FOBHL
Board meeting minutes
Cal S Taggart Visitor Center meeting room
July 10, 2007, at 7pm
Lovell, WY
Call to order and Welcome by Bob Croft Excuse: Keith Grant – Bob C will give his report
Jim Liner and Bruce Morrison were not present
Bob extended a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped on the June 23 event! ! !
Approval of June 12 email minutes: Motion by HD and seconded by Bob Nemitz. Motion carried
Darrell Cook – BHCNRA updates on all projects.
Kane ramp restroom will be finished next week
HSB campground funding is back into 2008-09 budget process.
Diane Shober – Wyo Travel/Tourism will visit here in August? Keith to see Rick Lasko on this
Directors items
Show and discuss the 4 minute promo DVD
How to use it at NPS visitor centers? They will develop a plan to use it along with present films.
Other uses for it? Copies will be made available to local cities, chamber of commerce groups, cable companies, businesses that would like to show it and giveaway copies of the DVD, individuals requesting a copy, FOBHL website, etc.
The DVD will be further reviewed soon by BHCNRA and the board to make final adjustments before production.
June 23 Celebration: Review of the events by Darrell, FOBHL board members and a discussion followed.
A list of comments:
Do it again with adjustments, maybe a different weekend?
Simplify the event in the future, fewer events
Use food vendors and the concessionaire for all food items
More signs around the event area to inform the visitors
PA sound system with more speakers over a larger area
No need for a trade expo portion, maybe other types of vendors???
The fishing pole casting booth and youth fishing derby can’t compete with the water activities
Need 15 to 20 boats for the free boat rides
Need boat gas available
Enlist more helpers for the day
Have golf cart drivers be adults
Have FOBHL memorabilia available for sale
More advertising in the Billings area
Billings Gazette and TV coverage issues – HD and Margaret will put together an editorial article for us to review and then submit to the Gazette. Darrell will contact Lorna Thackery of the Gazette about doing a tour of BHCNRA and then writing a story for the paper. Darrell has also had contact from Montana’s US House Rep Denny Reberg’s office about a tour of BHCNRA soon.
Wyoming Travel and Tourism video footage from June 23 celebration will be available for use soon.
HD will continue to pursue the Hwy 37, bentonite on the road and railroad crossing concerns issues at the Am Colloid plant.
FOBHL funds – there will be about a balance of $ 4000 after June 23 bills are paid. We have a few yet to renew their memberships. We get several new memberships each week.
NWC Map should be completed by late July. We want to thank all the students and staff for their tireless hours of work on this project! We will make these available soon.
A note: The two beverage vending machines at HSBend have provided over 1584 beverages in the past 6 weeks.
Possible VIP projects, etc in coming months
1. Driftwood gathering in the winter
2. Driftwood gathering on the lake this summer
3. Removal of brush and trees north of Causeway at freeze up
4. General PM of boat docks, signs, tables, etc
5. New day boards for the south end
Next meeting August 14