Meeting opened at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church
basement by President, Troy Comstock at 2:07 PM. Minutes of the March
15, 2009 Annual Meeting were read by Secretary, William Olson.
Troy Comstock moved minutes be accepted, Steve LaDuke seconded.
Treasurer's report was presented by Steve LaDuke. Emil Olson
moved report be accepted, Elliott Olson seconded. Both were
carried.
Old Business:
There was discussion on re shingling of the schoolhouse roof.
The Pioneer House needs flashing where the porch roof meets the wall.
Still need ramps for the Pioneer Home and the School House.
New Business:
A 1940 Ford, 1 Ton Flatbed Truck with Grain Box was donated by Duane
Comstock. It is being restored and will be raffled off when
completed, with proceeds to go to the Association.
Dale Nielsen, deceased member, had donated a 1929 Caterpillar D15
crawler, gray in color, to the association. Troy moved we accept
it, fix it up and raffle it off. Motion seconded by Gary and
motion carried. It is now located at Smitty Jeffrey’s in
the Cities, where it will be fixed up, restored before it is brought
back home.
Tractor pull – the consensus was to continue for next year.
Details will be the same as last year. It is felt that it is a
good draw for the show. Elliott will supply the Copier/Printer
and table to set it on. Bill Olson will supply Sound
System. The show will also supply the flagger. The pullers
will supply announcer, computer entry port and track maintainer.
The pull will start at 2:30 pm on Saturday.
Posters, remove Steam Queen, update the dates.
Have Bill Olson print 500 more Business Cards (2 side) for show.
Smitty will take care of our Non-Profit Tax Exempt status.
Election of Directors: Mark Engen & Eldon Anderson’s
director’s terms were up. Nominations were opened for
directors. Duane Comstock moved we re-install Mark Engen &
Eldon Anderson as directors. Gary seconded the motion and motion
was carried.
Eagles will take care of the dining hall again. Gary moved we
increase their cost to $175.00. Elliott seconded, carried.
2009 was our 37th Annual Show; It’s time to start thinking about
our 40th in 2012. What should we do that would be special.
Feature some item? We need ideas.
Cory Sharf suggested that we need someone to organize the tractor
parade, find drivers, have a driver’s safety meeting, etc.
Cory volunteered to take on this responsibility. Bill will make
up some signs asking all drivers to meet at a central location for a
Driver’s Safety Meeting prior to the parade.
We need to build one more outhouse for the grounds. Also need to
make and install signs to direct people to their locations.
Need to repair the East storage/flea market building; the posts are
rotting off at the base. This will be discussed more at the
Spring Director’s Meeting.
Button Picture, we will select one at the Director’s meeting.
Miss Threshing Bee Contest seems to have run it’s course, there
were not enough participants to fill all positions this year. It
was decided to drop the contest.
Approval was given to re-order T-shirts for sale, but try to add some
new designs and colors for greater interest, as some will say, I
already have that style.
Elliott mentioned that the L.O.W. Show was now on
Facebook as a Group
with a link on our website. http://www.wiktel.net/lowsteam/
Elliott Olson is the Webmaster & can be contacted by phone at
218-442-6386 or by e-mail at ejolson@wiktel.com
A Directors meeting is scheduled for April 25, 2010 at 2:00 pm on the
grounds for a walk around to identify work that needs to be done.
Troy moved to adjourn, Gary seconded. Carried.
Meeting adjourned at 3:34 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
William Olson, Secretary
E-mail weolson@wiktel.com