DEER LAKE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 30, 2008
The meeting was called to order at 11:10 AM. Attendees were Jim Brewer, John McCoy, Chad Lovdahl, Dennis Carlson, Marshall Oelmann, and Art Lind.
The Agenda was approved on a motion by Art Lind and 2nd by Dennis Carlson.
The Secretary’s Report from the Annual Meeting was read by Art Lind and accepted on a motion by Dennis Carlson and 2nd by John McCoy noting the correction that John McCoy was absent from the Annual Meeting.
Since Susan Pearson resigned her position and remaining term as Treasurer and Board Member, no written report was given. Marshall Oelmann received the check book and statements from Sue shortly before the meeting as he had agreed to serve out Sue’s term on the Board and act as Treasurer during the Annual Meeting. Marshall gave the check book balance at that time as $4212.57 and noted that Jim Kush became a Lifetime Member of the DLWA with his donation of $500.00. With that deposit and other costs related to the printing and mailing costs of the DLWA Action Plan, as of 8/30/08, the check book balance was at $4522.00. A motion to accept the verbal Treasurer’s Report was made by John McCoy and 2nd by Art Lind – motion carried. Marshall will get the actual mailing list for the Action Plan to verify who should have received copies.
Old Business
Beaver Trapping Report – Dennis made 2 trips to the dam via canoe this summer. Notified the DLWA and Kermit Linder of a new beaver dam and beaver activity on Deer Creek. Kermit trapped 5 beaver and opened up the beaver dam. The cost for this was covered by Ducks Unlimited as part of the “Wild Rice Lake Designation” of Deer Lake. DNR fish survey report (test netting) on Popple and Little Bass Lakes – Dennis observed and talked with the DNR personnel during the test netting and reported that Popple Lake showed good Northern Pike size and population but the Panfish and Bass did not show good numbers, probably because the fish were deeper than the trap nets. Popple Lake also showed a good population of Lake Ciscoes.. Little Bass Lake showed very poor population of size and numbers for Northern Pike, Bluegill, and Perch with no Crappie or Bass and only a few Bullheads. There was no oxygen below 12 feet and with the steep drop offs the littoral area is too small a percentage of total acreage to supply sufficient food for fish to flourish. It could take possibly 50 years for this lake to return with sufficient oxygen levels to support quality fish. Annual Meeting summary and ideas for improvement – With only 31 attendees some ideas were discussed to improve attendance. Since there was a good turnout for the fish fry held in June, it was decided on a motion by John McCoy to combine the 3rd Annual DLWA Fish Fry with the Annual Meeting, which would be held on June 13, 2009. Dennis Carlson 2nd the motion and it was approved. It was noted that the Flotilla on July 4th, was very successful, and that people stayed around to visit. Dennis Carlson volunteered for next year’s Flotilla as Host for Root Beer Floats.
New Business
New Board Member Orientation – Chad Lovdahl, newly elected Board member was present for this meeting. Dennis announced that several attempts to contact Greg Anderson, were unsuccessful and that the two phone numbers Greg listed were disconnected. Dennis was going to check with Sue Pearson since Greg is a neighbor to them at Deer Lake. Marshall Oelmann motioned that since Greg Anderson cannot be contacted and has not attempted to contact the DLWA that his position on the Board be declared vacant. Further that the DLWA Board take appropriate action to appoint a new member within the Watershed, preferably from other than Deer Lake, to ensure representation of other lakes. Marshall’s motion was 2nd by John McCoy and was approved on a voice vote. Election of Officers – With much silence, the following DLWA Officers were appointed: Art Lind, President; John McCoy, Vice President; Chad Lovdahl, Secretary; Marshall Oelmann, Treasurer; Dennis Carlson, DNR Liaison Committee. Mailing Lists – A discussion about updating the DLWA Membership list was discussed and apparently Sue Pearson has an updated list. Sue Carlson had prepared the original list, showing the mailing addresses and telephone numbers. Further discussion for a new list to also include email addresses in a format to be selected. Marshall Oelmann motioned to adopt a policy that any mailing list with our membership information on it be only for use within the organization and would not be published on our web site or sold for use beyond our membership. John McCoy 2nd the motion. The motion was approved.
Other Items
There being no other items before the Board, the next meeting was determined to be on Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Board Members are directed to submit items for that Agenda to Art Lind, via email, not later than October 1, 2008. The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
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