BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE MEETING
APRIL 8, 2009
PRESENT: Ellen Brownson, John Bruss, Kate Dobrowski, Director, Debbie Flinkstrom, , Karen Hambleton, Fred Hubley, Margaret Raymond, Dawn Rich, Jim Valiquet, Mary Ann Wright.
Fran Vainas attended the meeting to speak to the board about her yoga classes. After our discussion with Fran she has agreed to report back to us within the week with her decision about the board ‘s concern.
John Bruss, Chair, opened the meeting at 5:15 pm.
Minutes of the March 18th meeting were approved.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Report given by Kate, our director, was given out at the meeting to board members and will be published in full on website, Bradford NH.org, with the minutes. New information on the report received at the meeting: Social Media classes changed to May 18 and May 19th.
BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Kitchen counter has been resurfaced. Still need to check on roof leak.
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE: No report
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Ellen will assist Parks and Recreation committee with finding helpers for the bloodmobile on Bradford Independence Day. Walk NH is scheduled for Thursday, June 4th, the opening day of Farmers Market. Walkers are needed and volunteers to help on the day of the walk.
KAP REPRESENTATIVE: Bunny Brunch is Saturday, April 11th, 8:30 am – 11:00 am at the Center. $5.00 per person: age 2 and under are free. Easter Egg Hunt will follow at the Library. 21 children are now involved in the classes.
CHAIR’S REPORT. The board voted for the slate of officers for the coming year. John Bruss will continue as Chair and Dawn Rich as Vice Chair. Secretary’s position was not filled. Minutes will be taken by Chair and Vice Chair.
OLD BUSINESS: Wolf picture hanging in Senior Room was donated to the center by Marge Cilley. At this time there is no decision about a location for the Welfare Director to use for her appointments.
NEW BUSINESS: Leases for CAP and KAP will be worked on and then given to the Selectmen for approval.
Meeting adjourned at 6:20 pm. Next meeting 5/13/09
Respectfully submitted,
Kate Dobrowski, Dawn Rich (minutes unapproved)
BRADFORD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER and PARKS AND RECREATION
DIRECTOR’S REPORTS
April 8, 2009
Leases – To be reviewed by Committee
Maintenance
The kitchen counters were resurfaced by Miracle Method / Ted Fisher of Barrington, NH. The backsplash has started to separate. Mr Fisher returned to assess the problem. They will fix it this week.
Roof leak in kitchen – needs to be looked at. A small amount of water appears to be coming from around the flashing of the ansul/equipment on the roof.
Art Series
On hold – no change
Entry way art project- A high school artist has volunteered to produce a design for the front entryway of the building . Katherine Allen will sketch her ideas to submit to this committee for approval. She will do this as a Community Service project for her college portfolio.
Social Media Class
Sarah Chaffee of Bradford has agreed to teach a class on Social media on Monday May 11th. The class will be 2 sessions of 3 hours each. The class will cover blogging, facebook type accounts, twitter and some other social networks.
Farmers Market
Meeting took place March 24th. Next meeting TBA. Application for the check was completed. The magnet art is done and ready to go into production to be inserted into the mailing by the “Friends”
Thanks to Brandon Sussman and Andrew Pinard are working on a Farmers Market web page.
Walk NH and Weight Watchers
Martha Barron helped with this last year. It was scheduled for the opening day of Farmers Market. Should we do it again this year? Volunteers are needed to help. I also responded to an email from weight watchers but have not heard back which is what happened last time.
Summer Day Camp
Camper registration went into the media . Granite Quill April edition and SmartWoman Easter edition. The Kearsarge Shopper and Bradford Bridge will be next. Have scheduled LGC training for staff .
Bloodmobile
Do we have volunteers to help with this again this year? A contact person is needed to head this effort up.
Community Garden – To continue again this year.
Parks and Recreation
4/8/09Winterfest meeting
Tina did a great job explaining the event . Many ideas were shared by the participants
Minutes were taken by Joni Pickman . Tina Defosses created a list of contacts. The next Winter Carnival Meeting will be held on April 29th at 6pm
Archery Program
Archery Program at Brown Shattuck on April 15th from 4-5pm. There are 7-8 people signed up.
Flyers available
Swimming Lessons
Looking for Red Cross certified swim instructor. Have 2 possibilities
NEW SIGNS FOR FRENCH”S PARK – We will need at least 2-4 new signs for the beach area .
Baton this year – Joni
Date for French’s Park clean -up is scheduled for Saturday May 23rd.
Hiring for French’s Park person –
Beef Roast and Cow Flop bingo- Keep this event on Friday night? Cow Flop Bingo needs to be taken over by “Friends”