Meeting was called to order. Those attending were Dawn, Mike, Doreen, Skip, Don, Larry and Joni
SPIRIT WALK –
Mike said he has all the guides, ticket takers, and cider people. Gave a list to Don who is scheduled to do what.
HOMETOWN HOLIDAY W/NEKOOSA –
Heather Saires is the contact person. We need to go to their meetings to coordinate what they are planning with our Holly Days. Doreen said she may be able to Julie to get carolers and Joni will look into the Community Choir. We have enough cider to be able to serve it at this event and Spirit Walk. Joni will help with getting decorations. Larry is getting stuff from Goodwill. He also talked about an idea of attaching gifts for kids with different colors of yarn and having them “find” their gift by following the yarn round around chairs, etc. Mike suggested that we do different countries’ customs each year.
SCHOOL GROUPS –
Only 1 group has signed up for October and 1 in November. We usually have 5 or more. Need to get feedback from schools and why they are not signing up. Don suggested we wait to see what happens in spring. Skip suggested we present to different school boards. Mike said maybe have a “Teacher’s Day” where the just the teachers can come out and see what we have to offer and maybe give them a little free lunch too. Larry stated that we can’t run on just the funds received from school groups – grants are our future funding. Dawn suggested sending brochures to the schools and Doreen stated that we contact them every year.
SARATOGA TOWN HALL –
They had a meeting last night. The Town Board was going down to the Wakely site to see where the building was going to be moved to. This did not happen. Larry said there must be a way around the “can’t donate public funds to a private entity”. There was some discussion, and this will addressed again at a later date.
COOKING CLASS –
We need to address this again next year. Maybe have a coordinator for the event. Larry suggested we have a meeting with Tom earlier in 2024 like March or February. Don stated that in presenting at the class, there needs to be history and a reason why.
2024 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS –
Joe wants to try to schedule the Historic Encampment to coincide with the Pumpkin Festival. Joni will look into this and get in touch with Joe.
Don suggested we invite the homeschoolers to our events. Also, the Town of Saratoga – how to do this???
Went over the tentative 2024 Schedule.
Maybe have the Pie Social with the Harvest Fair or Pioneer Fest?? Or have a Revolutionary War event in August?
PIE SOCIAL –
Took a vote – we want to do this! Could have a pie competition – have homemade pies. Mike suggested have the homemade ice cream then instead of Pioneer Fest. If you bring a pie or cake, you will get free admission. Will have to discuss this further.
Discussed having a “wood-pieced” floor in the barn.
TROLLEY –
Skip had drawn up a plan for us to visualize where the trolley would be placed. (See attached). Would be stored in the warehouse and displayed outside the warehouse. There was discussion about how this would be set up, etc.
Meeting Adjourned approximately 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Joni Wolf, Secretary