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Call for volunteers to clean the pool on 5/28

The Service Committee of FBSP is holding our next “Volunteer Pool Cleaning” Thursday, May 28th, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Please sign up for a 2 hour shift to help us care for the pool. Send an e-mail to Service@FriendsofBartonSpringsPool.org with your name, phone number and the shift(s) you would like no later than Wednesday, 5/27 at 7pm.

SHIFT TIME SHIFT LEADER
10am – NOON Annie Walker
NOON – 2pm Robin Cravey
2pm – 4pm Maria Weber
4pm – 6pm Annie Walker

Donated snacks will be available. We will provide a water jug for you to refill and we ask that you please bring your own water bottle (so we can reduce disposable cup waste).

REMEMBER – YOU GET FREE MEMBERSHIPSHIP WITH FBSP (A $25 VALUE) FOR CLEANING THE POOL JUST 4 HOURS IN ONE YEAR!

VOLUNTEERS: Please check the weather forecast and dress accordingly. Be prepared to get wet. Wear a pair of old sneakers / watersocks / teva-type sandals because the bottom is slippery. Wear clothes you do not mind getting wet in. Typically the work does not require you to submerge totally but wading in waist high water is not uncommon. Bring gloves as some of the duties can cause blisters. Use sunscreen on all exposed areas; and we recommend a big hat to help shade your face & neck.

Please note: No swimming is allowed because the lifeguards are part of the cleanup crew. Please let the shift leader assigned to your time know of any jobs that you do not feel you can do. We are permitted to use the showers when we’re finished cleaning. Remember that staff will be cleaning, so post a lookout at the dressing room door if you feel the need.

OBJECTIVES: (subject to change depending on the priorities set by BSP staff)
1.) Push-broom the shallow end of the pool to remove as much algae as possible
2.) Scrub rails to remove algae
4.) Weeding in bathhouse garden areas

Thanks in advance for your help! We’ll see you at the pool!

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Events related to the Barton Springs Tree Assessment

All of these are posted on our calendar

• Walking tour with arborist Don Gardner, Wednesday, May 13, 5:20 pm.
• Walking tour with city forester Michael Embesi Friday, May 15, 3 pm. Meet in the tree court.
• Walking tour with city forester Michael Embesi Friday, May 15, 6 pm. Meet in the tree court.
• Urban Forestry Board meeting on May 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Mexican American Cultural Center located at 600 River St.
• Environmental Board meeting on May 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the City Hall Council Chambers Room 1002 located at 301 W. 2nd Street.

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Membership Meeting in April

Please join the Friends of Barton Springs Pool for our annual membership meeting on Saturday, April 25, noon to 1:30 pm.  We will meet in the Splash exhibit classroom.  All are welcome.

Highlights of the meeting:
Get to know fellow swimmers
Thank departing board members
Elect new board members
Learn about volunteer opportunities
Hear about our accomplishments of the past year
Learn the status of the bypass tunnel repair from David Johns of the
Parks Department
Refreshments and door prizes
Join us for a walk to the archeological site in Zilker following the meeting

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Call for Board Members

This is a call for board members to be elected at the April membership meeting on Saturday, April 25th (you can subscribe to our calendar to stay updated with FBSP events).

We are in need of:
Vice President
Advocacy Chair
Fun Chair

Anyone interested please contact Steve Barnick at:

president@friendsofbartonspringspool.org

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Thank you volunteers!

Greetings Volunteers!!!

Thanks for two great weekends of successful cleanings! I’m sure everyone’s excited that the pool is open again 🙂

We were able to accomplish quite a lot both Saturdays:

– Trimmed plants around pool & outside front entrance
– Painted trim of main building and bathhouses
– Weeded areas around the grounds
– 20 pallets of sod placed on north & south hills
– 20 aquatic plants prepared for transfer into the springs
– Swept shallow end of pool
– Finished raking leaves along the south hill
– Mulch distributed outside front entrance of pool
– Flowers & vegetation planted outside front entrance
– Painted benches inside bathhouses
– Floating algae removed around the pool
– Handrails scrubbed

Additional appreciation goes to the previous Friends of Barton Springs Pool Members whose generous donations help provide the volunteers and pool staff with vital tools needed to accomplish the tasks above (and more), the Austin Parks Foundation for coordinating another successful It’s My Park Day!

Day event, FBSP for the snacks donated for the 2/28 cleaning, and Wheatsville Co-Op for the delicious snacks provided on Sat 3/7.

For those of you who registered with the Austin Parks Foundation on their website by March 4th for It’s My Park! Day, please send me an email if you did not receive a t-shirt. Unfortunately, they ran out of Small and Medium size t-shirts so all I received were Large t-shirts. I’m not sure who all received t-shirts on Saturday (3/7/09) but I received 19 t-shirts and have 7 left. Please let me know if you did not receive a t-shirt and if L is okay or a different size is preferred & I will contact the Austin Parks Foundation to see if any other sizes (other than L) were returned.

Everyone who volunteered BOTH Saturdays (2/28 & 3/7) have earned a Friends of Barton Springs Pool t-shirt! We have S – XXL available, so if you got the wrong size or didn’t get one at all, please let me know. We have our annual FBSP Membership meeting at the Splash Exhibit on Saturday, April 25th at NOON where you can pick up or trade your FBSP t-shirt at that time, and meet the rest of the FBSP Board. We do have some vacancies on the board this coming spring, so if you are interested in being more involved, we welcome you to join us!!!

We have added a few more events to our calendar including the Full Moon Swims, and the next sub-committee meeting for the Barton Springs Pool Master Plan (improvements/renovations for the pool & grounds). Coming up, we will be posting pictures from our cleanings and the dates for our future pool cleanings! I will send out another email with the cleaning dates for the swim season once they are confirmed.

Thank you all again for your assistance & we hope to see you at the pool
again soon!

~ Annie Buckman
FBSP Service Chair, service@friendsofbartonspringspool.org