The Friends of the Atchafalaya held its annual meeting last month and Board President Miriam Davey presented this report. If you are interested in participating in the FOA, notices of the monthly Board meetings are posted on the front page of the FOA web site, http:\/\/www.basinbuddies.org.<\/p>\n
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Friends of the Atchafalaya
\nPresident\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Annual Report
\nApril 22, 2008<\/p>\n
Friends:<\/p>\n
Over the course of our second full year of existence, Friends of the Atchafalaya has accomplished the following:<\/p>\n
Received tax-exempt 501 c 3 charitable organization status from the IRS and
\nfiled appropriate IRS reports, and maintained more than minimal requirements for such organizations<\/p>\n
Held eight regular meetings of the Executive Board, two special meetings, several standing committee meetings, and an annual meeting.<\/p>\n
Made changes in the executive board, resulting in a larger, more diverse board with more advisors, and with the changes in government agencies, added some new governmental advisor faces<\/p>\n
Considered taking on what would have been our first large project.\u00c2\u00a0 We ended up deciding we liked the project, though we weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite ready to be a primary host. The deliberation, nonetheless, was very instructive for us on several levels.<\/p>\n
Sent out our first solicitation for new members, via e-mail<\/p>\n
Set up\/fine-tuned, and maintained a website, and produced three issues of our web-based newsletter<\/p>\n
Deliberated on the many projects we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to eventually host and support<\/p>\n
Prepared and are now fine-tuning a seed-money, start-up grant application to Baton Rouge Area Foundation that if funded, will allow us to launch a major funding and membership drive which should set us up with those all-important funding resources with which we can grow our organization for years to come, and which will allow us to pursue our mission of building public awareness and promoting the conservation of America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Largest River Basin Swamp, the Atchafalaya.<\/p>\n
In the coming year, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to see us not only fatten our bank account, and watch out, I may be passing the hat tonight\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to see us reach out to more of the membership and potential membership, and engage in some outreach activities.<\/p>\n
Miriam L. Davey
\nPresident, FOA Board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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