MINUTES OF THE BARNES AREA
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING
OF APRIL 16, 2009
A delicious
brunch was served at 9:00am. BAHA wants to thank George Martin, Ariel and John
Amend, Carol and Dave Pease and Lu Peet for providing the meal.
President Dave
Pease called the regular meeting to order at 9:35am. The meeting was held at
the VFW hall on
Members present:
Dave Pease, Carol Pease, John Amend, Ariel Amend, George Martin, Bob Oberstar,
Linda Oberstar, Dean Peet, Mike Bowes, Margaret Bossow and Lu Peet. It was
established that a quorum was present.
Secretary Lu
Peet handed out the agendas and Minutes of the February 19, 2009 BAHA meeting. Motion
(Carol Pease / Mike Bowes) to approve the February 19, 2009 minutes as
presented. Call for discussion. Motion carried.
There was no
Treasurer’s Report as nothing came through from Treasurer Quentin Ruprecht.
Quentin will be back the later part of April and will have the updated report
for the May meeting. Lu Peet paid the CPA and the Calendar of Events fee out of
her personal funds so that was taken care of. [We had no more checks.]Lu will
get together with Quentin to straighten this out.
Correspondence: The Chicago Fund Raiser Seminar was
discussed. The group felt we weren’t
quite ready for this yet. Carol Pease said that we need to think about
storytelling, also. We will keep a file on this. Venture North will feature
Dave Thorson’s Down to Earth Tours this next week. It will be on Channel 8 on
Thursday and then again on Sunday morning.
Old Business:
1. CD’s-Carol Pease reported that the CD’s have been taken care of,
as far as reinvesting them. She wasn’t sure as to what percentage the credit
union is paying. Margaret Bossow said she recently had some dealings with some
financial institutions in
2. Signs-Mike
Bowes said he was waiting for Quentin Ruprecht to get back home to get the sign
board from the old Silver Beach Resort. Mike said his wife Marilyn would assist
us with the sign. Lu Peet said that she had talked to Mike Furtak from Bayfield
County Zoning as to what we need to do for the sign. We will need a permit that
will cost $50.00. Lu will pick up a form next week at the town hall. Mike
Furtak said we have to be conscious of where we put the sign so that we don’t
have to re-apply again. The sign must be a maximum of 50 square feet; it must
be no higher than 10 feet from the ground; it must be at least 3 feet from any
property boundary lines or right of ways and it should remain in the same
location as the original permit states. Mike Furtak did indicate that we can
lift the sign for purposes of building, etc., but that the sign should go right
back to its original location. We need to plan ahead. Margaret Bossow said that
on that thought, we need to think about putting in the substructure for things
such as water and septic in our proposed building/ storage shed, even though we
may not start out with them. It is less
expensive than trying to put this in after the concrete is down. Margaret has
worked in this field and has a lot of information and knowledge in this area. She
will be glad to share her knowledge with us.
3.
Federal Form 990 EZ- Anderson, Hager and Moe filed an
extension for BAHA and filled out the form for us. Linda Oberstar, Quentin
Ruprecht and Lu Peet all felt that there was more to this form than the
“postcard” and that we needed to file an accurate report this year. The cost to
compile our records, request the extension and do the work on the 990 report
came to $425.00. Lu Peet paid for it when she picked up the report. It is due
by May 15, 2009. Linda Oberstar, as Alternate Treasurer, has to sign the
document along with Lu Peet. Lu will then send it in. We do not owe anything to
either the state or the IRS. Motion (Carol Pease / Bob Oberstar) to
pay Lu Peet for the $425.00 for the CPA work. Call for discussion.
Motion carried.
New Business:
1. Re-order
of Centennial Books-Carol
Pease said we were down to about 50 books. Carol recommended that we get 1,000
books for the re-order. [A motion was
made and seconded to get 1,000 books reprinted, but the motion was out of order
as the people making and seconding the motion were not board members. We will
present this issue again at our special meeting on the 30th of April,
if a quorum is present.] There was discussion on keeping the new supply of
books at Margaret Bossow’s house, as she has a large area to store them.
Margaret said she also has access to various supply catalogues through her
business [Margaret does jewelry and photography] and would be glad to check on
prices and availability for us. Linda Oberstar said she would check on the
prices of the books at the Country Print Shop in
2. Book
for Memorials to the Museum Fund-
There was discussion on getting a book to keep the records of those who have
donated memorials to the Museum Fund. Lu Peet said that as of now, we just have
the paper records in the file, but these should be kept in a book for future
reference. We could eventually have a memorial “brick” or “plague” or other
recognition for the memorials and we will have to have these records available.
Ariel Amend said that in her past historical work, they used Mylar loose-leaf
pages for the memorials and had a cover page that would slip into the front of
the notebook. There was discussion on using the various Mylar products for
pictures, newspaper articles, Life Members, etc. To preserve the artifacts, we
also have to use acid free materials and keep them out of the light and sun.
There is a spray to use on newspaper articles, Carol said.
3.
4. Mylar
materials-(see above
report on the books for the discussion on Mylar products)
5. Donations
to the Barnes Ambulance defibrillator costs-Dave Pease noted that the Ambulance Department had met its
goals for the defibrillator, but since then the cost has gone up. The
department needs help with the cost of training and other incidental costs
associated with the defibrillator, so they still need our help. Margaret
Bossow, a member of the department, agreed, saying that there will be
continuing costs such as cell phone service and more training, etc. Motion
(Linda Oberstar / Carol Pease) to donate $100.00 to the Ambulance Department
Defibrillator Fund. Call for discussion. Motion carried. When
Treasurer Quentin Ruprecht gets back, he will issue the check to the town.
6. Meet
with Valentine Vogel to look at
7. Potential
BAHA float for July 4th parade- Dave Pease said he was preparing to be Uncle Sam, an important symbol for different eras in
A motion was
entertained to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:45am. The
next regular meeting will be held on May 21, 2009 at 9:00am at the VFW hall.
There will be the special meeting on April 30th at 9:00am, also at the hall,
for the purpose of looking at the plans from Mr. Vogel.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lu Peet
Barnes Area
Historical Association, Inc. Secretary
Dated this 27th
day of April 2009