Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area

Minutes of the Education Workgroup Meeting

January 11, 2006, 10:00 - 12:00 noon, Coast Community Library, Point Arena

ACTIONS SUMMARY:

1. [Details] Agenda approved.
2. [Details] Minutes of October 14, 2005 reviewed, approved.
3. [Details] Tara Athan will prepare the draft Strategic Plan based on the discussion at this meeting.
4. [Details]Tara will prepare a table showing the connections of target audiences and venues.
5. [Details]Tara will prepare the brief report on Education Workgroup accomplishments, plans and needs in preparation for Planning Commitee Meeting , January 23, 2006.
6. [Details] Tara Athan will represent the Education Workgroup at the next Planning Commitee Meeting , January 23, 2006.
   
7. [Details] Next meeting date was not determined.
   

MEETING DETAILS:

Attending:

• Tara Athan, MCWMA Coordinator
• Lori Hubbart, CNPS
• Julie Verran, Independent Coast Observer
  

Documents forwarded by Tara in preparation for this meeting:

1. Agenda for this meeting,
2. Minutes of the previous meeting,
3. Draft Strategic Plan Template
   

ACTION ITEM: Agenda approved.

ACTION ITEM: Minutes of October 14, 2005 reviewed, approved.

ACTION ITEM:  Draft Strategic Plan from Template.

• WMA Goals- change order, split biodiversity and functioning ecosystems, add "wildlands"
  
• Priority Species- revise prioritization, filter by presence in MCWMA, impact- starting point is Cal-IPC list but may not be locally accurate
• EO Element Goals - OK, need explanation of principles
• collaboration and cooperation: partnership with schools, community programs and other non-profits
  
• community-based = community-specific
  
• Need to add a prevention item: Goals?
• To guide actions, develop a table cross-referencing target audiences and venues.  Use to identify needs  for educational materials and distribution procedures.
  
• Tara Athan will prepare the draft Strategic Plan based on the discussion at this meeting.

ACTION ITEM: Draft Report of Workgroup Accomplishments and Needs (prepare a bulleted list of accomplishments since last workgroup meeting, and needs from other workgroups, for presentation at Planning Committee Meeting)

Accomplishments: Public Meetings, website, outreach

Plans: letters of invitation, publicity for Public Meetings {Grange, MOA invitation, flyer: community kiosks, newspaper(Beacon, Advocate, contact both reporter and editor, could reprint Julie's article), radio}, training for Weed-Free Zone monitoring

Needs: photo gallery with requests, description of photo requirements such as resolution, format, online forms for Weed-Zone monitoring

ACTION ITEM: Select representative to present at
    Planning Committee meeting, Jan 23.

Tara Athan will represent the Education Workgroup at the next Planning Committee Meeting, January 23.

ACTION ITEM:  Set date and tentative agenda of next Education Workgroup meeting.

Not determined, because several Workgroup members were not present.

Preliminary Agenda-
1. review Strategic Plan
2. review Table of Venues and Targets

The meeting was adjourned at 12:20 pm.

Minutes recorded by Tara Athan.