CFWA DT Meeting: September 25, 2007 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.; Mary Jane’s home in Sparta.

Present: John Harwood, Mary Jane Ware, Debbie Eskandarnia (guest)

Absent: Peter Li, Diane Tatum

Note: Lacking a quorum of the Design Team, no motions could be made at this meeting.

Agenda items:

1. Fall Clean_up: Debbie. (15 min)

DE has volunteered to head the Fall Clean Up. M. K. Key has volunteered a site in Smith County which is appropriate. A TWRA Stream Clean-up Grant will be used to fund the effort.

It was decided to hold the event November 3, to begin at 9:00 A.M..

DE will make a site visit to the M. K. Key property prior to the site.

JH will be responsible for publicity and arranging a meeting place and transport of volunteers to the site.

PL will be responsible for soliciting volunteers.

MJ will solicit contributions.

M. K. Key has offered to provide lunch for the volunteers.

All other tasks around the event will be managed by DE.

Short Mountain Watershed Summit: John. (10 min)

Waterworks funding _ Motion for support letter. John. (5 min)

A letter of thanks for funding MTSU Waterworks will be sent to USDA by JH. The letter will specify the value of Waterworks and its support of CFWA in supplying information

CCPI progress: Peter. (10 min)

Financial report: Diane. (5 min)

Letterhead, fliers, business card order; E_mail address: Mary Jane. (10 min)

MJ has requested quotations of Village Print Shoppe on these items.

Alternative meeting venues: All. (5 min)

The Putnam County Library was suggested.

Membership contact progress: Nita. (5 min)

Nita has mailed renewal letters to all appropriate members.

TTU student involvement initiative: John (5 min)

JH will contact TTU Marketing Club to request being allowed a presentation of CFWA. Potential projects the students might participate in include furnishing an accountant, marketing CFWA to the community, and studying the economics of Low Impact Development in the Upper Cumberland.

Low impact development campaign: John; Carolyn. (10 min)

Next program meeting: John. (5 min)

Setting the date of the next meeting will require positive advance response of all DT members.

Other business:

Should CFWA “join Collins River group”?

A request transmitted from Laura Alex (Cumberland River Compact) through DE needs to be clarified. JH will request clarification.

Should minutes be put on the CFWA website?

An executive decision was made by JH to do this. This decision will be discussed and formally adopted or rejected at the next DT meeting.

Invitation by World Wildlife Fund to attend its October 22-23 conference in Birmingham, AL.

As this event will be held during the week, none of the DT members are likely to be able to attend. It would be very helpful were CFWA to be represented. DE will investigate the possibility that the coming CCPI meeting can be postponed to allow her to represent CFWA.

End of minutes.

Submitted by JH, September 26, 2007