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October 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

October 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

FOMP is pleased to announce our October 2018 Board Meeting

Meeting Time:
Tuesday, October 9th at 7:00 PM

Meeting location

Trinity Lutheran Church, 17750 Knollwood Monument refer to  https://goo.gl/maps/pjVmV8dHSMv –  behind the Kum and Go, park in the east parking lot and enter through the east doors (by playground). Take the first right and walk north through the double doors to the first classroom on the right.

Board Member Updates

  • VP update
  • Treasury update
  • Secretary update
  • Vote for 5th board member
  • Vote – Paying/donating for current temporary meeting location
  • Vote – Using our funds to get T-shirts printed – perhaps educational shirts with trail maintenance tips and trail etiquette, etc
  • Defining our responsibilities and borders/obligations (if time)
  • Update on USFS personnel turn over- what this means for us

Trails

  • Summary update on summer work
  • Work hours and accomplishments
  • Moving forward and focus areas (if time)
  • Trail naming project
  • Trails apps, such as Trailforks, mtbproject, etc. – Why now and how we are leveraging and how members can help
  • People undoing our work in the preserve
  • Eagle Scout projects (if time)
  • 715a – history, and misinformation (if time)
  • Tool storage

Issues

  • Limbaugh Canyon (if time)
  • Dogs in the preserve

Thanks, and we hope to see you there!
FOMP

 

 

March 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

March 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

FOMP is pleased to announce our March 2018 Board Meeting

Meeting Time:
Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 PM
Location:

This meeting will be held at a brand new location, the Palmer Lake Town Hall at 28 Valley Crescent in Palmer Lake. From Monument take CO-105 W to Palmer Lake, take a left onto Lower Glenway St and then a right onto Valley Crescent St Park and walk over to the Town Hall.

Remember meetings are open to all members and the public, we want to hear from you! You do not need to be a FOMP member to attend, but we sure would appreciate you becoming a member.

Agenda:

Call to Order
Future of FOMP and USFS partnership
Future Project Discussions
Goals for 2018
Homeless Camp Updates
Elections
By-Laws
Future Location for Board Meetings
Parking issues at the main lot
House Keeping Items
Adjournment

As a reminder, you can always see a schedule of FOMP’s planned activities on our website calendar page and you can also add our iOS or Google calendar feeds to your mobile calendar, never miss an event again!

https://fomp.org/eventcalendar/

Thanks and we hope to see you there!
FOMP

November 2017 Board of Directors Meeting

FOMP is pleased to announce our November 2017 Board Meeting
Meeting Time: Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 PM
Location: 
This meeting will be held in the Monument Preserve / Fire Center Classroom. For those of you unfamiliar with the classroom building make the first left into the Fire Center after Mt. Herman Rd. turns to dirt, follow the road (slowly please!) all the way into the administrative area and the classroom building is the first building on your right.Remember meetings are open to all members and the public, we want to hear from you! You do not need to be a FOMP member to attend, but we sure would appreciate you becoming a member!
Agenda:
  • DOT—homeless camp poop bucket
  • Communications with other trail groups (Medicine Wheel, Friends of Peak, etc.) and trails open space meeting
  • New Tool update
  • Tool shed/trailer update
  • Map situation and discussion
  • Start a discussion on trail work schedule for next year
  • Trail etiquette discussion
  • History talk museum
  • Board insurance
  • Who built trail above Mt Herman road.
  • Bylaws require annual audits. Probably should discuss.
  • Other

As a reminder, you can always see a schedule of FOMP’s planned activities on our website calendar page and you can also add our iOS or Google calendar feeds to your mobile calendar, never miss an event again!

https://fomp.org/eventcalendar/

Thanks and we hope to see you there!
FOMP

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October 2017 Board of Directors Meeting

FOMP is pleased to announce our October 2017 Board Meeting

Meeting Time:
Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00PM

Location: 
This meeting will be held in the Monument Preserve / Fire Center Classroom. For those of you unfamiliar with the classroom building make the first left into the Fire Center after Mt. Herman Rd. turns to dirt, follow the road (slowly please!) all the way into the administrative area and the classroom building is the first building on your right.

Remember meetings are open to all members and the public, we want to hear from you! You do not need to be a FOMP member to attend, but we sure would appreciate you becoming a member!

Agenda:
  • Tool Shed/Trailer (again)
  • Trail etiquette/right of way discussion (again)
  • Sponsorship and funding
    • Time Watkins gift/donation recap and discussion
  • Membership drive review
  • Membership: Recruiting and retaining volunteers
  • Communications: Newsletters and advance notifications
  • Naming trails and maps and mapping apps
  • Sandy road discussion
  • Summer sessions review and recap
    • Tim Watkins Memorial Trail day recap
  • Homeless camp
  • Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates partnership discussion
  • Other
As a reminder, you can always see a schedule of FOMP’s planned activities on our website calendar page and you can also add our iOS or Google calendar feeds to your mobile calendar, never miss an event again!

https://fomp.org/eventcalendar/

Thanks and we hope to see you there!
FOMP

It is with tremendous sadness and heavy hearts that FOMP will bid farewell to Tim Watkins, a friend, as well as founding, beloved, and instrumental member of our organization and community.

Tim selflessly gave us all countless backbreaking hours building and maintaining area trails and smile after smile. As a result, we all enjoy many miles of the best biking, hiking, and equestrian trails anywhere in the world. We all owe Tim and his family our eternal thanks.

Details for Tim’s memorial service are outlined below. In the event that you can not see the image, it’s this Saturday, 9/23/2017 from 12:00-2:00 PM at the Palmer Lake Town Hall. The family has requested that you ‘dress like Tim’ #beliketim. Cyclists will be gathering (all skills and styles welcome) at 11:00 AM at the corner of Mt. Herman Rd. and Red Rocks Ranch Dr. and taking a casually paced ride over to the service.

FOMP will hold a trail building/maintenance day in Tim’s honor on October 7, 2017 (a Saturday). We will be renaming the section of trail we work on for Tim. We will announce the necessary details through our mailing list, website, and FaceBook page early next week. Please plan on joining us!

Timmay! From all of us, Rest and Ride in Peace. May all of the rides be long, downhill, and buff singletrack!

FOMP

 

May 2017 BOD Meeting

FOMP is pleased to announce our May 2017 Board meeting!

BOD Meeting Time:
Wednesday, May 10 at 7:00PM

Location: 

This meeting, as with most meetings in the past BOD Meetings will be held in the Fire Center Classroom. For those of you unfamiliar with the classroom building make the first left into the Fire Center after Mt. Herman Rd. turns to dirt, follow the road (slowly please!) all the way into the administrative area and the classroom building is the first building on your right.Remember meetings are open to all members and the public, we want to hear from you!

Agenda:

  • Update on the Forest Service fence
  • Discussion about Dog waste
  • Trail etiquette
  • Trail maintenance and capping wells and other maintenance items (graffiti)
  • Membership: Recruiting and retaining volunteers
  • Communications: Newsletters and advance notifications
  • Use of parking lot board
  • Naming trails

As a reminder, you can always see a schedule of FOMP’s planned activities on our website calendar page and you can also add our iOS or Google calendar feeds to your mobile calendar, never miss an event again!

https://fomp.org/eventcalendar/

Thanks and we hope to see you there!
FOMP

Culturally Modified Trees (CMT)

At the April 2017 FOMP annual meeting a very special presentation by Author/Artist/Consultant John Anderson will be given. John will be giving a presentation on trees along the Front Range that were culturally modified (bent, tied, peeled, etc.) by members of the Ute tribe. These special trees provide a glimpse into the Ute culture.

Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Info: CMT Talk by John Anderson (requires Adobe PDF reader)