Call to order: Dan Bohlin called the meeting to order. The board welcomed Hans Morsbach as a newly elected board member.

Treasurer's Report: It was discussed that currently the spending is twice the revenue. The major expense was the national meeting in Nebraska and the WWOA ad problems. It was noted the next national meeting is in Dubuque, so costs will be less. Some ways to save money were brought up including mailings and targeting membership with personal contacts.

John Ouellette is going to check into dues distribution to the states and insurance with Liz Jackson.

Net Worth as of December 31, 2006 was $3,889.48

Secretaries Report: The minutes from the Fall 2006 Membership Meeting were presented and accepted.

John Ouellette agreed to serve another term as Treasurer, with no one else interested in the position. Motion to make John the Secretary for 2007 was made and passed.

Jason Sable agreed to serve another term as Secretary, with no one else interested in the position. Motion to make Jason Sable Secretary for 2007 was made and passed.

Bill Carlson agreed to serve another term as Vice-President, with no one else interested in the position. Motion to make Bill Carlson Vice-President for 2007 was made and passed.

After allowing all board members not currently in a position a chance to consider the President position, Larry Severeid agreed to serve for the year. Motion was made an accepted for Larry as president.

Tree and Nut Improvement:

Larry Severeid gave an overview of the acrobasis study involving 3 sites and reported no acrobasis present at this time. The site in Iowa is growing the best and the site near Muscoda has rabbit damage to the seedlings.

There were 30 trees planted, inoculated in 3 years for resistance, if there is any resistance they will be part of a seed orchard.

Back Cross techniques are being used to improve resistance to the chestnut blight.

The Chestnut Foundation will supply final backcross seed source. There will be seed from 120 final trees

The Hardwood Improvement Center and the DNR are researching an elite walnut planting to be put at Odell Anderson's property. There will also be some Pennsylvania Black Cherry planted to see if it might be genetics rather than the site related to their better quality.

Alan Rault gave a summary of the website activities. Continued updates to the website. He is always looking for new ideas as well as better ways to grab people at the initial page. He will be looking for comments on each page from board members.

Bill Carlson and Jason Sable said the display continues to be available for anyone wanting to use it for outreach. An effort to update some of the photos will be made.

Dan Bohlin led the update. It was noted that the membership application needs to have the president's name and contact information updated to reflect the new president. The idea of perks for new members was brought up and people were asked to think about it. Dan Bohlin was willing to continue as the membership committee chair. There was discussion on Missouri adding 38 new members.

Ingrid Olson briefed the group on recent PR activities. She has contacted the Country Today newspaper and they will be looking at our website for information to publish on upcoming woodland events and workshops as well as other information that might be relevant for their readers. It was mentioned that they have a bi-weekly page dedicated to forestry available for articles. It was also decided to have a display at the Tri-State Forestry Conference March 10.

Larry Severeid brought up the National Meeting for Wisconsin. There are 13 states with Walnut Council Chapters and only 6 of them with the resources and ability to host a national meeting. It appears Wisconsin will be hosting the National Meeting in 2011 or possibly 2010. The best site for this would probably be Madison for facilities and will be an Academic Seminar year for the meeting. Larry will talk further will Bill Carlson and Jason Sable regarding possible topics, speakers, and current research. Hardwood regeneration problems may be a good topic.

Bob Wieland noted that the SE portion of the state is lacking representation of members. The idea of a mentoring program for new landowners came out of this discussion.

Alan Rault volunteered to help with more committees if needed.

The board agreed to set up a display at the Madison Area Woodland Owners Conference in September. Dan Bohlin will take the lead on the display.

June 2 was set as a date for a Spring Field Day. Hal Manhart will be contacted as a possible location in Iowa County.

April 14-16 there is a workshop scheduled in for woodland group board members looking at strategies for organizational issues.

July 29-August 1 The National Meting will is scheduled in Dubuque.

May 14- Board of Directors Meeting in Dodgeville at 9:00 a.m.

October 11- Fall Field Day and Membership Meeting to be held at Forest Products Lab. Will be scheduled to not conflict with National Tree Farm Meeting.