<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body>FYI<div>Jim</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Josh Kloehn <jkloehn@appalachiantrail.org> </div><div>Date: 4/30/21 6:52 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Jim Houck <houckjw@bellsouth.net>, Betsy Truscott <btrus@infionline.net> </div><div>Subject: $3900 to spend (Even though y'all have money) </div><div><br></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Jim & Betsy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Four years ago I submitted a funding proposal to the NPS in the goal of getting some NPS-AT funds directly to clubs (or at least as directly as I could). That 7-club project was approved and funded – with ATC having access to those funds
now. This first year the NPS used a fixed dollar/mile formula which amounts to $3900 for PATH.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a ‘cyclic’ project so the same work can’t be funded back-to-back years, but this type and similar amount of funding will be coming your way each year. This first round is capturing trail/vegetation clearing, next year is tread and
drainage maintenance, the third year is back to trail/vegetation clearing, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My intent for these funds was to offset routine costs y’all take on – for trail/vegetation clearing these funds could cover equipment(folding saws, loppers, crosscut/chainsaws(and sharpening), axes, fuel containers, weedeaters), PPE (chaps,
hardhats, safety glasses, gloves), safety (first aid kits & supplies, SPOT devices & plans, first aid & CPR training<perhaps combining funding with neighboring club(s) to sponsor a course – I can help with this>), or anything else related to keeping the trail
prism clear (a new DR Mower?) – feel free to be creative, the worst APPA can say is “No”.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In terms of getting these funds to the Club, there are two options: 1) the club makes the purchases and sends me receipts, and ATC cuts a reimbursement check; or 2) Club and I coordinate, and ATC makes the purchase directly. If you choose
option 1) just let me know what you’ll be purchasing to make sure it fits within NPS-APPA’s funding parameters.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Generally speaking we’ve got a year to spend these funds, around this time next year we’ll have another batch of funds to spend down.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know how you’d like to proceed!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Josh Kloehn</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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