WOCAV Board Minutes

Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. by George Schmader at Jackie & Dennis’ home.

Those in attendance were:
George Schmader, President
Dennis Waldorf, Vice-President
Jackie Waldorf, Secretary
Gene Whited, Director
Duane Harriger, Director
Jeff Balla, Director
Jane Schmader

Minutes of the last meeting:
The minutes of the meeting held Tuesday August 5, 2008 were accepted .

Treasurer's report:
In Joe Lowrie’ absence, Jackie Waldorf reported a balance of $1250.73 with income totaling $366.00 and expenses of $120.00. (See attached report.) the Treasurer’s report was accepted.

OLD BUSINESS

Picnic: George sent a thank you letter to Miller’s Equipment for their contribution to the door prizes.

Logo Hats; George has put the the logo hats on the website for sale at a cost of $12.00 each.

NEW BUSINESS

PA American Water Plant Tour
Trudy Alexander is setting up a tour of the PA American Water plant. We will advertise this event to our members once the details are finalized.

WOCAV Signs:
Dennis & Jackie will contact Voss signs to determine how much it would cost to have WOCAV signs made. George Schmader will talk to Colwell also.

PAFS September 20th Dinner:
Dennis, Jackie, George & Jane plan to attend this event on September 20th at Olmsted Manor in McKean County. Anyone else interest in attending should contact Allyson Muth.

Program Suggestion:
Dennis suggested that we consider a meeting on recycling. He suggested that Joe & Barb Lowrie conduct this meeting and talk about what they are doing because they recycle everything. George suggested that we include this topic in the January meeting.

Successor & Estate Planning:
This workshop is being offered to PAFS, Service Foresters, and Extension Foresters & Partners on Saturday, October 25th. Jackie & Dennis will attend this event and report back to the Board information for a potential workshop or program.

PROGRAMS FOR FALL, 2008 & SPRING 2009
September, 2008: This will be the tour of AWP on Friday, September 19th. George will send out e-mail notices reminding people of the tour and that they should bring hard hats if they have them. Jackie will write to the non-e-mail members.

October 11, 2008:
Scott Weikert is conducting a program to be held from 9-Noon at the Butler County Community College. He will mail brochures and a press release. Because this event is partially sponsored by Penn State Extension, it will be necessary to impose a $10.00 charge to attendees (it ended up being $5.00). The program information is attached to these minutes.

January, 2009:
This event is scheduled to be held at Structural Modular in Strattanville on January 15th, at 7:00 p.m. Linda McMasters, a teacher a Clarion-Limestone will present a program on bio-fuels. As previously mentioned, we will also enlist the Lowrie’s to give a presentation on recycling.

February, 2009:
This will be the joint conference with the Clarion County Forest Stewardship Committee. It will be held again at St. Michael’s in Fryburg. A date of February 21st has been set. Program specifics are in the process of being solidified.

March, 2009:
We need an alternative program in case Clarion Board or Tarkett flooring is unavailable for a tour. We will look into a presentation on maple sugar. George will call Gary Dunkle to see if he does anything relating to maple sugar production. Dennis will ask Alderton’s where they get their locally-made maple sugar.

April, 2009:
Tim Hoppe has suggested a short workshop on the woodcock. The location would be in Knox at the ponds at Bear Creek and probably be held on a Thursday night. The dates of April 16th or April 23rd will be suggested to Tim.

May 16, 2009:
Gary Gilmore will present the Chestnut program at Coal Glen.

June 13, 2009:
This will be the annual picnic and will be combined with the PA Tree Farm Committee and PFA’s sponsored tour of the State Outstanding Tree Farmers of 2008 which happen to be George & Jane Schmader. A date in July was briefly considered but it was the consensus that a July date would be too close to the PAFS annual meeting/picnic to be held at the Campbell’s and which WOCAV will be asked to assist with.

Next Meeting:
The next meeting will be held at the Gene Whited’s Clarion County house on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Jackie Waldorf