Board Members Present: Larry Severeid, John Ouellette, Craig Yager, Ingrid Olson, Bill Carlson, Jason Sable

Advisors Present: Dan Bohlin, John Nielsen, Jim Widder

Call to Order: The Meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m.

Secretary's Report: The minutes from the January 9, 2007 Meeting were read and accepted.

Treasurer's Report: The National Dues were received. Current Net Worth is $5184.14. The report was accepted.

Tree Improvement, Larry Severeid: Odell Anderson agreed to allow a 15 year project on 2 acres of his property dedicated to improved hardwood trees of various species. The trees species included are Appalachian Black Cherry, Hybrid Black Walnut, Improved Red Oak, and blight resistant butternut. Any trees that become promising enough for patent will be retained by the Tree Improvement Cooperative. All others will be available for use in Wisconsin.

Website: Report sent prior to meeting summary attached. Everyone commented on how well the website is going.

June, 2006 (First Month of New Stats Package for website)

121 Unique Visitors

1.43 Visits per visitor

3.1 Pages/Visit

April, 2007

193 Unique Visitors,

1.2 Visits per visitor

5.13 Pages viewed per visit

2007 Average:

~8 Visits/day

Bottom Line: Since changes made on front cover of the website, Unique Visitor Traffic Increase of 60% from last year. Visitors are going deeper into the website - 65% improvement. Wish my stocks performed like this!

Exhibit, John Nielsen: Farm Progress Days in Green County. The display will be set up at the National Meeting in Dubuque in July. The National Tree Farm Meeting would also be a possible display location. John Nielsen will be following up. A good attempt will be made to update the display for the National Meeting in July.

Marketing: Craig Yager agreed to help with the marketing committee.

Membership, Dan Bohlin: Motion was made and passed for Larry Severeid to purchase hats to be sold at the next field day. Members were encouraged to wear their Walnut Council Hats and talk with non-members at the field day. The name tags used will have members identified.

Public Relations, Ingrid Olson: Peggy Compton has added the June 2 field day will be posted on the WOAA Bad Ax Chapter Website. Information on the field day will also be posted in the Country Today.

Old Business:

Committee Assignments: There was no old business related to Committee Assignments.

June 2, 2007- Spring Field Day at Manhart farm

July 29-August 1, 2007- National Walnut Council Meeting

Sept. 13-16, 2007- WWOA National Meeting

Oct. 11-14, 2007- National Tree Farm Meeting

June 2 Field Day-Logistics and the current plan for the day were discussed in detail.

2010 Walnut Council National Meeting Wisconsin- Usually scheduled the last weekend in July starting on Sunday afternoon and concluding on Wednesday in the morning. John Nielsen volunteered to investigate possible venues on the west side of Madison. It was decided the Marriot would be a convenient location for close proximity to the University as well as possible field sites to the north and west.

Butternut Preservation Program- Larry Severied asked if the DNR Nursery could partner to collect blight resistant scion wood for grafting. This will be investigated.

National Farm Progress Days Dekalb, IL- It was decided that this will be the last year the State Chapter will contribute to the display based on feedback and little new member recruitment.

Next Board Meeting- The next Board Meeting will be held in conjunction with the National Meeting in Dubuque in July. The best time will be decided based on the agenda.

Membership Meeting- WWC is checking to see if our annual meeting can be held on a day WWOA has is registration for its annual meeting in Baraboo in September It was felt that there would b a good turnout based on the dual membership in the organizations.

Craig Yager is investigating direct marketing log to China and drying small diameter walnut logs prior to processing.

Meeting Adjourned 11:30