Dutchess County/Putnam County AT Management Committee
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Announcement & Agenda for 172nd Meeting
Monday, July 29, 2002 
Picnic/Potluck Dinner and Short Meeting Thereafter
RPH Shelter, East Fishkill
Picnic: Arrive around 5:30 with your dinner contribution (or dessert if you'll be late)
Eat around 6:15PM; Meeting: Start around 7:15 PM

NOTE: Since this meeting is attached to our potluck supper and picnic, we will dispense with the correspondence, communications, and reports except if emergency matters require immediate discussion. Other items should be deferred to our next meeting, Monday, September 23rd, 2002.

PICNIC/POTLUCK DETAILS:

Please call Ron Rosen (845) 454-4936 or 454-1721 to confirm your contribution to the Potluck dinner. Note that ALL AT Volunteers (including Club Volunteers, especially Maintainers) are WELCOME!

See next page for FYI and FYA items

1. The minutes of the 171st meeting (June 17th, 2002); will be reviewed/approved at the next meeting. The minutes of the last meeting can be found on the web at http://www.nynjtc.org/committees/trailscouncil/at-committees/DP/index.html 

2. Urgent business, short updates, etc.:

   1. Acquisitions issues: Camp Siwanoy, Starkdale Farms updates (if any)
   2. Brief report on AT Presidents= meeting (Ron Rosen, Jane Daniels)
   3. Other Items?

3. Other communications & announcements as time remains

4. Adjourn (shoot for 8:00 PM)

Information, Comments, & Notes

4. All Committee members, please attend this meeting; or please call the Chairman (Ron Rosen: 845/454-4936 or 454-1721 (leave a message if not in) if you CANNOT attend.

5. DIRECTIONS TO THE RPH SHELTER: Interstate 84 to the Taconic; Taconic south one exit to Miller Hill Rd. westbound; go to bottom of hill (about a quarter mile); left (south) onto Hortontown Road; right into first driveway.

"For Your Action" (FYA) items:

• Verizon Phonebook: Does anyone have photographs, slides, or JPEG or TIFF digitial images of the AT that you would be willing to have published in the Verizon Telephone Book "Inside Look Magazine" section of the book? Please contact Ron Rosen ASAP if you have any contributions you think they might be able to use.

"For Your Information" (FYI) items:

• Hiker-health article on the Norwalk-like virus that affected 1999 thru-hikers
• June 17th Water Sample results: ALL NEGATIVE! (Way to go Sara!).
• AMC/CT Trails Committee minutes (June 4, 2002)
• Letter from Ron Rosen to NYS DOT re Maybrook Multi-modal corridor study
• Letter from Leo Maloney, NYS Outdoor Writers Assn. -- thanks for participation