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WICOLA 2010 ANNUAL MEETING
JUNE 12, 2010
SILVER RAPIDS LODGE
Draft Minutes

Present: 49 persons from 32 memberships signed in. Attendees also included three guests: Joel Peterson, MPCA Project Manager, Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program Coordinator, Minnesota Sea Grant and Mallory Anderson, Minnesota Sea Grant Intern.

President Charlene Mason called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

In his presentation, Doug Jensen provided the group with an overview of Minnesota Sea Grant and described the main AIS threats to the Kawishiwi Watershed: Quagga and Zebra Mussels, Spiny Waterfleas and Eurasian Watermilfoil. Non-native fish such as the Rusty Crayfish have been seen in local lakes including Shagawa and Burntside. Jensen indicated that, while the Round Goby and Flying Asian Carp have not been seen in this area, they have invaded lakes within Minnesota. He encouraged attendees to access the Minnesota Sea Grant website, drawing attention to a climate change portal that’s available at: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/climate/. Information regarding the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers Program was also presented.

Attendees were provided with the following handouts:

President Mason called the business meeting to order.

Motion: Nancy Powers moved and Peg Pinckney seconded to approve the 2008 Annual Meeting Minutes. Motion passed.

Motion: Rich Moschel moved and Ken Wichmann seconded to approve the 2009 Fiscal Report. Motion passed.

No further nominees were presented at the meeting

Motion: Nancy Powers moved and Ken Wichmann seconded to close nominations. Motion Passed

Current members of the WICOLA Board of Directors were presented:

President Mason encouraged attendees to review the President’s Annual Report, bringing attention to the list of activities that have been completed during the year and noting the list of volunteers who have contributed to the success of WICOLA.

Teresa Sagen and Shelley Frederickson provided an update on the Clean Water Legacy Act grant, directing attendees to review the article that appeared in the Spring 2010 WICOLA Newsletter. Joel Peterson, MPCA Project Manager, also provided comments.

Referring to the WICOLA Annual Meeting Resolution Regarding Mining document that was provided to attendees, President Charlene Mason led a discussion regarding the issue.

After comments from the floor were received and discussed, Jo Kovach made a motion to create a committee to focus on separate environmental issues. The motion was seconded by Carla Arneson.

Brad Sagen then asked members to reject the motion and moved to broaden the scope of the current mission of the Mining Issues to include additional environmental issues.

Two votes were then taken. A motion to accept the substitute motion passed. A vote was then taken on the resolution itself and that motion also passed.

 

Ken Wichmann motioned and Dick Boyce seconded to adjourn the Annual Meeting. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,

Shelley Frederickson, Secretary