Meeting Location: Driftwood Key Clubhouse Meeting Attendance: Tony Witek, Dave Hunt, Kathleen Peters, Bill Bidwell, Bob Dean, Cheryl Dean
Meeting Agenda
1. Salmon Education for NKPSA Club membership and Community
2. Signage Displaying Salmon Life Cycle in Support of Legacy Project
3. Fundraising Ideas
4. Marketing: Promoting the Legacy Project in the Community
5. Our Committee’s Budget Proposal to NKPSA Board
6. Set next Meeting Date
The meeting was called to order at 2:10 pm by Committee Chairman, Tony Witek
1. Salmon Education for NKPS Club Membership and Community
a. Kathleen Peters informed us that there is an organization named Environmental Kitsap Educators Group that meets monthly. This group works with local non-profits and is sanctioned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. They develop materials/curriculum for educators to use in their classrooms. In recent years materials were produced in response to a school district request to help raise student awareness regarding Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement/Central Kitsap Clear Creek Project. As another example of their community service, they have worked in association with Kitsap PUD to develop materials to educate the public about issues relating to storm water.
b. Of particular note is their Kitsap Water Festival held annually in March. The event includes many activities that generate students’ interest via science experiments and hands-on use of plankton nets to simulate the kind of biological sampling that occurs in the field. The Water Festival would be a great opportunity for our committee members to: *network with members of this organization, *get on their mailing/email list for events that they sponsor, *possibly get permission to use their materials to educate the NKPSA Membership and Community about environmental issues that impact local fisheries, *seek out potential public speakers from their organization to present educational material at NKPSA meetings.
c. For good public relations, Kathleen suggested that there may be other topics of interest for us to present as a community service to our neighborhood community members who are not active fishermen/women in NKPSA. We could hold meetings at the community center with public speakers presenting topics such as: “Interesting Marine Life that can be found at the DWK Marina—Can we eat it? Why is it Growing?”, “What Marine Life Thrives Near Our DWK Crab Cleaning Stations?” Action Item: Kathleen Peters agreed to contact the Environmental Kitsap Educators Group on behalf of our committee to get on their email distribution list, to acquire additional information about their 2023 Water Festival, to inform them of NKPSA’s mutual interest in their work as it relates to our local fisheries and our assignment to educate our Membership on these topics.
2. Signage Displaying Salmon Life Cycle in Support of Legacy Project
a. Tony Witek reported on behalf of Peggy Lindquist that she is encountering challenges to identify existing fisheries organizations that have “ready-to-use” interpretative design artwork for the Salmon Life Cycles.
b. Also from Peggy’s report (via Tony): *Fast Signs in Lynnwood can fabricate additional signs for us for $160.00 per sign rather than for $140.00 like our previous sign; it will take 1 to 3 hours of design work if they can use artwork which is in the public domain *Fast Signs quoted an additional $250.00 charge for new design artwork
c. Dave Hunt said that he is confident that he can identify community members who can assist him in welding together framing (metal) material to hold the signs. It is recommended that the frames be slightly redesigned in order to incorporate water drains. Volunteers for assembling the signs: Bob Dean and possibly Dave Perea.
Action Item: (Peggy? and Dave?). Prepare a proposed budget line item for the signs and a line item for the frames for Tony to present as a part of our Committee Budget Proposal to the NKPSA Board for their consideration at their Meeting on January 25, 2023.
3. Fundraising Ideas (some are repeated from previous meeting)
a. Advertising on our website
b. Leverage local non-profits like the Hansville Club/Greenway Trails (they have ponds) Possible Contacts: Fred Nelson and Doug Miller who built platform overlooking ponds
c. Submit proposal for a grant
d. Sell wall /desktop calendars which contain sports fishing photographs and tide tables
e. Raffle for seafood dinner out
f. Buy a fish (made from painted marine plywood) to be displayed on community chain link fence or on pavilion siding
g. Garage sales of extra fishing gear to earmark funds to Legacy Project budget
Action Items: Tony to communicate with accountant to determine what parameters there are for advertising on our website and what is acceptable. If a committee member would like to volunteer to lead one of these other fundraising ideas, please identify the expected front-end expenses to implement the idea so that Tony can submit that as a line item on our committee budget proposal to the NKPSA Board Meeting on January 25, 2023.
4. Marketing: Promoting the Legacy Project in the Community
a. Bill Bidwell proposed the following good ideas:
*Wear T-shirts which stimulate curiosity, generate questions, and provide points to communicate information about the Legacy Project Front of T-shirt: Legacy Project/ Back of T-shirt: Farming for Future Fish Front of T-shirt: Legacy Project/ Back of T-Shirt: Egg and I
*Have a Junior Membership—- outreach to schools——“Salmon U” for kids *Have a Legacy Day Celebration Party at the Clubhouse for the community (display educational materials, hand out party favors ( fish earrings, fish pins, i.e. promotional “swag”)
b. From prior meeting: Peggy Lindquist suggested having a booth at DWK Day on Memorial Day weekend to promote Legacy to children & adults. Bob and Cheryl Dean volunteered to assist
c. Press Releases at local newspapers like the Kitsap Sun in order to promote Legacy Project Events
Action Items: If a committee member would like to volunteer to lead one of these other Legacy Project Promotional ideas, please identify the expected front-end expenses of the idea so that Tony can submit that as a line item on our committee budget proposal to the NKPSA Board Meeting on January 25, 2023
5. Our Committee’s Budget Proposal to NKPSA Board
Action Item: please submit items to be budgeted for our committee to Tony. Tony will aggregate these educational, signage, fundraising and promotional outlay line items as well as the actual Legacy Project work budget to give to Dave Hunt to present to the NKPSA Board at their meeting on January 25, 2023.
NKPSA Funds that are earmarked for the Legacy Project are $2700.00 plus a portion of the Bake Sale Proceeds.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17PM 6. The next meeting of the Education, Communication, and External Affairs Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Driftwood Key Clubhouse. Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Dean