Spring 2002 Walnut Council Meeting……on 16Feb02

Minutes: 30 people in attendance. Vice President Ron Jervis brought meeting to order.

Aaron reviewed minutes of the last meeting and went over Walnut Board election results.

Russ went over Treasurers report.

Items of agenda were reviewed.
Spring meeting was discussed for Travis Moseley and Historic Floors of Oshkosh. There is much interest in the Floors tour but there is a distance problem between these 2 sites. Motion was made to make this into a 2-day meeting. The first day would be the afternoon of Friday May 24, 2002 and all day Saturday May 25, 2002. Second made and passed. Rudy will get more information for the Friday tour and firm up Saturday. When that is set Aaron will send out a mailing to get some firm numbers back. Further logistics will need to be set up for hotels and dining.

National meeting in Maryland and mass transit to get there was discussed. National will be sending out in the next bulletin for a $50 deposit for a reservation and if there is enough interest a bus would leave from LaCrosse. Fall meeting was discussed. Jervis has had discussions with John Katzke. 3-day meeting is well in place and all that is needed is a Wisconsin tour site. Al Goetsch volunteered his place. This is for a Saturday afternoon. There is a concern that travel distance could be a problem. Jervis will look for other possible field sites closer to Woodstock. Motion to proceed with the recommendations made here, second, passed.

Membership recruitment. Jervis reviewed the web site that he is developing and the characteristics, potential, etc… Motion to expend money and go forward with the website, second, passed. Question was raised if there could be a spot for listing items for sale, walnut products. Yes. Also follow up on possibility of having advertisers purchase ads. Motion to have task force developed to help Jervis, second, passed. Stan Peskar and Dave Warner volunteered to be on this task force.

Motion made to Reimburse Dale Parker and Aaron Young (Richland Center DNR Office) for Printing and Stamp expenses, second, passed. Aaron submitted bill to Russ and Dale will get one to him.

Next was discussion on Walnut Brochure. What county to focus on with the mailing? Not enough time was left to properly discuss this issue. Another option would be to put an article in the MFL newsletter that goes out every year. This will need further discussion at another meeting.

Out going board members recognized John Nielsen and Stan Peskar.

France Tour was mentioned and that it is now leaving from Chicago. Get your reservations in if you haven't yet done so. Last 2 weeks of September it is set for.

Meeting adjourned for the WWOA meeting.