Minutes Sept 22 2003
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Macomb Orchard Trail Friends Group
Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, September 22, 2003
bullet Meeting is called to order.
bullet Welcome newcomers.
bulletAugust meeting minutes accepted with typo corrections.
bullet Treasurer’s report by Chuck Mabley shows an August end of month balance of $5,079.09. A motion is made by Chuck Mabley and supported by Dave Rumohr to reimburse Lee Sorensen for the purchase of a planter.
bullet Correspondence – None
bullet Trail Commission Status –
bullet Report from engineers says they are still dealing with road commission on issues such as lights and easements. No work will be done this fall.
bullet Bids will open in November
bullet Construction will be starting in the spring
bullet “Planting the Seed” program is rescheduled for October 6 at 1 p.m. Lee Sorensen, Art Crawford and Neil Kocsis will attend.
bullet Dennis Tipsword will call to see if he can arrange a horse drawn wagon.
bullet The estimated time line is the bids will come in November. They will be awarded in December. In spring, 2004 the construction will start if all goes well.
bullet Peach Festival and Good Old Days – A report by Lee Sorensen says we made about $300 at Romeo and $80 in Richmond. This includes the sale of 15 shirts, 6 sweatshirts, and 5 new memberships.
bullet A special THANK YOU goes out to all who volunteered.
bullet Lee took pictures at the events to send to the Advisor and Source.
bullet DTE Grant – No news.
bullet Newspapers were given to Rich Platz to add to the history collection.
bullet Applefest (Oct. 11& 12) – We will possibly find Armada members to staff.
bullet A new home is needed for the trail “stuff” (i.e. shirts, tent, TV/VCR). Maybe we could store it in Al Goetzinger’s barn?
bullet Clean up (September 20) – The weather was great. This was a successful event.
bullet John Tarantino makes a motion to give Ted’s brother $100 for the use of the chipper. Ted will pass the address on to Christine for her to send a thank you note.
bullet A certificate of appreciation needs to be made for Little Caesar’s of Washington for the donation of pizza. Christine will bring one to the next meeting.
bullet Trail Summit – Lee Sorensen represented our group at the trail event in Bloomer Park. There were “trail people” all over. He was impressed with Oakland’s set-up for trails and the progress of area trails.
bullet Brochures? – Dennis Tipsword makes a motion, seconded by Rich Platz, we use the color brochures from the commission and print 1 ream of inserts with our application on it to insert inside the brochures. One ream, or 1500, will be printed. After discussion of the question of there being enough brochures for us to use it is decided there most likely will be.
bullet New newsletter format – Did you like it? Chuck Mabley makes a motion we go back to the 4-page format for the next newsletter to save money. Dennis Tipsword seconds and the motion passes.
bullet Santa’s Barn Sale – We were invited to the Macomb Oakland Regional Tack Sale.
bullet Covered Bridge – Neil Kocsis suggests that an ideal place for a covered bridge would be between 28 Mile Rd. and Campground. It would be visible at this location to more people.
bullet New mailing list update by Dave Rumohr says we now have 97 paid members with an additional 9 more added tonight.
bullet Motion made by Chuck Mabley, seconded by Dennis Tipsword, to adjourn meeting.

Next official meeting is Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at Camp Rotary.

Attendance (*Indicates board member)

Lee Sorensen*
Christine Hamilton
Dave Rumohr*
Lee Rumohr
Art Crawford
Marty Osborne
Ted Gondert
Crag Jackson
John Tarantino*
Neil Kocsis
Chuck Mabley*
Lee Tait
Dennis Tipsword*

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Friends of the Macomb Orchard Trail Inc.
P. O. Box 385
Richmond, Michigan  48062-0385
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