MWLA Meeting Minutes


Monday, August 23, 2010   Koller Library

Karen Dixon, President, called the meeting of the MWLA Board to order at 9:31 a.m.

 

 

Members present:  Karen Dixon, Marilyn Gabert, Greg Holt, Eleanor Butler, Jim Reichert, Bob Becker, Tom Kramer

Members absent:  Jean Rein, Tom Joseph, Fred Theisen, Merry Perkins, Jim Banovetz, Barry Hopkins

Approval of Agenda: Motion made by Bob, second by Jim R. to accept the agenda as presented.  Motion passed.

Approval of Minutes: Motion made by Greg, second by Tom K. to accept the minutes of the July 19, 2010 meeting with stated corrections.  Motion passed.

Annual Meeting Minutes: We looked over the minutes of the annual meeting to see if there were any corrections that needed to be made.  The minutes will be approved at next year’s annual meeting.

Approval of Financial Report: Motion made by Bob, second by Jim R. to accept the financial report.  Motion passed.

Correspondence:

- 7-1-10 received thank you from WAL for renewal of membership

- 7-13-10 received letter from Elmer Herrmann re: Trout River culvert

- 7-16-10 received donation request from Camp Jorn

- 7-24-10 sent thank you and donation to MW Fire Co. ($250.00)

- 7-24-10 sent thank you and donation to Library ($150.00)

- 7-24-10 sent donation to library in memory of Ken Jastrab ($100.00)

- 7-29-10 received thank you from Rita Mazur for Relay for Life donation

- 7-31-10 received thank you from Vern Lahart and donation of $100.00

- 8-1-10 sent donation to Camp Jorn ($500.00)

- 8-1-10 received thank you from Pat Jastrab

- 8-3-10 received thank you and certificate of appreciation from Camp Jorn

- 8-3-10 received request for donation from NLES students for trip to China

- 8-4-10 received invitation from Gale Wolf re: Dead Pike Lake Public Information Meeting

- 8-6-10 received thank you from Koller Library

- 8-6-10 received application for ad space reservation in MW Visitor Guide

- 8-11-10 sent thank you cards to Leif Williams and students, Barb Bartling, Barry and Lisa Hopkins, Mary and Henry Sinkus, Julie and Ticki, Kathryn Dumas, Vern Lahart

Sent thank you by email to Fred and Terry Theisen, Amber Gray, Sarah Johnson, Marilyn and board members for all their help with the Annual Meeting and Picnic.

- sent thank you post cards to members who renewed (270)

- 8-20-10 sent thank you cards for donations from Barbara and Silas Cartland ($100), Bob and Cindy Richards ($50 for AIS), and Paul and Vicki Lambrecht ($75).

- 8-21-10 phone call from Barb Cartland re: Agrees with Bob Kovar’s letter about Rest Lake Dam

Old Business

MWLA resolution regarding Rest Lake Dam –Greg presented a draft copy and there was an hour of discussion on this issue.  We will keep working on this at future meetings.

Ad for Musky Classic – For the first time we will be putting an ad in the Musky Classic publication that is given to all the tournament registrants.  We will be sent an invoice for the $60 fee.

Trout Pond – Every year it gets more expensive to run the trout pond at the 4th of July festivities, but we’ve decided to continue to have it available again.  We decided to not seek outside funds, but will just continue to fund it ourselves.  Next year we will do more to promote our sponsorship of the pond.

New Business

Committee assignments – We postponed discussion on this until our September meeting.  Karen asked all of us to look over the committee description and assignment list and decide where we’d like to be involved.

WAL liability insurance – Karen had a newsletter from WAL with some information on liability insurance for Board members.  We currently carry liability insurance for the Association through Manson Insurance, but Eleanor will check with Manson to get prices on liability insurance for Board members.  Karen will check with WAL to inquire about their fees.

Board of Directors contact info – Karen handed out a new revised list of Director’s contact information and asked for corrections. She will present it again at the next meeting before making copies for everyone..

Vilas County AIS Partners Meeting – On Thursday, September, 23 there will be an AIS Partners Meeting in Boulder Junction from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.  Lunch will be provided.  More details to come. If you are a member of the Water Ecology and Safety Committee, please think about attending.

Email alert – An email alert was sent out on Aug. 15 notifying our members of the Dead Pike Lake Informational Meeting on Sept. 2 at the MW Community Building, Anybody is welcome to attend. The alert also contained information about curly leaf pond weed found in Island Lake, a recent report from the State Climatology Office, and an announcement of our two new board members.

Musky Classic – We will set up our AIS booth Friday morning Sept. 10 at the MW Community Building for the Musky Classic registration.  Karen and Marilyn will set up and work the booth.

Committee Reports:

Public Communications  

 Website designer – Motion by Greg, second by Bob that based on the recommendation fromthe ad hoc committee, the MWLA requests Karen to contract with WebWork Life for our website design.  Motion passed.

Membership renewals – Julie mailed out renewal reminders on August 16.

Julie King  - is in the process of writing up her job description.  Once we receive it we can figure out who will take on her many duties; we may need to divide them among several people.

Community Outreach

Annual Meeting  – The annual meeting went very well this year and Karen has received lots of compliments on our new format of a meeting followed with a picnic.  With the raffle and t-shirt sales, our expenses and income were just about a wash.  We will again send out a flyer with the May Chamber mailing to all MW property owners.  We will not send out an RSVP card next year.  For the first year we sent one just to get an idea of how many people were attending for our food count.  Julie King wrote a great letter to the Board with suggestions and tips for us for next year. 

Colorama – Karen passed out a worksheet for this year’s Colorama on Sept. 25.  Karen has already talked to Jodi about location for our AIS booth and MWLA booth.  We will again offer free pontoon rides from the Blue Bayou pier.  Bob and Jim R. offered to use their pontoons for rides.  It was suggested to have a tip jar for the pontoon rides and the money could be put in the AIS fund.  We will discuss the worksheet and job sign up at our next meeting.

Roadside pick up – Fred and Terry Theisen did another roadside pick up.  They will make one more sweep before the end of the season.

 

Water Ecology and Safety

Papoose Bay - Karen, Tom and Barry met with Kevin Gauthier in regard to Papoose Bay.  There will need to be a Lake Management Plan for Rest Lake.  Karen will write a letter stating that MWLA will be the fiduciary for the Papoose Bay project if they receive the grant they are hoping to get.

After the discovery of Curly Leaf Pond Weed on Island Lake, the DNR will do a point intercept on Island Lake. The possibility of the MWLA applying for a grant for a Lake Management Plan sometime in the future was also discussed.

Tom Joseph., Karen Dixon, Greg Holt, and Kris LaMarche were MW representatives at the Lakes Steward Workshop held in Lac du Flambeau on Aug. 4. They all felt it was a very well-organized and informative meeting.

AIS Strategic Plan – Tom Joseph, Amber Gray, Jean Rein, Norm Wetzel and Karen met to talk about a strategic plan for AIS.  Tom, Amber, Karen and Jean then worked together on developing a plan for 2011-2013. Tom will write it up and share it at a later date.

Wisconsin Musky Tournament  Aug. 21 and 22 – Several Board members went to area boat landings at 5:00 a.m. during the Musky Tournament for Clean Boats Clean Waters.  They all reported that the fishermen were very cooperative.

Government Relations

Rest Lake Dam – There was discussion and updates earlier in the meeting.

Town Board – Karen informed the Town Board about the meeting with Kevin Gauthier and the Point Intercept Plan for Island Lake.  Jim Krakowski of the Birding Club presented an application for a Bird City Designation for MW.

Plan Commission –Greg attended a Plan Commission meeting for three Conditional Use Permits.  One of the permits had conditions attached to it about placement of the guest house and how many trees and in what area they could be cut.

MW Alliance – Jim R. reported that the Alliance just met on Saturday.  They are in the process of revisiting their strategic plan so as to not to duplicate the efforts of the MWLA and to determine a clear focus for the Alliance.

Town Lakes Committee – has changed their name to the Town AIS Partnership (TAISP)

Adminstrative

Kings – A gift certificate to Pine Baron’s was presented to Jack & Julie at the Annual Meeting.  Karen will contact them to see if we can all go out for breakfast and/or make a donation to the Discovery Center in honor of their 17 years of service to the MWLA.

Next Meeting 

The MWLA will meet on Monday, September 20 at 9:30 a.m. at the Library. 

Motion by Jim R. second by Greg, to adjourn the meeting at 11:55 a.m. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Gabert, Secretary