FRIENDS OF POINT BEACH STATE FOREST
MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 2009 BOARD MEETING
December
08, 2009
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT RANDY
BEECHER AT 6:45PM
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: R Beecher, K Duveneck, K Beer, M Timm
Park representative Guy Willman was also present
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Randy Beecher presented the Treasurer’s report for Bob Pilzak.
It showed expenditures for November were $2069.34.
There were no receipts for the month.
The checking account balance stands at $3060.92.
Savings account balance remains the same at $9541.18.
Final accounting for this years Halloween Weekend shows a profit of
approximately $275.00.
There are currently 58 paid membership units.
EVENT: Members
Carl and Sandy Johnson have been in contact with both Guy and Randy about
hosting an event at Point Beach for a group they belong too.
The event would take place near the end of June, and the only thing they
are requesting from the Group at this time is help in promoting the event in the
community.
PARK NATURALIST: Randy
brought up the idea of extending the park naturalist in 2010 which would allow
for the program to run into the Fall of the year.
Some study will have to be done to determine how many additional hours
would be involved, and whether matching grants might be obtained to offset the
additional cost. Mike Timm stated
that this years naturalist Jessica Johnsrud has indicated an interest in
returning in 2010 if the Friends Group decides to once again fund the naturalist
program.
FOREST PLAN MEETINGS:
Guy reported that at this time no definite date has been set for public
input meetings regarding the new forest plan for Point Beach.
LANDSCAPING:
Mike Timm reported there has been no response from Nancy Aten about the
design work for the landscaping project. It
was suggested that if no word is received sometime in early 2010, that the Group
hire a qualified person to design the project.
(NOTE: The following day
Debbie Timm did email board members that Nancy Aten had contacted her and is
still willing to do a design plan for the project)
Guy mentioned that some preliminary work could be done by the Friends
Group, such as removing the pea stone gravel and replacing it with a weed
barrier and plantings in the areas next to the building.
Randy questioned whether some type of screening
structure could be constructed for the vending machines in order to make them
less visible in front of the lodge building.
Randy also asked Guy whether he thought it would
be feasible to have some members at the lodge on winter weekends to sell warm
beverages. Guy said he thought it
would be feasible, but weather and ski conditions would be the determining
factor.
CROSS COUNTRY SKI’S:
There was some discussion about the collection of donated ski's and boots
that have collected at the park. Guy
suggested that if the Group was interested in pursuing offering ski’s for use
or rent, they should contact the Two Rivers Rec Department and/or Two Rivers
High School. He stated that the
School Forest uses training type ski’s and boots which can be quickly matched
and fitted when large groups arrive at the forest.
Those types of ski’s also require very low maintenance.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45PM
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Duveneck, Secretary