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COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

~Committed to Conservation, Education and the Preservation of our Natural Resources~

"Promoting Science Based Wildlife Management Decisions for a Better Massachusetts"

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COMMITTEE FOR RESPOSIBILE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Minutes of Meeting October 5 2008

Attendees

	Peter G. Mirick Member MDFW/FAWNS, Member
	Tara L, Wooley Environmental Poice, Member
	Laura Hajauk MDFW Furbearer Biologist
	Joesph Larson Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board
	Don Heenan VP MACRWM
	Herb Bergquist President MACRWM
	Ruth Kaminski Member
	Alfred Bocchino Recorder of minutes

Refer to Meeting Agenda

Meeting started at 9:30 am and adjourned at 4:00 pm

The meeting was conducted in accordance with the published agenda except the following items were not discussed:

VII. Membership and Funding

VII. Executive Committee Members

IX. Review and Discussion of Organization Bylaws

X. Discussion on Training Sessions for Presenters

XII. Establishing Credibility with Media

XIV. Determination of Organizational Positions and Filling Them

The following are the highlights of what was discussed by the attendees

Herb Bergquist provided an overview of what he intended to accomplish and handed out folders containing the following items

	Membership/Donation Form
	E-Mail from Teresa Platt
	AN ACT safeguarding our natural resources
	Bylaws
	Application for Grant

Meeting discussions:

	Discussion of the Tax Exemption Provisions 501 (C)(3)
	Brief mention of donations, costs and expanding the donor base
	Need to connect to a lawyer
	Discussed the critical requirement to get information to the people
	Discussed what members can/cannot do with regards to their employment (conflict of interest)
	Discussed the Trapping Law Enactment
	Discussed the need for broad based (Grass Roots) support
	Discussed need too get framework in place to sustain movement
	Discussed the need to get the ball rolling on the trapping issue
	Watched and discussed the Power Point Presentation
	Discussed the need and how to explain what “trapping” is to the general public. Need to get creative
	Suggestion was made to go out the various groups to get an idea of their view of what the problems are
	Discussed looking for ways to get a large impact of little or no cost
	Reviewed the ACT and discussed who should review it (Jack Buckley). The discussion centered on how specific the law should be using, the regulation to provide the specifics
	Ruth Kaminski will review/edit the bylaws