MINUTES OF THE BARNES AREA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING
OF JANUARY 15, 2008
The meeting was called to order at 9:00am by President Dave Pease.
Members present: Dave Pease, Carol Pease, Jon Harkness,
Linda Oberstar, Bob Oberstar, George Martin and Lu Peet. It was established
that a quorum was present.
Secretary Lu Peet presented the minutes to the members. Motion
(Jon Harkness / Linda Oberstar) to accept the minutes as presented. Call
for discussion. Linda Oberstar said that the Treasurer’s Report should say
Hayward Credit Union instead of State Bank of Drummond for the CD renewal and
that it would be for 13 months, not 6 months. Motion carried.
The Secretary will do the changes to the minutes.
Treasurer Linda Oberstar gave the Treasurer’s Report as follows:
Checkbook Balance as of 12/20/2007 $ 5,755.18
Memberships (1) $
25.00
Tickets $
560.00
Donations $
20.00
Checkbook Balance as of 1/15/2008 $ 6,360.18
CD One for $11,035.09 matures on February 2, 2009, at 4.50% (HCCU)
CD Two for $10,829.52 matures on January 6, 2009, at 4.75% (HCCU)
CD Three for $3,367.77 matures on December 27, 2008, at 4.75% (HCCU)
CD Four for $8,124.91 matures on
September 28, 2008,
at 5.25% (SBD)
Motion (Lu Peet/ Bob Oberstar) to approve the Treasurer’s Report as
given. Call for discussion. Motion carried.
There was discussion on the reports due to both the IRS and
the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Old Business:
- Land-Architects:
Bob Oberstar said that the town was holding off on the land behind the
present town hall as they don’t know what will happen if they decide to
build the new town complex. He felt the town was trying to pull us into
their plans and that we have to make it clear to the town that we are our
own entity and will want our own building in the future. We could have a
space in the new complex to have revolving displays, etc., but we would
not be part of the town. We want to be on record as planning to have our
own land and building in the future. Linda Oberstar said that if we try to
stand alone, we may not be able to make it and may need the town’s
support. The old time people are leaving Barnes for various reasons and
new people are coming in, people with money. There was discussion on
support for the museum. There was discussion that we need to get a piece
of land soon. Bob Oberstar thought that we need to get a membership
program going to encourage new members who will work. Carol Pease felt
that our group was getting divided.
Carol asked if anyone had contacted the architects. Bob Oberstar said that he contacted the
one in Duluth a while back, but not the one
in Eau Claire.
Jon Harkness said that he had tried to contact someone from Wausau Paper
Company, but still has yet to make direct contact with the person. He will
continue to do so. Bob Oberstar said that he would like to be on record as
doing some pursuing of real estate and also talking with Town Chairman
Dick Collyard on this. We have to look at alternatives and send out
letters. George Martin discussed land to the west on N. We need to check
this out. It doesn’t hurt to ask.
- Membership
and Survey Forms-Lu Peet said that we have gotten back most of the
renewals and survey forms. She will send out the membership cards in the
next few weeks. She will also compile the results of the survey forms for
the next meeting. Bob Oberstar spoke on sending a letter out on what we
are doing to encourage new members.
- Winterfest-
- Workers-There
was discussion on who would work and where. George Martin, Sally Pease
and Lu Peet will work the kitchen. Dean Peet will work the cash register
for the kitchen as well as general help. Dave Pease will do Bingo and
Carol Pease and Buzzy Harkness will do the door prizes and Bingo prizes.
Heather Berg and Bob Campbell will help with collecting the Bingo money.
Kurt Kuhlman and his wife Kathy will be at the table for tee-shirts,
books, memberships, etc. as well as having an historical display. Tim
Behling, Bob Oberstar and Jon Harkness will do what ever has to be done,
such as selling blue boards for tickets and giving out tickets at the
door or whatever else needs to be done. Linda Oberstar said she will work
the ticket sales area. The VFW will supply the bartenders. Linda will get
the start up money for the kitchen and sales area. Carol Pease will take
care of the Bingo money. Lu Peet has done the signs for the inside and
also the posters. Lu will also do the drawing of the tickets and Linda
will do the checks for the winners and Silent Auction money issues.
- Food-
Lu Peet has gotten the shredded beef from Upper Lakes Foods and will take
care of getting the rest of the supplies and food items. We will have
buns, chips, pickle, coleslaw and beans with the meal. There will be hot
dogs, chili dogs and a beef sandwich besides the beef sandwich meal. Several
members have said that they would donate bars and dessert items also.
Dessert items will be included for all who buy a meal or sandwich.
- Prizes-The
silent auction and Bingo prizes that we already have have been recorded
by Carol Pease. We will see what we have when we meet on the 1st.
We still need some more prizes. Lu said that she will be getting some
more. Carol said she still had to get the ones from the Phone Company and
the State Bank of Drummond.
- Tickets-The
ticket sales have been going better. We have at least enough sold so that
we don’t have to go into our regular funds for the pay offs. We will sell
tickets at the Winterfest. There are about 40 tickets that will not be
coming back to us for various reasons, but we should be OK.
- Tee
Shirts-The tee shirts are in. It was decided that the workers would pay
for their own shirts at a cost of $7.00 each. These are the lime green
shirts. The ones for sale to the public are heather grey and will sell
for $10.50 including tax.
- Signs
(Dave Thorson)-Dave said that he would put out the signs out on the road
on Friday.
- Planning
meeting-There will be a planning meeting for Winterfest at the VFW on Friday February 1, 2008
at 9:00am.
New Business:
- IRS
Report-We may need Jan Dykema’s help. Lu will do the report and use Jan if
necessary.
- Wisconsin
Historical Society-Annual Report-Lu will also do this report with Jan’s
help.
Motion (Lu Peet/ George Martin) to adjourn the meeting.
Call for discussion. Motion carried. The meeting
was adjourned at 10:45am.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday February 21, 2008 at 9:00am at Downtown Barnes.
Respectfully submitted,
Lu Peet
Secretary-Barnes Area Historical Association (BAHA)