The meeting was called to order. Those attending were Larry, Tom B. Mike, Tina, Greg and Linda, Paula, Brian, Don and Joni.
HERITAGE HOLLY DAY –
Dawn and Brooke will be in the house, and maybe Ann. Larry Egland, Terry Baker and Tom Wolf will be at the gate. There will be a Scavenger Hunt. Linda passed out the forms with the answers on them. Larry will have cornbread cake with sauce in the Bunkhouse. Tom B. will be in the cabin and have cider. The McMillan Library ornaments will be in the school and will be prizes for the Scavenger Hunt. Linda’s Donation tree will be in the school. The cider is out and in the refrigerator. We talked about making a path in the snow from building to building. Tina will make a Fox and Geese trail and have instructions for how to make the game. Joni will make a sign to be placed by the game. Mike will call Johann or Skip to be in the barn. Paula asked about having someone at the site to take family pictures. It was agreed to let her be there.
ICE HARVEST –
We will set up the fence in January. Brian asked about sawdust. Some is being made right now. The sawdust is to keep the ice blocks in the ice room. Tom B. checked into getting some volunteers from LHS to help. He will check in after the first of the year. This event will be advertised.
WINTER FEAST –
Dawn, Scott and Tom will meet Friday night and again at the end of December with the committee. Tom will try to get the library. Five raccoons are already in the freezer. We should get a goat from Ann after Winter Feast for 2026 – we are out of storage space. Don said he may have freezer room for storage. There was some discussion. We talked about ham. Some of the raffle baskets are ready. There was a discussion about table pricing. A table of 8 would have special price – $125. When advertising, this should be mentioned along with our phone number and go to website. Greg suggested carry-out meals. Tom said we need more people in period dress. Mike will look into getting music. Don suggested adding the fact that this is a fundraiser in advertising.
The annual meeting is April 22. Don suggested having John Berg speak about early Wakely history. Tiina will call him.
Larry suggested having some kind of advertising sign on Hwy. 13. We would need a grant or permission from the landowners.
FIVE-YEAR PLAN –
A 5-year plan was discussed. This had been previously discussed at the Board Meeting. Joni shared what was discussed from that meeting. One of the items was a classroom. Don has an idea of something that would be behind the barn or over by the Town Hall. This would hold the loom and the spinning wheels, etc. Larry suggested getting a sponsor to help put this up.
Greg mentioned that maintenance will increase with more buildings that are added.
We also need to have a financial plan. Paula said that Pittsville has a corporate sponsor. There was some discussion.
It is important that donors receive a receipt. Recognition of what was donated is important for tax purposes.
There was some discussion about how to prevent mice from getting into the buildings.
Reminder – to make sure that after Holly Days, we put all fabric items in tubs from the house to protect them from the mice.
Paula mentioned that the Stevens Point Historical site is starting school programs.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55.
Respectfully submitted,
Joni Wolf, Secretary