The
Garbin Moraine Go-Fer
The Award
Winning Cabin Newsletter of NW Wisconsin
Elmer T. Gopherson the 5th, Editor
Annual Meeting
of the Directors Edition
Greeting from Spring in NW Wisconsin!
Last weekend was the annual meeting of the
boards of directors of the family cabin trust. After a feast the
board met (at a secret location - details below). Not much else
to
report from up in the woods.
Annual Broad of Directors Meeting - March 27th,
2005
The
executive director called the meeting to order with his
usual flair and business began.
Meeting Details
- All board members were
present and sober
- Taxes for 2005 are
$2,808 (1st half paid and next half in July)
- Dues for 2005 will be
$850
- Insurance costs $870
per year (action item: BP to check with his agent on costs)
- Bank balance is $1,800
- GA said the
original owner of the Flub Cadet is now the current owner with cabin
financing
- Memorial weekend
will be a laying party
- Action item: GA will
check on replacement costs for the broken window (BP to get rough
opening measurements)
- Action item: WA will
check on
getting gravel for the garage
- The executive director
responded to the Knees Together Kitchen task force and recommended the
kitchen as the major project for 2005 and the board agreed.
- Discussion followed on
what the new kitchen should be like
- Action item: BP/SP to
measure the kitchen and send to MA who will try to get design software
working on her computer
- Contributions (in
addition to dues):
- GA -
$1,000
- WA - $500 (paid at
meeting)
- SP - $1,000
- RA - $1,000
- BA - $500
- Total pledged = $4,000
- Dates:
- Cabinet building
scheduled for the 16th and 23rd of April at RAs shop
- Afterthought: BA
will check on a new lawn mower (action item)
Ask Elmer
Q. I live in Menominee and would like to know
how my adopted city got its name. I have heard it has something
to do with the men who go to school here since the university here used
to be known as a haven for industrial arts students who were vets
trying to become employable as shop teachers.
- Manless in Menominee
A. We did a little research on the Internet
and learned the name of the town derived from the late 18th century
when one of the early inhabitants of the town married a native
woman. She could not speak English well and was heard to say one
time "man no mind me". It seems these words were similar a
word in the Ojibway language and when her husband became the first
mayor of the little town he decided to name the town in honor of his
wife's inability to control him.
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