Woodlands Partnership- Finance and Budgeting Committee

Wednesday, June 18, 10:00 am until 11:15 am
hybrid
A meeting of the Woodlands Partnership

MEETING NOTICE

The Finance & Budgeting Committee of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts

will meet on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 10 – 11:15 a.m.

This is a hybrid meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

In-person: New England Forestry Foundation, Littleton, MA

To request the Zoom link at any time, contact lhayden@newenglandforestry.org

Agenda

  1. Call to order and welcome; Introductions

  2. Approval of minutes from April 10, 2025

  3. Overview & discussion of Partnership grant budget accounts and Agent contract; plan for routine financial reporting

  4. Discuss next steps regarding future financial structure of WP to receive donations, direct grant funding and potential to work with community foundations; seeking attorney or accountant advice re: fiscal sponsor

  5. Guidance on renewing Board Director & Officer Liability insurance expiring this fall

  6. Confirming appointments for June 24 & 25 visit with fundraising consultant Stephanie Schilling

  7. Agent updates: state & federal funding status; Collins Center study on public safety & PILOT due June 30; Heritage Area consultant interviews underway; Events: June 19 Shelburne Falls event on edible & medicinal forest plants; Final count due for June 24 Annual Meeting dinner at Greylock Glen; recorded June 12 webinar: How Do Forests Grow?

  8. Scheduling next meeting(s)

  9. Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours

  10. Public comment

  11. Adjourn

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Finance & Budgeting Committee members: Joe Nowak – Adams (chair); Dicken Crane – Windsor (board chair); Chris Cozzaglio – Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (board treasurer); Robert O’Connor – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs; Keith Ross – Society of American Foresters, Massachusetts Chapter