We had a lovely meeting at Martha’s house today — thanks, Martha! In attendance were Ilyse, Jessica, Jory, Karen, Laura, Martha, and Martha’s dog Stella.
We listed the basic points of a mission statement for the group. I will
write this up and mail it out for the list to discuss in a day or two. When it’s finalized, I’ll make sure it’s posted on this site.
We planned our next steps:
1) Meet with the Urbana Park District (UPD). Talk with them about how
best to convey any concerns from park members. (For example, current
concerns: mulch by the front entrance; holes in the ground that are
dangerous). Discuss setting up a kiosk/message board inside the park for
messages from UPD to park members, and from park members to each other
(things like lost & found, dog sitter recommendations, etc).
2) Purchase of chuck-it ball throwers for use in the park. We each
donated $5 and Martha will purchase 2-3 ball throwers. We will mark them
as donated by the Friends of the Urbana Dog Park, for use in the park,
and leave them for public use. We'll also put up new versions of the “join the friends of the dog park!” posters to explain the ball throwers
and encourage people not to take them home.
Our next meeting will be in the evening so that people with different schedules can attend. However, we hope to have most of our discussions on the mailing list.
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