Commission plans educational presence at spring Herring Festival; dates and volunteers discussed

The Millborough Lakeville Herring Fishery Commission moved to participate as an educational group at the spring Herring Festival and discussed staffing, display materials and coordination with conservation partners.

A member proposed that the commission participate again as an educational group; that member said they would attend and planned to prepare a board of photographs and smaller mounted photos (5x7 prints were suggested). The motion was made during the meeting but the transcript records no formal roll-call vote; members expressed general support in the discussion.

Members discussed festival timing. The commission referenced April 12–13 as the festival weekend but then discussed a later date (April 20) in relation to Easter; members did not record a formal festival date decision in the meeting transcript. Commissioners said they would keep an eye on river conditions leading up to the event and watch specific river locations (Oliver Mill and Wareham Street) during the festival.

A member said they had contacted a conservation representative, identified in the record as Matthew Sysk, by email and that Mr. Sysk replied he would not attend the meeting but might speak by phone. Members said they had no phone number recorded and planned to follow up.

Members asked for volunteers to staff a festival table and for assistance mounting older photographs that had come unmounted over time; one member said they might have an easel to display prints. No formal budget or purchase decisions were recorded at the meeting.

Ending: The commission endorsed participating as an educational group and planned follow-up on volunteer sign-ups, display preparation and coordination with conservation contacts; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript.