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Minutes of past meetings are listed below from newest to oldest NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, President Jen Hegge called the meeting to order at Participants: Jen Hegge, President
Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer Steve Schroeder, Awards A quorum is present. Minutes of the Bob reported on nominees for Chapter and National awards: Chapter Professional Award – Mark Liebig Chapter Service Award – Roy Laframboise Business Stewardship Award – Western Plains Consulting, Inc. Chapter Horizon Award – To be announced at Annual meeting National Awards: Fellow Award – Mike Collins, Mike is putting together needed info. Outstanding Service – Steve Schroeder, partially completed Honor Award – Gabe Brown, Has similar activity to Gene Goven. Merit Award – Living Snow Fence Task Force, Have needed info. Commendation – Bob Bird, Partially complete. Conservation Research – Dr. Mark Liebig, Partially complete. Need the Board’s approval especially for the Chapter
Awards so that we can order plaques. Bylaws need to be sent out to the membership 30 days before the annual meeting and then have a vote to approve them at the annual meeting. Jen announced that she was resigning as President as of
this meeting because she has been accepted by the Peace Corps to go to Everyone thanked Jen for all her efforts with the North
Dakota Chapter and wished her well in her new adventure.
Jen has arranged to keep her membership in the ND Chapter and will keep
in touch while in Bob moved to adjourn and Jen seconded. Motion carried.
New President Lena Bohm adjourned the meeting at Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer
NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, President Jen Hegge called the meeting to order at Participants: Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer Steve Schroeder, Awards Chapter Professional Award – Mark Liebig Chapter Service Award – Roy Laframboise Business Stewardship Award – Western Plains Consulting, Inc. Chapter Horizon Award – To be announced at Annual meeting Fellow Award – Mike Collins, Mike is putting together needed info. Outstanding Service – Steve Schroeder, partially completed Honor Award – Gabe Brown, Has similar activity to Gene Goven. Merit Award – Living Snow Fence Task Force, Have needed info. Commendation – Bob Bird, Partially complete. Conservation Research – Dr. Mark Liebig, Partially complete. Everyone thanked Jen for all her efforts with the North
Dakota Chapter and wished her well in her new adventure.
Jen has arranged to keep her membership in the ND Chapter and will keep
in touch while in
NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER – SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, President Jen Hegge called the meeting to order at Participants: Jen Hegge, President, Cal Thorson, Past President, Richard Webb, Director, Mike Collins, Director, Mark Anderson, Scholarship Chair, Bob Bird, Acting Sec/Treas. Jen asked for additions/corrections to agenda.
Scholarship Report added under old business and Kristin replacement
removed since Bob Bird consented to act as Secretary/Treasurer from Minutes from April 4, 2007 Teleconference and June 4, 2007
Treasurers Report were forwarded prior to the meeting.
A correction was made to a typo on the beginning balance to the
Treasurers Report to read $3,560.76. Richard
Webb moved to approve both reports. Old Business – Scholarship Committee, Mark Anderson, Chair Mark reported that there was no response to the announced scholarship by the NDSWCS. After some discussion it was decided to not give a scholarship this year and start earlier next fall with our announcement and followup to see that the colleges and universities are getting the word out. New Business – Soil and Water Over 100 participants have registered for this summit.
Dr. Bauder from MT has been injured in an ATV accident and will not
attend. He noted that there are 5 Soil
& Water CEU’s available and 2 Crop Management CEU’s available for this Banners, Brochures, and audio-visual equipment are on track. Annual Meeting – Richard Webb, Chair
Doublewood Inn will provide a meeting room and banquet. Costs have not been worked out yet. NDSWCS, SDSWCS, and Prof. Soil Classifiers from ND & SD will participate. Bob Bird noted that we need nominations for our state awards that are given out at the Annual Meeting. Bob will provide info on the awards to Jen and she will send an email to our members requesting nominations. New Business: International Convention - Jen Hegge reporting. Expected attendees are Cassie Joecks, Jaime Palczewski, Jen Hegge, President and Commendation Award winner, Steve Merrill and Outstanding Service Award winner, and possibly Don Tanaka, Conservation Research Award winner. Gene Goven, Honor Award winner has a conflict and cannot attend. It was moved by Richard Webb and seconded by Cal Thorson to
adjourn the meeting at Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird, Acting Secretary-Treasurer
NORTH DAKOTA
CHAPER - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, Wednesday, January 3, 2007 President Jen Hegge called the meeting to order at 8:05 AM. Participants:
Jen Hegge, President
Pam Copenhaver, Environmental Ed Chair Minutes from the December 6, 2006 directors teleconference along with the December Treasurer’s Report were forwarded prior to the meeting. No additions or changes were requested. Lena Bohm moved to approve both reports. Richard Webb seconded. Motion carried. Agenda Item #1 – MT Regional Technical Workshop Thanks to Mike Collins who sat in on the NP Regional teleconference regarding this workshop. The agenda was reviewed and it was noted that neither Craig Cox nor Theo Dillaha would be able to attend. We will no longer have to send in the $125 chapter fee towards Mr. Cox’s travel expenses. As of right now, we do not know if NRCS employees will be allowed to attend or government time or expense. Once budgets are finalized, we should have a better idea. In the mean time, Jen will visit with JR to discuss other options, if available. Richard, Jen, and Kristin will meet next week to update the NDSWCS display board so that it’s available for this workshop. Agenda Item #2 – T-shirt Update Mike sent in the designs and received sample shirts back from Zazzle. Some adjustments may need to be made regarding font etc. Richard mentioned that the shipping costs were a bit high, but if we put in a larger order in the future those costs shouldn’t be as bad. We’re hoping to display the samples we have at the upcoming SWCS events in hopes of generating some orders. New Business: Jen noted some upcoming deadlines: Core Activity Report – due January 15 Chapter Awards – due February 15 Jen and Item #1 – January Technical Workshop Blake VanderVorst requested a copy of Jennifer Hegland’s
powerpoint on the Market Based Approach prior to the workshop.
Richard will look into this request.
The NDSWCS display will be updated prior to the workshop and will include
current pictures, events, officers and committee chairs along with upcoming
activities and membership information. There
has been one on-line registration and two mailed registrations to date.
Paul King mentioned that there could potentially be 45 people from ND
NRCS attending. Jen
will send out a reminder email this Friday, and registration may be
pushed back to sometime next week if people are still interested in attending.
Richard summarized the meal options available:
continental breakfast at $4.00 per person, deli buffet lunch at $7.00 per
person, and a hot entrée lunch at $8.50 per person.
The board agreed on the hot entrée for lunch ($8.50 per person) since
the room would be free with this option. Richard
will contact the Farmer’s Item #2 – Contractor Workshop We will revisit this with Mike Collins at a later date. Item #3 – Soils Item #4 – NDSWCS Annual Meeting Richard discussed tentative times and locations for the
annual meeting this fall. He will
look into options in The chapter will meet next Friday
(January 12, 2007) to finalize all plans for the technical workshop. It was moved by Richard and seconded by Respectfully Submitted, Kristin Wild NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, Participants: There were no additions/changes to the agenda other than to wait on the Secretary and Treasurers Reports to later in case Kristin joins the teleconference. Bob Bird was appointed acting Secretary until that time. Old Business: 1. It was noted that President Jen Hegge had notified MT about our $125 contribution to cover part of Craig Cox travel to next spring’s Leadership Development meeting. 2. Regarding Mark Anderson’s concern about too many Chapter Awards and the cost: An email by Bob Bird before the meeting answered his questions regarding the Board’s approval and all the plaques have been purchased and paid for. The Board determined no further action was warranted. Regarding Mark’s request for
approval of a scholarship in 2007: Bob
Bird moved that the Chapter sponsor a $500 scholarship in 2007 and up to $50
travel to be approved by the President and Treasurer based on availability.
Cal Thorson seconded. Motion
carried. 3. Richard Webb – 2007 Annual Meeting. SDSWCS rotates their annual
meeting around the state and next year is the central area so they would rather
have the meeting in January Workshop – speakers still haven’t been committed and publicity should be out now about the workshop. Pam Copenhaver will check with Richard to see if the workshop is far enough along to happen. New Business: 1. Foundation Report & Appointment – No Report 2. Contractor Workshop – No Report 3.
Soil A.
Carbon Sequestration Research going on at all soil organizations
in B.
Lena Bohm moved to pursue both scenarios and Pam Copenhaver seconded. Motion carried. 4.
National Leadership Development Committee is asking for topics for
training at the 2007 National meeting. Minutes of the Cal Thorson moved that we adjourn and Bob Bird seconded.
Motion carried and the teleconference was adjourned at Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird
NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Directors Teleconference, President Cal Thorson opened the teleconference at Participants: Cal Thorson, President Richard Webb, Director Bob
Bird, Secretary-Treasurer
Kristin Wild, Membership Chair Mike Collins, Fund Raising Chair Minutes of the Treasurers report from March 20 to Agenda Item #1 – NDSWCS Annual meeting. SD uses the silent auction as a tool to raise scholarship money. If ND members donate items for the auction, the proceeds will go to the ND chapter. Time
is short for early registration. Banquet tickets would be $15 for award winners and may be submitted later than Sept. 1. On
the agenda for the ND report at Agenda Item #2 – NDSWCS Leadership Nominations. President-Elect
– Secretary-Treasurer – Bob Bird or someone else Director – Mike Collins Agenda Item #3 – Chapter Awards. Bob Bird presented the Awards Committee’s possible candidates for 2006 Chapter Awards as follows: Chapter Professional Award – Jackie Henderson Chapter Service Award – Dr. John D. Berdahl Business Stewardship Award – The Falkirk Mining Company for the Underwood Golf Course Project It was moved by Lena Bohm and seconded by Kristin Wild to accept these nominations as our Chapter Awards for 2006. Motion carried. Bob Bird presented the Awards Committee’s possible candidates for 2006 National Award nominations as follows: Hugh Hammond Bennett Award – Myron Senechal (We’ll use last year’s entry) Harold
& Kay Scholl Excellence in Conservation – Gene Goven, Grazing Lands
Coalition, Fellow Award – No Candidate Outstanding Service Award – Steve Merrill (We’ll update previous entry) Merit Award – No Candidate Honor Award – No Candidate Commendation Award – Jennifer Hegge(We’ll gather info for this entry) It was moved by Richard Webb and seconded by Lena Bohm to send these nominations to the National awards committee for consideration. Motion carried. There was discussion regarding a possible new chapter award for members that are young professionals early in their careers(1st 10 years). There had been discussions by some of our members during trips to National or Regional meetings about criteria. Jennifer Hegge has some ideas on criteria. Bob Bird related information regarding an NDSU alumnus award for young graduates within 10 years of graduation called the Horizon Award. It was moved by Kristin Wild and seconded by Lena Bohm to establish a new Chapter Horizon Award and present the first one to Jennifer Hegge without telling her. Have Jennifer help develop criteria for eligibility for this award in the future. Agenda Item #4 – Chapter Educational Program Richard
Webb had sent out before the teleconference a possible NDSWCS Technical Workshop
at Carrington that was developed with NRCS assistance to be held in August, but
now may be delayed to October or later depending on whether federal agencies are
on a continuing resolution with restricted travel.
We’ll revisit this possible meeting at the Annual meeting in Agenda Item #5 – Chapter Fundraiser Mike Collins had sent out a possible T-Shirt fundraiser
prior to this meeting. Some of the
discussion involved getting some of these T-Shirts prior to the Annual meeting
so they could be marketed there. It
was moved by Kristin Wild and seconded by Mike Collins to make up some T-Shirts
to sell at the Agenda Item #6 – Chapter Newsletter It
was noted that the deadline for the next newsletter is It was moved by Lena Bohm and seconded by Mike Collins to
adjourn the meeting at Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird Secretary-Treasurer
Board Meeting, The meeting was called to order at Participants: Cal Thorson, President Steve Schroeder, Awards Chair Myron Senechal Pam Copenhaver, Env. Ed. Chair Jon Stika, Website Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer The minutes of the Discussion on how NDSWCS can be supportive of membership – Myron Senechal Myron thanked the group for nominating him for the Fellow Award and the National Convention monetary reimbursement. We need something on how to improve the environment or natural resources. We need to encourage younger members to get involved. NDSWCS can help manage controversy or controversial issues by providing forums or opportunities to explore all the sides of issues. How do you present positions of the Society that may be different from your employer’s position. Suburbia Conference – Pam Copenhaver 10 people in attendance Advertised well, but there was some conflicts at the same time. Speakers did a great job. Kevin Sedivic recommended 3 cells and a holding cell to feed when the 3 cells haven’t recovered. Next Environmental Ed. Ventures: Add some Continuing Education into the Annual meeting Sun.-Mon. – Farming in the 21st Century Conference, sponsored by Sen. Conrad Do we want to participate? We decided to stay away from official participation because of possible politics involved. Some may go to find out info on new bills or programs coming up. Annual Meeting – Pam will meet with Russ Jordre to incorporate education into annual meeting and will make a report by email. Publicity – Pam covered publicity involved with the Ranchette Workshop. Discussed renewing the Domain name for the website for 8 years. Bob Bird moved we renew, Jon Stika seconded, motion carried. Awards – Steve Schroeder Steve
has a nomination for Business Stewardship Award of The Coteau Properties Co. ( Need Chapter Professional and Service Award nominations. Trying to get all award nominations, Chapter and National, completed by Dec. 1st. It was noted that Jill Howard, Newsletter Editor, was moving to work at Selfridge. Scholarships – Cal Thorson to explore giving a scholarship and where to give it. He will get approval by email. Pam Copenhaver moved to adjourn. Bob Bird seconded. Meeting
was adjourned at Respectfully submitted Bob Bird Secretary-Treasurer NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Council Meeting: August 10, 2005, USGS, Jamestown, ND In Attendance: Cal Thorson, President, Jen Hegge, President-Elect, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer, Jackie Henderson, Past President, Russ Jordre, Council Rep. on the phone, Fred Aziz, Historian, Pam Copenhaver, Education Chair, Lena Bohm, Newly appointed Council Rep. The meeting was called to order at 4:11 PM by President Cal Thorson following the Soil and Water Summit. Old Business: National Convention Report – Jen Hegge reported that she was putting together an article for the next newsletter on the Convention. It was moved by Jen Hegge to reimburse Myron Senechal for his Nat. Convention registration of $295 to receive his Fellow Award. Bob Bird seconded. Motion carried. It was moved by Jen Hegge and seconded by Bob Bird to reimburse Myron Senechal $14.01 for a Silent Auction item donated at the Nat. Convention. NDSWC Foundation Report – Cal reported that the new directors of the Foundation would be communicating soon by either a meeting or teleconference. New Business: Cal reported that Jill Haakenson has resigned as Council Rep. According to the By-Laws Article V- Officers, Section 8, vacancies of unexpired terms are filled by a vote of the Board of Directors. Jen Hegge moved that Lena Bohm be appointed to the vacated term. Jackie seconded. Motion carried. Cal appointed Lena Bohm to be Publicity Chairperson. Cal appointed Jen Hegge to temporarily fill the Membership Chair position. Awards – Bob Bird led the discussion on nominations to pursue for the following awards: Chapter Professional Award – Ron Luethe (Jen Hegge to nominate) Chapter Service Award – Gabe Brown (Pam Copenhaver to nominate) Business Stewardship Award – Lincoln Oakes Nursery (Discuss with Dwight Tober) After the meeting Dwight was contacted and he didn’t concur in this nomination. Discussion with Awards Chair Steve Schroeder later brought two possibilities to mind. Falkirk Coal Co. for the Underwood Golf Course and Coteau Properties for Harmony Lake. Steve will pursue someone to nominate Coteau. National Awards: Hugh Hammond Bennett – Myron Senechal ( Bob Bird to update Bio.) Harold and Kay Scholl Excellence in Conservation – two possibilities Fellow Award – Jon Stika (Bob Bird to update bio.) Outstanding Service Award – Fred Aziz (Steve to gather nomination info) Merit Award – Natural Resources Trust (Pam to nominate) Honor Award – Andy Mork (Bob to gather nomination info) Commendation Award – Jill Howard, Newsletter Editor (Steve to gather nomination info. Annual Meeting – Russ Jordre Previous plan of having it after the SCD meeting won’t work out. Decided on Jan. 10, 2006, in Minot Look into Leadership and Management topics. Russ will chair a committee to include Lena, Pam and others Return to Old Business: Ranchette Seminar on September 17th It was moved by Jen Hegge and seconded by Russ Jordre to approve the minutes of the May 27, 2005 meeting and the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried. Lena Bohm moved and Jen Hegge seconded to adjourn the meeting at 5:38 PM Respectfully submitted, Robert Bird, Secretary-Treasurer
SWCS Council Minutes May 27, 2005 In Attendance: Cal Thorson, President, Rod O’Clair, Pam Copenhaven (phone), Jen Hegge, Jon Stika (phone), Russ Jordre, Jackie Henderson, acting secretary/treasurer The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. The minutes were distributed. A motion was made by Jen Hegge to accept the minutes as written. Russ Jordre seconded the motion. The motion carried. The Treasurer’s report was presented. Jen Hegge moved to accept the treasurer’s report as written. Russ Jordre seconded the motion. The motion carried. New Business: A Soil Science Summit is planned in cooperation with NDSU soil scientists. The tentative date is Thursday, August 11, 2005. A teleconference to set the agenda is planned for the first week on June. The summit will be held at the USGS building in Jamestown. The planners will try to get sponsors for all breaks and meals. The time line is planned for 10:00 am until supper. Foundation Report (President Cal Thorson) A teleconference will be held with the new foundation council (Dave Hopkins, Steve Morris, Jon Stika, Myron Senechal, and Ron Luethe) on June 6 to discuss activities for the Foundation. Cal and Jon discussed the possibility of using the council for the Educational Scholarship Committee. Jon Stika mentioned that this would encompass a change in the Foundation charter, and that the Foundation council would discuss the proposition. Our SWCS chapter would provide the scholarship money to the Foundation with the express purpose of using the funds for a current scholarship winner. Jackie Henderson moved that the chapter should fund 1 or more scholarships, total of $500, for this year. Rod O’Clair seconded the motion. The motion carried. Cal Thorson made a motion to send the money to the Foundation to disperse on our behalf. Rod O’Clair seconded the motion. Discussion followed, noting that the dispersal of funds would involve changing the Foundation’s charter. The motion did not carry. Jen Hegge moved that a minimum of $100 be donated by our chapter to the 2006 Envirothon. Jackie Henderson seconded the motion. The motion carried. The National SWCS Meeting will be held July 30 – August 3, 2005, at Rochester, NY. Jen Hegge will be representing our chapter. A Ranchette Seminar is being developed with a tentative date of Sept. 17, 2005. One of the anticipated speakers is Kerri Hammer, the new equine specialist at NDSU. A discussion followed for ideas for tours and topics. ND Chapter Annual Meeting (Russ Jordre) The possibility of holding the annual meeting in conjunction with the ND State Consv. District’s meeting will be investigated. Their meeting will be on November 6, 7, & 8 in Bismarck. Russ will contact Gary Puppe. Jen will speak to Diane Olson about pursuing a student chapter at NDSU or in the eastern area of the state. Need a new Membership Chairperson Russ will make contacts to possible candidates on behalf of the council. Need a new Publicity Chairperson Jen will make contacts to possible candidates on behalf of the council. The Award Plaques are now visible at the NRCS floor in the Bismarck Federal Building. The award picture for Ducks Unlimited (last annual meeting) was in their national newsletter. Rod O’Clair moved to adjourn. Jen Hegge seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 2:08 pm. Respectfully submitted, Acting Secretary, Jackie Henderson NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Council Meeting: February 3, 2005, Room 235, Federal Bldg.,, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: J.R. Flores, STC, NRCS, SWCS member for 23 years, supports technical training sessions of the Society. Look at agency conflicts when setting education meetings. Alan shared the past years educ. meetings. Pam presented possible ideas and locations for this years educ. meetings. JR would like to see membership expand and grow. Cal Thorson attended the Manitoba-ND Zero Till Assn. meeting recently. Their Annual Non-Farmer of the year award this year was Alan Ness. Cal Thorson was elected Vice President of the organization. Cal presented them the SWCS Merit Award at their banquet. Steve briefly reported for Jackie Henderson. Jackie has the Core Report mostly completed. Has copies of the annual report for Fred Aziz. President’s Report – Cal Thorson, Goals for this year are:
President-Elect Report – Jen Hegge Annual meeting – average turnout If she is to attend Int’l meeting in Rochester, NY, the chapter needs to help financially. Next Annual meeting thoughts:
Past President’s Report – Jackie Henderson. NDSWCS developed and sponsored 4 events in 2004. Need to involve more of the members in our activities. NOTE: At the May 27th Council meeting, every committee should come back with a job description for their committee. Secretary-Treasurer’s Report – Bob Bird Jen Hegge moved to approve the minutes of the June 25 Council meeting. Jackie seconded. Motion carried. Jackie Henderson moved to approve the treasurer’s report. Fred Aziz seconded. Motion carried. Need to get more people involved in the business of the Society. Need topics at Ed. Meetings and annual meetings that the membership are interested in NOTE TO CAL: When we come back together May 27, the committees need to share who their committee members are. Legislative Report – Mark Anderson. Last year comments were made on CSP. This year legislature is in session. Hasn’t seen anything, so far, that the legislature is working on that needs Chapter action. Other committee members are Steve Merrill and Andy Wingenbach. NOTE: Steve suggests President Cal write an article to the newsletter requesting volunteers to fill out committees. Cal suggested some long-time committee chairs may wish to change committees. Fred is to research who was to be our Rep. as Private Grazing Land Liaison. Environmental Education – Pam Copenhaver. Presented topics and possible training locations on attachment. Engineers need 30 PDH’s to keep their license. Informational meeting for rural homeowners – Mark. Soil Salinity Course from National NEDS. Co-sponsor sessions with other groups. Awards – Steve Schroeder. Gave three state awards at the Annual meeting. Submitted nominations for three National awards: Fellow – Myron Senechal, Outstanding Service – Jon Stika, Commendation – Rod O’Clair. It’s possible we could move our award plaques to NRCS for better visibility. Foundation Report – Bob Bird The Foundation Board of Directors is made up of 5 staggered terms of 5 years each. Ex-Officio members are the Past President and the President of the ND Chapter. Board members are appointed by the NDSWCS Exec. Committee. All directors terms have expired and there is no activity. PO Box and Secretary of State filing are being kept current by Ron Luethe. Bob Bird moved the following individuals be appointed by the ND Chapter Board to the following terms: 5 year – Jon Stika 4 year – Myron Senechal 3 year – Dr. David Hopkins 2 year – Steve Morris 1 year – Ron Luethe Jackie Henderson seconded. Motion carried. Historian’s Report – Fred Aziz. Has received several boxes from Myron Senechal. Converting Allen Fisk slides to tape. New officers should be posted to the website. Need a Publicity Chair. A review of the Bylaws to make committee chairs voting members of the Board of Directors. Bob Bird moved the Board appoint a committee to look at this consisting of Cal Thorson, Jen Hegge, and Fred Aziz. Jackie Henderson seconded. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn by Bob Bird. Seconded by Jackie Henderson. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 12:10 pm. Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Council Meeting: June 25, 2004, Room 235, Federal Bldg., Bismarck, ND In Attendance: The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM by President Jackie Henderson. Cal Thorson moved to approve the January Council minutes. Rod O’Clair seconded. Motion carried. Rod O’Clair moved to approve the February Council minutes. Cal Thorson seconded. Motion carried. The Treasurer’s report was read. Rod O’Clair moved to approve. Russ Jordre seconded. Motion carried. Cal Thorson recommended that we should stop focusing on TSP’s at our Educational Workshops. The TSP’s just aren’t out there. Attendance to July National Conference in Minnesota: Steve Merrill, Mark Liebig, Steve Schroeder, Cal Thorson, and Myron Senechal. Rod O’Clair moved to offer a sponsorship of $200 to someone to go to St. Paul. Motion carried. Awards Committee looked into getting Award plaques for our local awards from a local source. Cost comparisons were made of last years cost and estimates from Dakota Awards and Capital Trophy for 8"x10" plaques and 7"x 9" plaques: Last years cost, 3- 8"x10" plaques for $204.12, Dakota Awards, 3- 8"x10" plaques for 173.00 first year 138.00 second year 3- 7"x 9" plaques for 143.00 first year 108.00 second year Capital Trophy, 3- 8"x10" plaques for 141.45 first year 126.45 second year 3- 7"x 9" plaques for 120.15 first year 105.15 second year Awards Committee recommends using Dakota Awards because we get the other plaques engraved there at the same time. Cal Thorson moved to go with 8"x10" plaques from Dakota Awards. Steve Schroeder seconded. Motion carried. Annual meeting was discussed to happen during the State SCD meeting Nov. 7-9, probably Tuesday, Nov. 9. Cal will talk to Gary Puppe on Monday. Jen will talk to Gary Puppe on Tuesday. Discussed possible award nominations: Business Stewardship - ? Shirt Sales: Cal Thorson moved to nominate Jackie & Jon Stika to establish a price of logo shirts to cover Pay Pal costs, postage & handling. Bob Bird seconded. Motion carried. Regional Workshop in August: Reviewed agenda. Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Council Meeting: February 25, 2004, Room 235, Federal Bldg., Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jackie Henderson, President, Rod O’Clair, Myron Senechal, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer, Jill Haakenson on telephone, Russ Jordre on telephone, Cal Thorson The meeting was called to order at 2:30 PM by President Jackie Henderson. The President decided to dispense with reading of the minutes of the last meeting until the next council meeting. The Treasurer’s report was read. Bob Bird moved to accept. Rod O’Clair seconded. Motion carried. Chapter Development Workshop at Medora – Myron Senechal Congratulations to the Engineers during Engineers’ Week Colorado has 6 attendees flying into Dickinson and renting a car to get to Medora. Going to adjust agenda for Craig Cox’s address. Thursday, 9:30 am, Get together at Park to see the Park and Roosevelt’s log house. Program at 12:30 pm, Possibly move Craig Cox’s address. Thursday evening present logo denim shirts to Northern Plains committee chairs. Bring Chapter Soil Probes and other sale items. Myron, Jackie, Rod, Jon, and Cal plan to attend. Registration: $25 Two reports from ND Chapter: Chapter Report – Cal Thorson 2004 Annual Meeting – Jen Hegge, Chair and Russ Jordre. Myron will handle fees and expenses. Northern Plains Technical Workshop and Annual Meeting. Jackie noted that the meeting dates can be changed from September. Discussed possible topics for the meeting: Missouri River issues, Range issues, Devils Lake, Red River Valley, Invasive species (Tamarisk, Leafy Spurge, saltcedar. Etc.) After much discussion on setting up a meeting that may attract members from the other states in the Northern Plains, it was decided to focus on an annual meeting for North Dakota during the week of August 9-13 in Bismarck to focus on the Missouri River because of Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. This may or may not be a meeting that would attract interest from other states in the Northern Plains. Possible topics to pursue for presentations: Invasive Species – Rod O’Clair to look into, Encroachment of Cities (Marinas, wetlands) – Jackie to pursue, Corridor setbacks – Bob to pursue, Pebble Creek Golf Course – Hay Creek Corridor, Geology – Lewis & Clark Trail, Book by John Hoganson, Tours: Fort Lincoln, Fort Mandan, Marinas, SW Irrigation pipeline, Andy Mork – Book on the changing Missouri River, Picnic Barbeque Awards Committee would need to move up their schedule for getting nominations for Chapter Awards so they can be given at the Annual Meeting. Nominations of new officers and the election would need adjusting also from previous years. Surplus Property – Myron Senechal, Documents and material has been submitted to get approval, but they are reviewing and haven’t approved it yet. Soil Probes to Districts. Take orders for bulk orders. Cal is doing a brochure on how to use the probe. National Meeting in St. Paul. Silent Auction – Chapter usually does a $50 item(probably something to do with Lewis & Clark), Chapter Delegate – Has been sent in Pay Pal – has been setup by Jon Stika and tested. March 9-10 Educational Workshop at Jamestown.
First day – Soil & Water wind and water
erosion prediction training. Second day
– Computer program calculations of wind and water erosion. Registration
costs: After March 3; Press release to Farm & Ranch Guide to appear on Friday, Press release to Aberdeen News, SD, to appear on Friday, NDSU sending notice to all TSP’s. Seven CEU credits available each day. Networking opportunities. Motion to adjourn by Cal Thorson. Bob Bird seconded. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 pm Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Council Meeting: January 30, 2004, Room 235, Federal Bldg., Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jackie Henderson, Pres., Rod O’Clair, Myron Senechal, NP Director, Bob Bird, Secy-Treas., Jen Hegge on telephone, Russ Jordre on telephone, Jon Stika on telephone, Cal Thorson, Pres-Elect The meeting was called to order at 9:36 AM by President Jackie Henderson. Jen Hegge reported there was nothing further to report on the annual meeting. The minutes of the Nov. 4, 2003 Council meeting were handed out. Corrections were the spelling of Todd Solem’s name, the Professional Award was Richard Axvig, and Anita Nyan is on the professional development committee instead of John Knapp. Rod O’Clair moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Jen Hegge seconded. Motion carried. Treasurer’s report was handed out. Jen Hegge moved to accept. Rod O’Clair seconded. Motion carried. Old Business: Publicity Chair and thank you notes were discussed. Jen Hegge will send Thank You’s to speakers at the annual meeting. Northern Plains Chapter Development Workshop – Myron Senechal. Workshop will be March 25 & 26 in Medora. Invited all the ND Leadership to attend. Anita Nyan to talk on Chapter Development. Mike Collins to discuss Awards. Robin Foulk to discuss Membership. Gave Jackie an agenda to send to ND members. Cost: $25 for the whole workshop. Craig Cox, SWCS Executive Director, plans to attend. Myron noted the International Society election in progress for an At-Large Director and Northern Plains Director to SWCS and encouraged everyone to vote. Myron discussed the Chapter logo shirt at Hansen’s and suggested using a denim shirt for $20 as a more inexpensive option. Jen Hegge moved to add the denim shirt for $20 as an option for the Chapter logo shirt. Cal Thorson seconded. Motion carried. Myron had a form from ND Surplus property so the chapter can purchase surplus property. A chapter representative is needed. Myron Senechal will pursue this as chapter representative. Medora Workshop Needs were discussed: Be flexible and help where needed. Some members are on committees. John Knapp contacted all chapters. Anita Nyan concerned about next Northern Plains Technical Conference. Mike Collins wants many entries for SWCS Awards. Election process to be discussed. Leadership in conducting technical workshops. Cal Thorson noted there would be a 2-hour tour of Roosevelt Park the first day of the workshop, both lunches would be catered, the evening meal would be informal and from 5:30-7:00 pm. They are also looking for a speaker. Annual Report – Cal Thorson will complete by Feb. 15. Discussed our official delegate to the International Meeting in St. Paul this summer. Mark Liebig and Steve Merrill presenting papers. Cal, Myron, Jackie, Jen planning to go. It was decided Cal Thorson would be the official chapter delegate at St. Paul. Myron will notify International. Discussed the annual meeting in the fall on the second day of the Northern Plains Technical Workshop, Sept. 27-29, 2004 in Bismarck. Look at Ramada or Ramkota hotels. Russ Jordre and Jackie will put together a report for the Medora meeting regarding airlines and hotels. Workshop topics were reviewed from a previous meeting. Cal Thorson suggested that we can increase soil quality and productivity and get speakers on how to improve our soils. Jackie suggested Irrigation. Technical Educational Workshop: Committee of Cal Thorson, Alan Ness and Steve Merrill have no topic yet. Workshop to be March 9-10 in Jamestown at KC. Topics suggested by Jon Stika: Going beyond "T" and managing for "C". Enhancement of TSP. Soil quality and soil function. Alan Ness then joined the meeting to report on the technical educational workshop. Erosion prediction by TSP & CCA. Wind & Water erosion – one day. Impacts of erosion on production agriculture. Second day – workshop to do erosion prediction by both wind and water. Audience – TSP, CCA, new NRCS personnel. Date: March 9-10, Jamestown KC Bldg. Two full days. Lodging on their own. Instructors – Possibly Ed Diebert plus others. Second day – area agronomists. Publicity to CCA, TSP, Extension. Cal Thorson will take care of Publicity. Alan Ness will have a program by the end of next week. Cost will include a $7 noon meal. Jen Hegge will help put together a flyer or brochure. Grazing Lands Coalition – Chris Hanson of Napoleon will be our representative for a two-year term. New Business: Chapter display at spring events: Cal, Alan and Jen will discuss this on Feb. 6 Feb. 4 & 5 – Manitoba/ND Zero Till Convention, Ramkota. Set up display on Feb. 3 at 3 pm. March 25-26, Chapter Development Workshop in Medora. March 9-10, Educational Workshop in Jamestown. Sept. 27-29, Annual meeting. There was a suggestion that the Northern Plains Technical Workshop and annual meeting should be either earlier or later because of the governments end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 may effect attendance. CSP Enhancements: A program is being put together of 15 practices now, but it hasn’t been approved yet. What is SWCS role in this? CSP meeting at Game & Fish on March 15 – Cal Thorson will represent NDSWCS. Update to the bylaws: Conservation System Guides. Jen Hegge noted some needs regarding elections and nominations. Soil Probes – Rod O’Clair Purchased 25 soil probes at $6/each. Rod sold two for $15 each already. After some discussion, Rod moved to sell them for $15/each. Bob Bird seconded. Motion carried. Some discussion ensued that Districts should get a break on the price for orders of more than one soil probe. Rod moved to sell soil probes to Districts for 5 for $50. Cal Thorson seconded. Motion carried. Rod O’Clair will send a news article to Jill Howard for the NDSWCS newsletter. 2003 Annual Report to International Society: Last years report is on the website. Cal Thorson will complete the report by Feb. 15 2003 Annual Meeting: Cleared about $500 from annual meeting. Should we give a scholarship? Decided to hold off on giving a scholarship until we see what the Medora meeting and the Technical meeting this fall will cost us. Foundation – Jackie will write a letter to the Foundation asking for a report. Website – Bob Bird noted that a check has been sent to Jon Stika to pay for the website for the next year. Jon Stika noted that Front Page 2002 is an upgrade for the website priced at $77. Jackie will see if she can get the upgrade cheaper. Pay Pal Website credit card payments – Jon Stika Two classes: Merchant membership – accept money, average $1000 business/month. Commercial membership – electronic transfer, a charge of 2.9% plus $0.30/ transaction. We would like our checking account to allow only money in, but not out. Cal Thorson moved that Jon Stika should setup to accept payments online through Pay Pal. Jen Hegge seconded. Rod O’Clair moved to amend the motion to add $5 convenience fee to use Pay Pal. Amendment failed for lack of a second. Main motion carried. Bob Bird is to check at Bank to see if there is a fee for Pay Pal electronic transfers and if there is a form to allow its use. ( Bob Bird checked at Bank after the meeting and they said there is no fee or form for money to be electronically transferred into our account.) Next Council Meeting will be Wed., Feb. 25 at 2:30 pm at the Federal Bldg. Motion to adjourn by Jen Hegge. Seconded by Cal Thorson. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 am. Respectfully submitted, Bob Bird, Secretary-Treasurer NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION Meeting: Nov. 1, 2002 Room 235 Federal Building, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jennifer Heglund, Cal Thorson, Rod O’Clair, Mark Anderson, Jackie Henderson, Dan Hovland (teleconference line) The meeting was called to order at 10:15 AM by President Jennifer Heglund. The minutes were presented by Sec. Jackie Henderson. Rod O’Clair made a motion to accept the minutes with amendments and corrections. Cal Thorson seconded the motion. The motion carried. The treasurer's report was presented by Treas. Jackie Henderson. Rod O’Clair made a motion to accept the treasurer's report. Cal Thorson seconded the motion. The motion carried. Old Business: Northern Plains Regional Conference in Nebraska City, NE. Dan Hovland will represent our chapter at this conference. Northern Plains Report: by Dan Hovland Issues discussed in the teleconference were the increase in dues, fund raising, award nominations, directors, and the 2003 Annual Conference. Update the council membership list and the directors list to include Mark Liebig in all emails. New Business: On Dec. 4 & 5, 2002, there will be a Carbon Sequestration meeting in Colorado The Regional Development workshop will be held the second week in March in Nebraska. The chapter wishes to express its THANKS to Cal Thorson, Alan Ness and Keith for all the work that they have done in setting up the educational workshops. The National Education Department will ship 100 copies of the Water Quality Modules for the training materials in the workshops. The participants in the Workshops will achieve the credits by passing an online test. The workshop is a study session. A discussion followed on the workshop costs, the fee for lunch and the new cost of dues. Annual Meeting: One of the possible dates for the meeting was the day before the Northern Ag Expo in Fargo. The Ag Expo is on Dec. 3 & 4, 2002. Gary Margheim, Special Assistant to the Chief, USDA NRCS, will be giving a presentation on the conservation measures in the new farm bill. Tom Coleman, Assistant for Operation, ND NRCS USDA, will be presenting an overview on technical service providers. We discussed an email to all district offices, since the topics may be of interest to many of the district employees. We discussed the possibility of having a recruitment brochure and a display at the Expo. 2003 Annual Meeting: There will be a Native Plant Summit on Sept. 16-18, 2003, in Fargo. Topics will include urban landscaping, xeriscaping, lakescaping, grassland management, native revegetation, endangered species, and seed production. Contacts are Dwight Tober and Wayne Duckwitz. We were invited to attend, and we can even put our items in their silent auction (they will keep the monies separate). Cal Thorson made a motion to hold the 2003 Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Native Plant Summit. Jackie Henderson seconded the motion. The motion carried. The next council meeting will be held before the Annual Meeting in December. Teleconferencing will be available (contact Jennifer Heglund for line numbers) Dan Hovland made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Rod O’Clair seconded the motion. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 am. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Henderson Sec/Treas Minutes of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Attendance: Dan Hovland, Alan Ness, Steve Schroeder, Cal Thorson, Mark Liebig, Mark Anderson, Jon Stika, Bob Bird, Jackie Henderson Meeting: Dec. 4, 2001 ( meeting in conjunction with Soil Quality Workshop) Best Western Doublewood Inn, Bismarck North Dakota President Elect Dan Hovland called the meeting to order. The minutes of the previous annual meeting were posted on the web site. Steve Schroeder made a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes and to accept the minutes as written. Cal Thorson seconded the motion. The motion carried. Treasurer Jackie Henderson presented the treasurer’s report. Cal Thorson made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report as given. Steve Schroeder seconded the motion. The motion carried. Legislative Report: presented by Mark Anderson. The report is posted on the web site. Awards Committee: presented by Steve Schroeder. The report is attached. Jackie Henderson was nominated for the Commendation Award. Educational Committee: presented by Alan Ness. Alan discussed the need for more topical meetings that would be separated from the workshops. There was discussion of sales of the Soil Quality Kit, if a soil quality session was held. Old Business: None Discussion followed on holding meetings at different times of the year, possibly September or October. New Business: Discussed the new Long Range Plan. And the 2002 Calendar of Events. There was more discussion on topics for the annual meetings and on the time of year for events. If the CEU credits are offered, the CCA secretary will email the members of that organization. Our chapter should develop an informational booth for display at events. TESORO has a 40 acre development, our chapter was invited for a tour. (Kelly is our contact.) Congratulations to Mark Liebig, he is our new director. Stephan Schroeder moved to adjourn the annual meeting. Mark Anderson seconded. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Henderson, Secretary/Treasurer NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION Meeting: July 25, 2002 Room 235 Federal Building, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jennifer Heglund Cal Thorson Myron Senechal Rod O’Claire Mark Anderson Jackie Henderson
The meeting was called to order at 10:15 AM by President Jennifer Heglund. The minutes were presented by Sec. Jackie Henderson. Cal Thorson made a motion to accept the minutes with amendments and corrections to the members present at the meetings. Dan Hovland seconded the motion. The motion carried. The treasurer's report and summary of the annual meeting expenses were presented by Treas. Jackie Henderson. Dan Hovland made a motion to accept the treasurer's report. Cal Thorson seconded the motion. The motion carried. Old Business: Northern Plains Regional Report: presented by Myron Senechal Dan Hovland, Myron Senechal and Tom Jewett attended the National Conference aton July 13 – 17, Indianapolis, IN. Cooperation between NRCS and SWCS, on implementation of the new farm bill, was stressed at the meeting. (Workshop agenda is attached.) There is a 12 page report on what the society has done for its membership (besides the journal and networking opportunities). The Seeking Common Ground Report discusses the work between the Senate Ag Committee and farm group meetings. ACTION ITEM: Mark will develop a one-page SWCS, statement of achievements brochure from the 12 page National Report that we can use for recruitment purposes. Cal Thorson volunteered to work-up the 12 pages into bullets for use in the brochure. A discussion on fund-raising activities followed. Cal Thorson mentioned that the membership should not be hesitant in approaching agri-businesses for sponsorship at meetings and workshops. Pres. Jennifer Heglund stated that if the SWCS members that are also NRCS employees, elicit sponsorships on their own time, there should be not conflict of interest. Mark Anderson commended Cal for his actions in obtaining sponsorships for the training workshops. Environmental Education Committee Report: presented by Cal Thorson Alan Ness and Cal Thorson have volunteered to serve as committee members. Cal hoped that the ND Chapter of SWCS would stay active in its involvement with the educational CCA workshops. Cal thanked Pres. Jennifer Heglund for organizing the workshops in Dec. 2001 & Jan. 2002. Legislative Committee Report: presented by Mark Anderson Mark will be investigating the opportunities for a chapter booth in the mezzanine during the January 2003 ND Legislative Assembly. Membership Report: presented by Rod O’Claire The chapter has lost a few regular members. Our membership is currently 142. One of our newer members, Jennifer Hegge (NRCS Soil Conservationist at Grand Forks) may start a new student chapter at UND. Rod will encourage Jenny Hegge with this venture and contact her, inviting her to join the membership committee. Cal made a motion that the Council should draft a letter authorizing the student chapter and encouraging Jenny’s efforts. Discussion followed on the items in the letter: ask Jenny Hegge to submit a proposal with a budget for any necessary expenses, encourage her with the endeavor and offer help from the Council. Dan Hovland seconded the motion. The motion carried. International Conference Report: presented by Dan Hovland At the chapter development workshop, membership concerns and solutions were discussed. There was a very informative plenary session on the new farm bill. If SWCS will take an active role in the training of professional technicians, the training sessions could offer CEU’s. SWCS would use the E-gov testing standards and government modules & tests for the coursework. This would be useful, especially in conservation planning training courses. Discussions on how to get local people involved in chapter activities were held at a locally-led conservation meeting. Dues will become $75.00 for 2003. The chapter will receive $6.00 as its share. New Business: Training Workshops for CEU’s The dates for this year’s training workshops are: Dec. 5, 2002 C’mon Inn Fargo Jan. 22, 2003 Seven Seas, Mandan Alan Ness suggested professional technician training as a workshop topic. This training will be useful for the certified crop advisors. If they are able to provide more assistance to the producers, they will solidify their base with customers. ACTION ITEM: The council should draft a possible press release with the training that is being offered. Cal Thorson will notify the ND Ag. Association of the workshops, so that they will announce the workshops at the Ag Asso. meetings and in the Ag Asso. Bulletins. Envirothon Request: The winning team for the High School student’s Envirothon was Fargo. They are looking for contributions to go to the national contest in Washington, D.C. Discussion followed. The council decided that a contribution should go to the organization as a whole, and not to one school team. Cal Thorson made a motion that our Chapter would contribute $100.00 to the ND Envirothon Foundation in 2002 and that an annual appropriation (if the treasury can sustain it) would be made to the Envirothon Foundation. Dan Hovland seconded the motion. The motion carried. The Northern Plains Regional Conference will be held on Nov. 5 – 7, at Nebraska City, NE. Some of the items already listed on the agenda are pest and nutrient management and conservation planning. The Northern Plains Conference had requested chapter sponsorship. Mark Anderson questioned if the chapter could afford a donation and the partial sponsorship of an attendee. Discussion followed. Council consensus decided that sponsoring a member at the meeting was more important. The request was tabled until the next meeting. Annual Meeting: One of the possible topics for the upcoming meeting was the Zero Till farmers and the effect of the new farm bill. Other possible topics were the energy/water/soil interaction, building more power plants, more strip mining, wind energy alternatives, large reservoir siltation, bio-diesel crops for fuels, and alternative crops such as hemp (Canadian speaker). It was suggested that the chapter’s annual meeting might tag onto the KMOT Ag Show in Minot on Jan. 23 – 25, 2003 of the KFYR Ag Show in Bismarck in Feb., 2003. Craig Cox is a possible speaker, with the topic "Where will the Farm Bill take us in the next 6 to 7 years." Possibly a speaker contact is one of the writers for the Farm and Ranch Guide. A committee for the upcoming Annual Meeting was established: Cal Thorson, Jackie Henderson, and a possible third member (Jon Stika will be contacted). ACTION ITEM: Contacts for speakers and other events: Jennifer Heglund will research events with the Range Society. Cal Thorson will contact John Hendrickson of the Society of Range Management and the Sierra Club. (An active member of the Sierra Club that is farming would be a good speaker.) Jackie Henderson will contact the Forest Service. Cal Thorson has a new position at ARS as a technical information specialist, Great Plains Research Station, Mandan. His work will encourage technology transfer, to groups like NRCS or extension, from the work that is being done in Mandan. He will also bring technological ideas and inovations to the scientists at ARS. His phone is 701-667-3018. Email thorsonc@mandan.ars.usda.gov
The next council meeting will be held on Monday August 26, 2001 at 1:00 PM Central at the Federal Building, Bismarck. Teleconferencing will be available (contact Jennifer Heglund for line numbers) Cal Thorson made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Dan Hovland seconded the motion. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 11:58 am. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Henderson Sec/Treas NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Meeting: April 27, 2001 Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jennifer Heglund, Pres., Mark Anderson, Jon Stika, Jackie Henderson The meeting was called to order at 10:05 A.M. by President Jennifer Heglund. The minutes were presented by Sec. Jackie Henderson. Corrections were noted. Jon Stika moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The minutes were approved. The treasurer's report was presented. Jon Stika moved to approve the treasurer's report; Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed. Discussion followed on posting the draft of the minutes to the website before they were approved by the officers. A motion was made by Mark Anderson to post the minutes, with the statement that they were the draft copy. Jon Stika seconded the motion. The motion carried. Old Business: Jackie Henderson suggested a change in banks for the chapter account. The Wells Fargo buyout of Norwest cancelled our ‘no service charge account’, and we were receiving a service charge of $5.00 monthly. The motion on the change of banks was tabled. President Heglund suggested that Jackie bring three comparison offers from other banks to the next meeting. A decision will be made at that time. Regional Report: CONGRATULATIONS to Myron Senechal, re-elected as Regional Director, Northern Plains. Myron Senechal requested input from each member. Ankeny had requested a list of 50 potential members from the chapter. Each council person was requested to send a list of 10 potential members to President Jennifer Heglund by May 28, 2001. Legislative Committee Report: by Mark Anderson Issue Advocacy: to fast track an important issue and not wait for the vote of all members at the annual meeting. Fast track issues will be the responsibility of the Board of Directors, the President and the Webmaster. Placing an issue into fast track, with a posting on the website and a membership vote on the website, will be a matter of policy. The By-laws will not be changed for handling fast track issues. The vote on the issue will be by electronic ballot. A closing date will be posted with the issue notice and a consensus of membership will be required for the issue to pass. Feedback will be sent to the Webmaster. The issue will be posted in the following manner: ALERT. THIS IS A HOT TOPIC What is the chapter’s policy: Jennifer Heglund Website Report: by Jon Stika Jon is looking for photos of activities to post to the website. Committee Status: Scholarship Committee: Wayne Berry, former member, will still offer guidance on the scholarships but does not wish to chair the committee. Student Chapter Liaison: Dave SchmidtCEU Committee report: A CCA board committee member is needed. Alan Ness will assist with workshops.Awards Committee Report: The committee members are Steve Schroeder and Bob Bird.Website: Jon Stika, webmaster Jon Stika moved to drop the State Soil Committee and work with ND Professional Soil Classifiers to promote the state soil. Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried. The status of the Education Committee will be decided at the next meeting. The Leadership Conference in Spearfish, SD, on March 8-9,2001 was attended by Myron Senechal and Jenny Heglund. President Heglund reported that chapters should consider a long range plan instead of a annual plan. A flow chart for development will be given to Dan Hovland. There was discussion on membership retention. New Business: Linda Hugelen is working on the chapter long range plan. An annual plan should accent three action items. The next annual meeting will have a breakout session for the long range plan items. President Heglund will provide items to incorporate into the annual plan at the next meeting. Some of these items may be: tag onto state conservation events as a chapter, fund raising activities, and advertising booths at fairs. The membership should be canvassed (survey questionnaire) through the website. The Nebraska Survey and Dan Hovland’s information will be studied for survey questions. Feedback will be in by May 15 and the questionnaire will be out on the web by June 1. The SWCS International Conference is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in August. We will need a delegate. A poster presentation from the chapter on NRCS involvement would be nice. A tentative date for the annual meeting is in December, 2001. Topics may be nature based tourism. Cooperating agencies may be RC&D, the State of ND tourism, and Bismarck Tourism Council. In Mid-June there is a Missouri River Symposium in Nebraska. The next council meetings will be held on July 20, 2001 and October 26, 2001, at the Bismarck Plant Materials Center. Jon Stika moved to adjourn the meeting. Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 12:00 noon. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Henderson, Sec/Treas.
NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Meeting: Dec. 1, 2000 Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jon Stika, Pres. Mark Anderson Jennifer HeglundJackie Henderson Myron Senechal Alan Ness Cal ThorsonThe meeting was called to order at 10:10 A.M. by President Jon Stika. The secretary's report was presented. A corrections were noted for the October meeting. Jennifer Hegland made a motion to approve the secretary’s report as corrected, Mark Anderson seconded the motion, the motion passed. The treasurer's report was presented. Jennifer Heglund moved to approve the treasurer's report; Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed. Old Business: Annual Meeting: A media flyer will be distributed by Dan Hovland. New members from the Nov. workshop will be sent a greeting by Rod O’Clair. Jill Howard will need a copy of the new members for the newsletter. Jon Stika has received the nominations’ ballot from Linda Hugelen. He will publish this on Email and send a copy to Jill Howard for the newsletter. Alan Ness will get a copy of the agenda and speakers to Jackie Henderson for a meeting brochure. Registrations and funds will be mailed to Jackie Henderson at her home address. There will be an Email notice requesting silent auction items and an add for poster/display tables at a $25 charge. At this year’s meeting, members should contact organizations for sponsorship of such things as the coffee, snacks, etc. Organizations will have posters displayed for sponsorship. Annual Meeting Report: Alan Ness and Cal Thorson The annual meeting will be on Jan 16 & 17, 2001 at the Doublewood Inn, Bismarck. The morning of Jan. 16, 2001 will be the workshop on "50 Ways to Protect Your Groundwater". The ND SWCS annual meeting will begin at noon on the 16th. The afternoon session will be on the topic of "CNMP’s" (Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning). The morning of Jan. 17, 2001 will have Bio-Technology topics. Since the ND congress will be in session, legislators and the Health Department will be invited. CEU credits will be available. There are 6 credits available for the workshop (3 credits as homework and 3 credits at the meeting). Credits will also be available based on the speakers and topics at the ND SWCS annual meeting – credits in soil & water quality for the CNMP session and credits in crop production for the Bio-Technology session. The silent auction and social will be held on the evening of the 16th. The Award’s Luncheon will be at noon on the 17th. Jennifer Heglund will sent a Certificate of Appreciation to Dow Agro Sciences for their sponsorship of the educational workshops. Regional Report: Myron Senechal Next year there will be a new award offered for people actively working in the natural resource arena – The Harold and Kay Scholl National Award. There will be an area conference on "Innovative Technologies for Planning Animal Feeding Operations" in Denver, CO, on Dec. 4-6, 2000. On Monday evening, Dec. 4th, at 7:00, there will be a Get-Together of the Northern Plains’ members. Jackie Henderson moved to send a ND Chapter sponsorship of $100 to the Denver meeting. Jennifer Heglund seconded the motion. The motion carried. Nominations Report: Jon Stika Pres. Elect – Dan Hovland A draft of a position statement on Water Resources will be posted on the website. The new position statement combines the 1992 Position Statement on Water Resources and the 1999 Chapter Position on Public Water Projects. The legislative committee is soliciting ideas on the next farm bill. Recruitment Flyers: Jackie Henderson will draft different styles of flyers. These will be on a table top display at the annual meeting for the membership to vote for their choice. Jackie will obtain photos from Fred, Jon and Cal from the national meeting to develop another display. NEW BUSINESS: Committee Reports: Foundation Report: Jennifer Heglund The foundation has a balance of $1261.79. To solicit donations, the memoriam and honorarium cards will be placed on a table top display at the annual meeting. The secretary will check is a donation was placed in the name of Dow Agro Sciences in the past three years. Web Site: Jon Stika The cost of a commercial server, with 20 MEG of space, is $15.00 per month. Jon may change the domain name to ".org". There have been 703 hit to date. The website is registered on other search engines. There will be investigation to see that our site is listed as a hot link on other ag sites. Cal Thorson has updated the Calendar of Events on the Professional Web site. Members can ask organizations to hot link our website onto their page, and we will hot link there website onto our page. Educational Committee: There is a non-profit organization that sponsors Envirothon. This is a coalition of RC&D’s, Soil Conservation Districts, and educators that develops curriculum for high school student teams that compete on environmental issues. The possibility of chapter activity in this organization will be researched. A request for $5000 was determined to be too costly for our chapter. MOU with Colorado State: Alan Ness The designation of the ND Chapter as a sponsor in funding disbursement (a pass-through account for a nominal charge of 10%) was discussed. The disbursement would be 319 funds for Region 7, with a MOU agreement with Colorado State University. The problem of liability insurance for grower meetings was mentioned. These costs will be investigated, the costs may be prohibitive. The next council meeting will be held on Jan. 17, 2001. Jennifer Heglund moved to adjourn the meeting. Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 12:35 pm. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Henderson, Sec/Treas.
NORTH DAKOTA CHAPTER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY Meeting: Oct. 27, 2000 Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND In Attendance: Jon Stika, Pres. Mark Anderson Fred Aziz Jackie Henderson Wayne BerryLinda Hugelen Stephan Schroeder Dan Hovland Alan Ness Cal ThorsonThe meeting was called to order at 10:03 A.M. by President Jon Stika. The secretary's report was presented. A correction was noted for "an adjournment statement". Linda Hugelen made a motion to approve the secretary’s report as corrected, Mark Anderson seconded the motion, the motion passed. The treasurer's report was presented. Linda Hugelen moved to approve the treasurer's report; Mark Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed. Correspondence: A Certificate of Appreciation for the Millennium Campaign was sent to our
chapter from National. The treasurer will purchase a frame so that the
certificate may be displayed with our chapter plaques. Annual Meeting Report – Alan Ness/ Cal Thorson There will be two Ag. workshops presented for Soil & Water Educational Units (CEU’s). One will be in Nov.,2000, at Fargo and one in Jan.,2001, at Bismarck. There will be a pre-work quiz for 3 credits and then 3 hours of lecture for 3 credits (CEU’s) available on the day of the workshop. The Annual Meeting will be on Jan. 16 & 17, in conjunction with the second workshop. The meeting will be held at the Bismarck Doublewood Inn. The morning program of the first day will be the CCA certified workshop for Soil & Water Quality. The title of the meeting is ’50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater’. The annual meeting will begin with the afternoon session. The afternoon session will be CAFO/AFO planning on Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CNMP) – related to management plans for animal feeding operations. A notice will be placed in the meeting rooms announcing the awards dinner on the second day of the session. An E-mail invitation will be sent to our two award winners for student scholarships. The projected costs for the meeting will be $45 for a member, $15 for a student, and $60 for a non-member. Regional Report – There was discussion on donation to the Northern Plains "Innovative Technologies for Planning Animal Feeding Operations" AFO meeting in Denver CO on Dec. 4-6, 2000. The chapter funds are limited and a donation will not be made this year. New Business: Committee Reports: Awards Committee – Stephan Schroeder Scott is dropping his membership in our chapter, another member will be needed on the Awards Committee in 2001. A discussion of awards nominations followed. Scholarship Committee – Wayne Berry Wayne reported that there were only a few students who tried for the scholarship. Because of the limited chapter funds, a discussion was held on the amount of the scholarships in the future. Mark Anderson moved to limit this year’s scholarship expenditure to $500. The dispersal of the expenditure (one scholarship at $500, or two scholarships at $250) would be at the discretion of the scholarship committee. Linda Hugelen seconded the motion. The motion carried. EPA funding for CNMP (comprehensive nutrient management planning) is available. Linda Hugelen moved that our chapter offer to be the sponsoring organization for management and dispersion of EPA funds for CNMP from Colorado State at a 10% management fee. Wayne Berry seconded the motion. The motion carried. Alan Ness will follow up with a MOU to Prof. Jessica Davis, Colorado State Univ. Nominations Committee - Linda Hugelen The nominations must be in 30 days before the annual meeting. A new director nomination was Cal Thorson. There was a need for a new Educational Committee Chair if Cal moves to the Director’s position. A suggestion for our annual meeting was to look for sponsors for meeting expenses, such as a sponsor for the coffee break or for the snacks at the social hour. Also, the sales of advertising booths was encouraged. Discussion kept the cost for each booth at $25.00, until more booths were rented than allowed by our current room space. Then renta |
