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VICTOR TOWN HALL

APRIL 20, 2023



PARTICIPANTS: Dave Wright, Jeff Miller, Lisa Roberts, Chauncy Young, Scott Reinhardt, Ruth Rugaber (remote), Paul Knerr


Meeting was called to order at 6:41 p.m. by Dave.


MINUTES: Jeff made a motion to approve the March minutes, Ruth seconded, approved.



TREASURER’S REPORT: Ruth Rugaber


Assets as of March 2023:

Checking  $ 8,538.33

Savings $ 1,024.60  

PayPal $ 0.00

Total $9,562.93




Lisa made a motion to approve the financials, Chauncy seconded, approved



GOALS

Sub-committee volunteer representatives gave an update.





MEMBERSHIP: Larry Fisher, absent


Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

VHT Members

269

272

274

272

Meetup

790

800

811

827



PUBLICITY & NEWSLETTER: Dave Wright



SOCIAL MEDIA:

YouTube:


Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Number of videos

33

42

46

50

Number of views

2289

3073

4119

5254

Views in last 28 days

412

784

1046

991

Watch time total (Hrs)

79.2

98.5

119.7

148.4

Subscribers

44

54

59

64

To qualify for advertising income need 1000 subscribers, 4000 watch hours in past 12 months



Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Facebook people reached

3840

2753

2704

N/A

Facebook post engagements


695

459

N/A

Instagram followers

427

456

470

505

Instagram accounts reached

534

440

273

448

Instagram accounts engaged

87

88

51

96



VHT Web page - top visited pages:


Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Some Trail Detail Map

2279

1646

1255

1919

Home Page

1077

1201

941

1185

List of Guided Hikes

538

557

411

433

System Map

475

356

261

331

Auburn Trail descrip

144

161

126

261

VHT Trail List

120

151

131

149



EDUCATION: Jeff Miller



VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Paul Knerr



TRAILMASTER: Scott Reinhart


TRAIL BOSS: Chauncy Young



LAST MONTHLY HIKE:



OLD BUSINESS:



NEW BUSINESS:



NEXT MONTHLY HIKE:

May 13th – Gateway Trail in Manchester and Shortsville



2023 VHT MONTHLY HIKES & EVENTS

May 13th – Gateway Trail in Manchester and Shortsville

June 3rd – National Trails Day based at Parks & Rec

June 10th – ADK Outdoor Expo

July 8th – Ontario Pathways bike ride

Aug 12th – Genesee Land Trust, Walworth

Sept 2nd - Ring of Fire, evening event at Bare Hill, Middlesex

Sept 9th – Village of Victor



2023 MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL WALKS (All are from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted)


April 30 - Lazy Acre Alpacas 8830 Baker Road, Bloomfield
May 21- Bird Watching MaryFrances Bluebird Haven, Victor

June 25 - CEK Mees Observatory 6604 Gannett Hill Rd, Naples THIS EVENT IS FROM 8:00 PM TO 10:00 PM
July 30 – Geology, East Bethany, NY
Aug 27 - Cemeteries of Canandaigua
Sept 30 - Bird Lecture at The Bird House, Monroe Avenue
Oct 29 - Old Village Cemetery gravestone rubbings, Victor



NEXT MEETING:

The next regular meeting will be on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at Victor Town Hall.


Meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.


Respectfully submitted by Lisa Roberts