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The Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes

Board Meeting

 10/17/07, 10:00

Park HQ

Present:  Board members Christine Armbrecht, Molly McCombs, Chuck Schaeffer, Jerry Powley, Roland Drayson, Pat Oriel, Jack Schultz, Dick Kishline, Kerry Kelly, Dave Taghon, & Tom Van Zoeren;  Park Rep Tom Ulrich.

Minutes from the Last Meeting:  Approved as submitted.

Treasurer’s Report:  John sent in his report.  For 6/22/07 – 10/10/07,

·        Income:  $11,768.69

·        Expenses:  $25,795.77

·        Assets:  $12,357.12

·        Liabilities:  $12,357.12

·        Port Oneida Fair Seed $ balance:  $3036.80

·        We have distributed approximately 3200 interpretive booklets, and have approximately 2200 left on hand.  We have 1500 stickers available for sale.  A discussion was held concerning raising the price of the booklets.  Kerry’s main interest is to get the information out to the public.  No change will be made for now.

·        The report was accepted.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Park Report:  Tom reported the following:

·        Work proceeds on drafting the GMP/Wilderness Plan.

·        Pt. Oneida Environmental Assessment:  Public comments are being taken.

·        Scenic Heritage Bikeway:  The EA drafted by the contractor is being reviewed and revised.

·        The EA for the Lake Michigan Overlook area is being prepared.  It will be
written by a contractor.  A way is being sought to address maintenance,
resource, and safety issues, while still providing access to the view for the elderly or mobility-impaired.

·        An EA for disturbed lands (including conifer plantations) is being prepared.

·        A future EA for the Crystal River launch area is being discussed.

·        The Aloha is progressing toward completion (restoration for display).  A large donation was received for funding the work.

Membership:  Molly reported that we have,

·        123 addresses on the membership list. 

·        6 corporate memberships

·        9 new memberships since August.

 

Adopt-a-trail: 

·        Ross Toles is the new Foreman who will work with this program. 

·        We have 31 volunteers covering all of the mainland trails, and a group covering the Crystal River. 

·        Molly is seeking an adopter for the Lawr Farm heritage gardens.

Drifting Sands Newsletter:   We spent close to $3000 on the newsletter this year for 5000 copies.  There are none left.  Molly suggested looking for ways to cut costs.  After discussion, it was decided to form a committee to assess our forms of communications.  Chuck and Roland will work with Molly and Kerry on this.

OLD BUSINESS

Interpretive books and stickers:  Dick was asked and agreed to build a display rack for the Platte River Ranger Station, along the line of the beautiful one he made for the Empire VC.  $200 was allocated for expenses.

Specialty License Plate:  Legislation is still being drafted.

Tractor & Mower:  Kerry presented several possibilities that he has turned up.  He will continue researching this.  Ross Toles will evaluate the tractors and mower we’ve identified and will make a recommendation next week. The project will cost $14,000 - $18,000. We have commitments from donors of $8,000 so far.

DH Day Exhibit:  Progress is being made.  We hope to have it open by spring.

NEW BUSINESS

Memorial Gift for Carolyn Rose Hay (Employee Nancy Priest’s mother):  Donations received will be donated to help the County 669 road end improvement project.

Donated brooms:  Six brooms were donated by a Port Oneida Fair exhibitor.  It was decided to donate them to various historic farms in the Park.

Gift Certificate for golfing:  Donated by employee Kim Mann, Kerry will attempt to sell this on the web site.

Posters sales:  Chuck will attempt to sell these on Ebay.

Adopt-a-Beach:  It was decided to add this to our Adopt-a-trail program.  Kerry will work with Lisa to get this started.  Molly will then maintain their hours records, communications, etc..

Wish List for 2007 – 2008:   It was decided to fund the following:

·        $1000 for timber milling

·        $2000 in seed money for the tractor

·        $500 for the barn workshop

Next meeting:  4/16/08, 10:00

Adjourned:  12:30

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