Sound Hounds meetings are now on 2nd Wednesdays – the next meeting is on Wednesday, August 12th (same time, same place) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, at the home of Kevin Jacobs and Skie Bender, 1417 Brandon Court NE, Olympia, WA. 98506.

Agenda

Book purchases
Upcoming events (Aug 7 Skie’s book party recap, Aug 9 Paws for the Cause recap, Aug 22 Run Like a Dog, Aug 23 Sand in the City)
Dog park development.

Upcoming Events

Friday, August 7 – Skie’s book party. The event starts at 7 pm at The Press, 406 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98502. Skie Bender is a Sound Hounds founder who will read excerpts from her book Short Lived. The book is about her travels with her dog Lucy. Proceeds go to www.olddoghaven.org. Background Come and enjoy the evening!

Sunday, August 9 – Paws for the Cause. 10 am -3 pm, Hawks Prairie Veterinary Hospital, 8919 Martin Way E, Lacey, WA (brand new building). We need to bring canopy, table, chairs, etc. We can setup our booth on Saturday after 7 pm OR on Sunday after 7 am. We need to be ready by 9 am. They have a lot going on that WE will be part of… silent auction (we can donate a book), education booth (we’re educational by default), kid’s games (the same one as Sand in the Ciity), a 15-minute presentation (to do a silent auction item (book). We can’t sell anything, but we should have the bumper stickers handy in case there’s away we can use them. They have lots of other creative activities in mind, so this event should be a lot of fun! www.onlinevetsites.com/pro/websites/454450827/media/paws4cause.pdf

Sun, August 15 – Pet Parade. www.theolympian.com/petparade If allowed, we will provide flyers for the gift bags.

Sun, August 22 – Run Like a Dog. http://runlikeadog.com/default.aspx The event starts at 9 am. We need to be ready by 8 am. We need to bring canopy, table, chairs, etc. We will provide 300-400 flyers for their gift bags.

Park Development
Booths
Membership/Donations

The meeting will be from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at Kevin and Skie’s home (1417 Brandon Ct NE, Olympia, WA 98506, 705-2620). All are welcome!

• July 11 Wolfhaven Wildlife Fest
• August 9 Paws for the Cause
• August 22 Run Like a Dog
• August 23 Sand in the City

Call to order
Agenda approval
Minutes approval (May)
Treasurer’s report

Dog Park Development

TESC MPA Project Presentation
Olympia –Chambers Lake Park potential site, Park Plan update, code changes
Thurston County – old landfill potential site
Lacey – WCCP sign, new management
Other potential sites…

Members/Volunteers

Contact list and petitions
Benefits – cloisonné lapel pin estimate

Outreach

*DECISION* Booth events and volunteers
In the News
Bumper stickers
Book proposal
New displays
Web site

Fundraising

*DECISION* Storman’s Community Rebate cards
Quilt raffle

Save the Date

• June 9 – Next Sound Hounds meeting
• Aug 2 – Hawks Prairie Vet fundraiser (for many organizations)
• July 11 – Wolfhaven Wildlife Fest, Tumwater Pet Fair
• July 11-12 – Nisqually Kennel Club all-breed dog show
•  July 15-19 – Lakefair
• Aug 2 – Hawks Prairie Vet fundraiser (for many)
• Aug 22 – Run Like a Dog fundraiser (for Humane Society)
• Aug 23 – Sand in the City
• Aug- Pet Parade flyers
• Oct 4 – Tumwater Harvest Festival

Lynn, Dan, Kathy, Glen, Dave, Donna

Organization

Meeting called to order by Lynn; minutes from April meeting were approved.

The Treasurer will report at the next meeting.

Donna elected Secretary in absentia.

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

Membership

Contact list and petitions. Katy is assessing the contact list and petitions for better manageability and use.

Web site. Needs include an easy link to membership forms. Sound Hounds Historian Kathy proposed scanning key documents and posting them on the web site. Lynn will talk with Whitney.

Benefits. Suggestions for different membership/donation levels included a cloisonné lapel pin, and for larger donations, an appropriate commemorative, depending on the guidelines of each jurisdiction.  The group will research other organizations’ and other jurisdictions’ treatment of this issue.

Participation. There was discussion about how to volunteer participation.

Outreach

In the News. Kathy‘s letter was published in The Olympian responding to an anti-dog park letter.

Bumper stickers. Sponsors Dirty Paws, K-9 Clubhouse, and South Bay Press have bumper stickers available at their front counters. Olympia Framemakers also has them available. Kathy will be the main sponsor contact.

Book proposal. Beth is pursuing the proposed dog park book acquisition.

Displays. Carolyn at Olympia Framemakers restored our big display board.

Booth events. The group decided not have a booth at Lakefair this year due to the work required to recruit and manage such a large number of volunteers. Shorter, one-day events are preferred. [Lynn: The Lakefair decision will be revisited in June at the request of Kevin who didn’t attend the May meeting.]

Further discussion about a variety of other outreach possibilities was tabled until next meeting for additional consideration.

Dog park development

Olympia. Olympia continues site analysis for an off-leash dog park at the southern end of Chambers Lake. There was discussion about how to make Olympia a dog-friendly city that will attract tourism and increase downtown activity.

Thurston County. The County is exploring a potential dog park on part of the old Hawks Prairie landfill. David is working on a response to related memo. Beth will try to talk with County Commissioner Sandra Romero about the status of the related Park & Ride.

Lacey. Donna reported that Animal Services is okay with the concept of installing of an information board at Woodland Creek Park. She will follow up.

Tumwater. Dave is following-up on the potential airport site and potential Tumwater sites.

TESC MPA Project

Megan and Shannon will present their TESC MPA project at our next meeting.  Expectations included study of impact of establishing dog parks in a city/county and their impact on tourism.

Fundraising

Quilt raffle. Donna’s mother has offered to make a quilt for raffle. We need an OK from PARC Foundation to conduct the raffle. Donna will present a more detailed proposal at the next meeting.

Storman’s Community Rebate cards. Lynn proposed the use of the Stormans Community Rebate cards. No decision was make in this regard.

Meeting adjourned by Chair at 8:30 p.m.

NEXT MEETING JUNE 9TH AT KEVIN & SKIE’S HOUSE

Respectfully submitted this 19th day of May, 2009.

Donna, Secretary

Support Sound Hounds by supporting our fiscal agent. The PARC foundation enables Sound Hounds to receive tax-deductible donations. Their annual fundraiser is July 17, a silent auction with lots of great items!

Outdoor Life Auction Invite

Sound Hounds is now on Facebook! Check out our page and become a fan!

Organization – Secretary position, Treasurer’s Report
Membership – New members, membership drive
Outreach – In the News, advocacy recaps, booth events and volunteers,
volunteers, petition/contact list, bumper sticker, research, TESC project, book proposal, *NEW* display restoration
Park Development – Olympia (Park Plan update, Chambers Lake site, *NEW* code changes), Lacey (Sheler retirement), Thurston (landfill site)
Fundraising – *NEW* Stormans card

Meeting Location Change (May Only)

The May 12 monthly meeting, 6:30-8pm, is at Lynn and Glen’s home – 2414 Buker St SE, Olympia, WA 98501.
Directions: From downtown, drive/ride/walk South on Capital Blvd, Left on O’Farrell (by Desserts by Tasha Nicole, South of the I-5 overpass), Left on Buker St (a dead end street 4 blocks from Capital Blvd). It’s the second to the last house on the right.

David, Kevin, Skie, Dan, Donna Glen, Lynn

March Minutes

Approved. 

Organization

Shorter meetings. The group discussed a shorter meeting proposal, preferring to retain the same time, adding more agenda items if time allows.
May meeting. Thanks to Kevin and Skie for hosting the April meeting. Lynn and Glen will host the May meeting. at their house.
Dog Park Development
Lacey. Lacey has funds to partner with another jurisdiction’s dog park development.
Olympia. The Olympia Park Plan update includes dog parks in the short- and long-term funding buckets and the unfunded bucket. Dog parks will also be listed as a neighborhood and community park standard. Analysis on the Chambers Lake Park potential dog park site is going well.
Thurston County. Sound Hounds is researching landfill dog parks at the request of Joint Animal Services Commission (JASCOM). Thurston County landfill site analysis is underway – so far so good.

Research

Thanks to David for helping with a variety of “issue papers”. 

Membership/Volunteers

Volunteer needs. Lynn (with help) is working on a volunteer needs list.
Contact list and petitions. Thanks to Katy for helping with contact list and petition management. 

Fundraising

Raffle. Donna’s mom offered to make a quilt for a raffle. Lynn will check it out with PARC Foundation, our fiscal agent, before proceeding. 
Book proposal. Beth is working on an estimate and proposal.

Outreach

April 11 Egg Hunt recap. The booth event was fun. Thanks to Kathy, Donna, Kevin, Glen, Lynn, and Veronica of Pet Connections Magazine. 
In the News. There was a good Olympian article about Olympia’s dog park development, featuring Councilwoman Rhenda Strub. There was also an Olympian letter-to-the-editor against dog parks.
Displays. Kevin is designing a new display using the graphic featured on our web page. The display will have room for photos and/or sponsors. Lynn will work with Olympia Framemakers to restore the old display.
Bio. Lynn is working on a Sound Hounds “short promo” for use in future issues of Pet Connections Magazine.
Booth events. Booth coordinators are needed to proceed with a booth. The group discussed upcoming events. Several volunteered to coordinate booths. Lynn will contact Wolfhaven.
Flyers. We have 2,000 general flyers available for distribution.

March minutes approval (see web site to review in advance)
Treasurer’s report
Jurisdictions update (Park Plan update, Olympia work plan, Thurston Co potential sites)
Grad student project update
Contact list/petition update
Book proposal update
Bumper sticker roll-out – Items include promo flyer, tracking form, guideline
Membership – Items include form, email thank-you, guideline, and volunteer proposal
Outreach events, booths, and volunteers
General outreach flyers