FRIENDS OF POINT BEACH STATE FOREST

 MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 2010 BOARD MEETING    

JANUARY 12, 2010

 

MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT RANDY BEECHER AT 6:40PM

 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: R Beecher, B Pilzak, K Beer, M Timm, N Krause, T Myers, D Meyer, T Farr 

PARK REPRESENTATIVE: Guy Willman 

OTHERS PRESENT: Kevin Duveneck, Sandy Johnson, Pat Blaisley 

PROPOSED EVENT: Sandy Johnson and Pat Blaisley, representing the group Gorrell’s Company of the 60th Royal American Regiment, presented the Board with information about an event their group is planning for June 26-27 at Point Beach.  The group re-enacts life during the Fur Trader/ French and Indian War period of 1754-1763.

 The group plans on setting up tents on Friday on the north side of the lodge building and will also use the nature center, especially in the event of poor weather.  Tents will be set up in a camp setting in the fashion of the period.  Members of the group will share their knowledge of the French and Indian War history, and display a variety of military and civilian life skills and crafts.  There is no admission fee other than a state park vehicle sticker.

 The main request of the Friends Group is to help provide advertising in the community for the event. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS:  Secretary: Position remains vacant   Treasurer: Bob Pilzak  Vice-President:  Barb Schweitzer (acceptance pending)

 Motion was made and seconded nominating Terry Farr for President.  There being no other nominations Terry Farr was elected as the new president of the Friends Group. 

MINUTES:  Minutes of the November 2009 Board meeting were read.  Motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes as read.

 Motion was made and seconded to waive the reading of the minutes of the December 2009 Board meeting, and accept the minutes as presented.  MOTION CARRIED

 TREASURER’S REPORT:  Bob presented the December 2009 Treasurer’s report.  There were no changes or corrections and a motion was made to accept the December report.  MOTION CARRIED (for details check December Board meeting minutes) 

The January 2010 Treasurer’s report was also presented.  It shows a checking account balance of $2709.32.  A dividend of $18.04 was paid to the savings account which now has a balance of $9,559.22.  The year 2009 ended with 58 paid membership units.  Motion was made and seconded to accept the report.  MOTION CARRIED 

BENCH REPORT:  Dave Meyer reported that four benches are on order and will be completed in time to be placed in the park in Spring.

 PARK REPORT:  Guy Willman reported that the ski trails in the park were finally able to be groomed, and there were a large number of people who took advantage of the ski conditions over the previous weekend. 

Guy also stated that a conference call was scheduled for Thursday, January 14 at which time it is possible that a date would be set for the first public hearing on the master plan for Point Beach.  He will keep Board members advised.

 WEBSITE:  Terry Farr reported that the website has had 16,708 hits.  He continues to update the site and now has all the ads from the park newspaper posted on the website.  He will also begin posting the Friends newsletter on the site along with possibly posting a link that will allow those interested to get updated ski conditions at the park.

 NEWSLETTER:  Next newsletter is scheduled for mid April

 PARK NEWSPAPER:  Bob will begin preliminary contact with the advertisers by sending application forms, which will be followed up later by a visit if necessary.  Some changes and new articles will be added to the paper, including an article on the event previously discussed at this meeting.

 Guy also added that the Group would be paid $50 if they include a supplied article that deals with the emerald ash borer problem that is affecting the state.

 LANDSCAPING:  Nothing new has happened since Debbie Timm was notified by Nancy Aten after last months Board meeting.  The Board would still like her to present a plan for the lodge area, and Mike will have Debbie contact her and ask her to proceed.

 CANDLELIGHT SKI/HIKE:  Guy reported that the candles are all ready.  Discussion around using ‘tikki torches’ to eventually replace the candles.  Some Board members will be checking into the cost of the torches, and possibly purchasing 25-50 of them.  Tim Myers has not heard from the Packers about donating a football to be raffled the night of the ski/hike.  Hopes are to provide two trails (one for skiing and one for hiking) but as always weather conditions will determine what is possible.

 There will be some preliminary setup done on Friday night, January 29 at 6:00PM. 

NAME BADGES:  Terry Farr will be checking with Manitowoc Trophy about making new name badges for those Board members who do not have one, along with ‘blanks’ which can be used by volunteers.  Motion was made and seconded to purchase two dozen badges.  MOTION CARRIED

 COFFEE MAKERS:  Motion was made and seconded to purchase two commercial grade cofffee makers at a total cost of $150.  MOTION CARRIED

 Thanks were given to Kevin Duveneck for his years of service on the Board, and to Randy Beecher for his years of service as President of the Friends Group.

 Motion was made and seconded to adjourn.  MOTION CARRIED Meeting adjourned at 8:40PM

 Respectfully submitted,

 Kevin Duveneck