Open the Meeting:

Mark Meritt called the meeting to order at 7:15pm. Evelyn Krueger chaired meeting.

Minutes of Last Meeting:

The February Update minutes and the minutes for the March 4, 2003, meeting were accepted with no changes required.

Tree City USA presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd at 10:30 am:

	Decided to plant a Goldenrain tree in Memorial Park. Karen Cadorette will order the tree and make sure that it is at the site in time for planting.
	Still need to decide the exact location of where we want to plant the tree and put a stake in the ground to mark the site.
	Dave Seymour will have someone dig the hole for the tree the day before the presentation.
	A suggestion was made that this tree should be planted in addition to the 12 trees planned for the spring planting. Everyone agreed.
	A reminder was made that we need to start planting trees on the side streets this season.
	The Tree City USA presentation will be made by Lou Sebesta, State forester, and Mary Kramarchyk, Volunteer Coordinator Urban and Community Forestry Partnership, NYS.
	Clare Carr will present our out of town guests with a copy of her book, Red Hook. A suggestion was made to also give the guests a copy of the Walking Tour brochure. All agreed.
	Following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served at the Elmendorf. Linda Keeling volunteered to work on refreshments. Please contact Linda if you want to help. Barbara Campo volunteered to call Richard Coons to book the Elmendorf for the event.
	Barbara agreed to send out invitations to the presentation. The following people will be invited: Mayor Village Trustees and village staff Town Supervisor Town board and town staff Patrick Manning, NYS Assembly Marcus Molinaro, The Historic Watts dePeyster Hall Stephen M. Saland, NYS Senator Red Hook Rotary Club Red Hook Chamber of Commerce Of course, anyone else is welcome to attend.
	The Media Committee will send out a press release to cover the presentation.

Stewarts Shoppes Fundraiser

	Fundraiser will be held the last week in April (4/21-4/27) at both Stewarts Shoppes in Red Hook.
	Evelyn verified with Stewarts that they will match dollar-for-dollar all donations received at their two stores during that week, up to a maximum of $5000.
	We will campaign at the IGA on Saturday, April 19th and Saturday, April 26th, (instead of the 12th and 19th) from 10am until 2pm to advertise for this event.
	Barbara Cagle and Brenda got permission from the IGA for these days. The letter of solicitation will be handed out on these days to campaign for donations. Divided each Saturday into 2 hour shifts. Saturday, April 19th: 10am-12pm: Dave and Linda 12pm-2pm: Barbara and Evelyn Saturday, April 26th: 10am-12pm: Mark and Jen 12pm-2pm: Brenda and Dave Others interested in helping out should show up during those times. IGA may also provide seedlings for us to distribute.
	A paragraph about the Stewarts Shoppes fundraiser was added to the water bill.
	The Media Committee will send out a press release to cover the Stewarts Shoppes fundraiser.

Red Hook Arbor Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 26th.

	We will plant our 12 trees on this day to celebrate.
	In addition, we will be campaigning at the IGA for the Stewarts Shoppes fundraisier and, on the previous Tuesday (April 22nd), we will have our Tree City USA presentation.

We will hold a fundraiser at the Red Hook Inn on Apple Blossom Day (Saturday, May 10th), from 2pm-6pm.

	Karen will ensure that our fundraiser is included with the other promotional material for Apple Blossom day.
	Mark agreed to play the piano for entertainment.
	Christina Staubi and Barbara agreed to ask Will Smith if one of his musical groups would donate their time to play at the fundraiser.
	Brenda agreed to contact the Hudson Valley Folk guild to see if they are available to play on that day.
	Jennifer Fivelsdal will see if her husband and Jennifer are interested in playing at the fundraiser.

We still need a "tree-mometer" available by 4/19 to track our fundraising progress. Joanna agreed to ask the Red Hook High School Environment Club for help.

Barbara is going to make a list of all the village businesses and bring it to the next meeting. If you are interested in helping to solicit donations from a particular business, please let Barbara know.

A reminder was made to take a look at the To-Do list. However, all agreed that we should focus on to-do items related to the upcoming fundraising events.

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7pm at the Village Hall.

Motion to Close Meeting:

Mark made a motion to close the meeting at 8pm. Evelyn seconded that motion.