Minutes from March 4, 2024 Board Meeting

These are notes from a meeting of the VHTRC board of directors held on March 4, 2024. These notes summarize the topics that were discussed and the decisions that were made. If you have a question or comment about this meeting, please send an e-mail to the board members.

Meeting held by video conference.

Called to order: 6:59 pm

Adjourned: 8:26 pm

Board members present: Jon Jester, Chelsea Smith, Ivory Lira, Heather Dougherty, John Calabrese

Old business

Past and Upcoming Events

  • Earth Day – contact Front Royal members to see representing for the event
  • Bluebell Festival – Ivory to attend
  • Holy Cowans Gap – Likely needs to rent van for event

New business

Intro Run Project and Committees

  • Using Slack or Discord to centralize communication to create an organized structure
    Tech committees; Membership committee; Trail work committee

  • New Event Series – VHTRC All Access
    Ivory will put on 4 small events; More info to come – summer 2024 

Sundays in the Park

  • Discussion on moving to a set location
    Considering pros/cons of moving to same location weekly; Will keep as is for time being

Furbutts Backyard

  • Tracy Cooley emailed with some possible changes to her event

Trail Work Day

  • On the calendar for first weekend in May

Forest Service Meeting

  • Recap of the meeting
    Work towards receiving a grant to help build/maintain trails and parking areas for the Forest Service

Submitted by Chesea Smith.

Last updated January 14, 2025