@comcast.net
so this can be included. Thanks to those who already responded from the
last E-Downstream.
Also - please mark your calendars for two special Rain Garden Initiative
Events:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- FREP NOON NETWORK at the
demonstration Rain Garden in St. Charles
Saturday, April 24, 2010
-- Morning Rain Garden Workshop and an
afternoon Open House at the demonstration Rain Garden in St. Charles.
Details to come.
We will provide the details for these events in our February
E-Downstream, and on the FREP Website. Thanks to those who have already
expressed an interest. We are keeping track of contacts to make sure you
receive the notice directly. So please email Becky if you'd like to be
on this special contact list.
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FREP's Annual Membership Campaign |
Thank you to
all who have responded to our annual campaign.
If you did not receive an annual statement or have not supported FREP through
dues in the past, the FREP membership form is
HERE.
We hope you will continue
to support the important network FREP has created the past fourteen
years, within the watershed, the State, and among those who are
working to enhance and improve our communities. Especially if you
are interested in working with FREP on a 319 Grant proposal or other
grants our partnership is able to pursue, your membership support is
vitally needed to make these activities possible. |
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Of Interest |
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Saturday,
February 13,
2010 - 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
Dundee Township GBBC at Library Springs
Flyer |
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The Conservation Foundation Scholarship opportunities
Weblink |
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Thursday, February
11, 2011 - EPA's Watershed Academy Course, Godfrey, IL
Key Internet Tools for Watershed Management
Flyer |
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FREP is looking for Noon Network and meeting program ideas.
WE
ESPECIALLY NEED A PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY 17. Please email Becky if you have a project
to feature or a topic to present, or one you'd like to hear about. We
are also always looking for new places to hold our meetings. If you have
a facility to offer, please let Becky know.
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