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Date: February 4, 2008
Location: Dinner Bell, Trego
Present: Waldo Asp, Fred Blake,
Chuck Block, Jim Brakken, Earl Cook, Roger Dreher, Jan Eck, Lisa Gabriel,
Mary Jo Gingras, Tim Kane, Mike Klink, Sheri Snowbank (Note taker),
Pamela Toshner, Susan Wallin, Lorna Wilson, and guest Dave Ferris from
Burnett County LCD
Budget
Roger shared a break even budget. Click
here to see the latest budget. He proposed that if we do not get
at least $1,000 from the grants we are looking into (Besadney and Excel)
we raise the conference admission to $45.00 (raise of $5). We will know
about the Besadney Grant by the beginning of March (WAL is our agent
for this because of 401 status). We decided to wait until we hear before
we make that decision. The brochure will be drafted and will wait for
the decision.
Roger approached the Cable area Lions Club about pre-selling
tickets for the evening performance. The theater can hold 400 people
for each show. We could give them $2.00 per head sold (this is the same
Big Top is charging us for the same service. We could also look at expanding
this to area counties. We are looking for volunteers to make the contact.
If you are interested in helping contact Roger. The volunteers we have
so far are:
Ashland – Mary Jo
Hayward - Jan
Iron River
Minong - Lorna
Seeley -
Siren -
Spooner -
Before we firm things up too much we need a description of the show
to give them and firm up the terms of the deal.
The registration tickets will come with a ticket for the
matinee. If they wish to exchange the ticket for the evening we can
deal with that on a case by case basis.
To reduce the subsidy of the barbeque we will put a fish
bowl by the keg with a sign that says “Contributions Appreciated”
Telemark wanted to charge $2.00 per head for non-conference
attendees as well as charging for concessions. Roger was able to negotiate
it to $100 clean up fee.
In the past we have used plastic folders for conference
materials we can save $267 by using paper folders. The agenda can be
glued to the front, so it is visible. The group agreed to the change.
In place of an official youth stream we will be offering
students admission for $20. WAL will be making a decision about the
youth grant soon to help us cover the costs. We discussed how to get
the information to the students.
Lakes Fish and Wildlife
(moderator John)
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
| 101 Ways to Help Song Birds – Laura Erickson |
Lorna |
Yes |
Needs mileage Have Title and Description |
| Nuts and Bolts of Fish stocking – Scott
Toshner |
Roger D. |
Yes |
No mileage or rm for Scott Need
Description |
| VHS and AIS – Ron Johnson and
Julia Solomon. |
Tim |
Yes for Both |
Ron, no mileage. Need
Title and Description
|
Lake Science (moderator
Mary Jo)
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
Limo 101 Basic – Tim Asplund and Pamela |
Pamela |
Yes - Both |
No mileage or rm for either. Need
Title and Description |
| Lakes in the Landscape (advanced limno) –
John Magnuson |
Pamela |
Yes |
Needs $200 honorarium, mileage and room. Need
Description |
| Wetlands: Understanding and Protecting our
Lakes' First Cousin – Erin O’Brien |
Ted |
Yes |
Needs mileage and rm. Have
Title and Description |
Legal and Government (moderator
Earl)
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
Legislative Update– Tami Jackson
( NR115 was taken off. It will not be done by the conference. ) |
Susan T. |
Yes |
Earl reported, Peter is no longer at WAL.
Tami Jackson with WAL (lead legal representative) will do. Need
Title and Description |
| Pros, Cons and How Tos of Recreational Use Ordinances
– Chris Wunrow WI DNR, Rick Stadelman -Town person |
Fred & Waldo |
Yes |
Milage and rm not needed.
Need Description |
| An Overview of Waterfront Property Taxes - To
cover how is a property assessed and the tax benefits of a conservation
easement.– Doug Kurtweil |
Jim |
Yes |
Have Title and Description |
Lake and Shoreline Health
(moderator Ted)
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
| Beautiful Shoreline Buffers – Sarah Boles |
Lorna |
Yes |
From Cable area. Have title and Description |
| Aquatic Plant Management Overview with Cheryl
Clemens |
Lorna w/ MaryJo to follow up |
Yes |
No Mileage. Need Description |
| Communication That Works – Dorothy Lagerroos |
Jim |
Yes |
Free registration no mileage needed Have title and Description |
Keynote
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
| Youth speaker from Burnett county Lucas Diamond did
a presentation on VHS (5 minutes) – awarded 3rd at state. |
Roger N. |
Yes |
in the past pay for their and parents registration and mileage
Need Title and Description
|
| John Magnuson |
Pamela |
Yes |
see earlier notes about honorarium/mileage etc Need
Title and Description |
Thursday Sessions
| Topic - Speaker |
Contact Volunteer |
Agreed |
Notes |
|
Grant Case Studies Workshop, Carol Labreck,
Cheryl Clemens, Jane Malischke 1pm to 4:30pm
|
Pamela |
Yes |
DNR can cover room charge (Laukka) Hour each grant, demos of each
with citizens/consultants speaking about each (Free Class) Need
Title and Description |
| AIS / Clean Boats - Laura Herman and Erin H.
9am to 4:30 (9-12:30 and 1:00-4:30) Both classes together will be
$25 fee |
Lisa and Stefania S. |
Yes |
Need Title and Description |
| NW Lakes Consortium Region wide collaboration
(14 counties) 1pm to 4pm in Bears Den |
Waldo & Jim |
Yes |
Need Title and Description |
| Glacial Lakes Partnership 9am - 12noon. Carol
Schaal and Pat Rivers |
Pamela |
Working |
Still some details to work on. Will have
in (Laukka). DNR will cover room. Have
Title and Description
|
Speaker Recruitment
For the next meeting speaker
recruiters that still have missing information NEED
to bring:
1. the title of the presentation
2. a short description of the presentation, i.e. topics that will be
covered.
Agenda Update - See
the link to view latest version of the agenda
Committee Updates
Sales and Fundraising – Roger, Ted and Fred will
work on businesses and not for profits. Suggest that Promotions and
PR take on the pre-sales of the performance. Mary Jo will send not for
profit information to Ted.
Registration and Food – Susan W.
Barbeque - There was plenty of food and a lot was wasted. We will cut
back and ask about more vegetables less grease.
Lunch - will be box lunches and people can eat wherever they want. Suggestions
include: vegetarian option and packaging for reduced waste.
Breaks – we will have what we had last year; fruit, muffins and
sweet rolls. We will cancel the afternoon break. With concessions being
sold during the performance we don’t really need to provide the
break.
Susan will meet with Laura and report back next meeting.
Conference materials – Susan T.
will be formatting the speaker descriptions. We still need some titles
and short summaries of the presentations content. See earlier table.
Continue to send them to John, he will compile them and get them to
Susan
Promotion & PR – Jan and Mary
Jo will co-chair.
Lorna will help with writing,
Waldo will looking into radio space (WOJB, Hayward (with Jan) and Ashland
(Mary Jo)),
Tim will help again with the brochures (they will be printed in Ashland
this year)
If we do posters we discussed printing them 8 ½ x 11. It is easier
to find spaces for them.
The Big Top will do promotion and pre-sales of the performance if we
pay them a $350 fee (would include: post cards, e-blast, newspapers,
posters etc.).
Next Meeting
March 3rd at the Sawmill Saloon in Seeley 10-12pm.
Next meeting we will repair the agenda of the day, budget and committee
updates