The 're-boot' Fowl Meeting Feb. 21, 2010

Fowl Meeting Feb. 21, 2010
If you read the December Friends of Wetlands Newsletter you are aware that there are some dramatic changes taking place at FOWL. Our founder and president since 1991, John Katko, has resigned. He is spending much of his time in California these days.
In the interest of restructuring the leadership of FOWL we are meeting to consider how and where we go from here. The first such meeting was last week. Meeting minutes can be found at http://freindsofwetlands.pbworks.com. In two hours we barely got started with our agenda. Our next step is to develop a new board of directors.
Since John bore the burden of duties for FOWL, several new leaders are needed to take on and share responsibilities. FOWL will likely take a new direction and character as the leadership is reconstituted. We have begun a Call for Nominations to the FOWL Board of Directors.  Our goal is to have a new leadership to present to the members in time for the FOWL Picnic on June 19th.  I am beginning to think of this as a 're-boot' of FOWL since it looks like we are starting all over again. I hope it is more like an upgrade.
It is time that the organization rethink what it is about. Please consider adding your thought and talents to this process. Our next 're-boot' meeting will be on Sunday Feb. 21 at the Elyria Public Library, West River Branch at 2pm. See events.fowl.org for details. If you would like to contribute but cannot attend, you can email me or start a discussion at http://blog.fowl.org.