Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 6-16-07

The meeting was called to order by Bill Rader at 5:58 p.m. in a room at the old Fort Laramie School.

I. Attendance

Terry Barnes

Bill Rader

Chuck Leon

Jerry Dyer

Jim Stover

Linda Gosselin - Secretary

II. New Business

Bill Rader called the meeting to order since he was the remaining member of the previous Board. Linda explained that the only purpose for this meeting is the election of Board Officers, namely President and Vice President.

Jerry Dyer wants the Board to set an advance time for the Board Meetings so that members may attend. A discussion among the Board resulted in the following information:

Jim Stover works Monday through Friday and is on call one weekend a month.

Chuck Leon works 7 days on, 7 days off.

Terry works later in the day and is available most mornings.

At the next meeting of the Board, a schedule will be discusses in further detail.

Jerry nominated Bill Rader for President. Bill recommended choosing someone else as President that could serve for two years, since he has one year left to serve on his term. Bill stated that his personal commitments would not allow him to serve as President. Jim Stover asked what kind of time commitment was required by the previous President, Dick Gosselin. Linda related that Dick has spent over one thousand hours of his personal time to conduct Board business. Linda estimated that it would take around 40 hours per month on average to handle the meetings, phone calls, and arranging contractors. That estimate does not include any road work done directly by the person. Jim asked that Dick be invited to the next Board meeting so the new Board can ask questions. Bill related that Dick did a super job.

Chuck said that with his schedule it would be hard for him to be available as President. Jerry mentioned that the roads are 98% of the job. Chuck mentioned that Terry is here most of the time, knows about roads, and could administer the work well. Terry said he didn’t have a problem serving as President but was uneasy about public speaking. Chuck felt comfortable with Terry serving as President. Jim moved that Terry be nominated for President. Chuck seconded. All were in favor.

Chuck made a motion to nominate Bill Rader as Vice President. Jerry seconded. All were in favor.

Linda said that Tona Mendoza had expressed an interest in serving as Treasurer. She agreed to talk to Tona and see if she would accept the position. Linda also said that she will be vacating the position of Secretary and that she knows of no one who has expressed an interest. She charged the Board with asking their wives if they were interested. Bill said that Cristine would not be able to serve at this time.

The Board decided that the next meeting will be held on June 21st, 2007, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Gosselin Ranch.

Jim moved to adjourn the meeting. Jerry seconded. All were in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 6:26 p.m. Bill Rader will announce the results of the election of President and Vice President to the membership.

After the announcement was made to the membership, Tona Mendoza accepted the job of Treasurer and Sharon Leon said she would serve as Secretary.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Gosselin

Secretary