Call to order by President Bill O’Donnell at 1:00 pm.

Roll Call: present: Jim Alfredson, Roger Bailey, Ed Bigelow, Bob Childers,.

                 Absent:  Myrna Carlin, Dan Kelly.

Also present: Jim Ege, Nancy Grant, Ken Lindstrom, Karen Way.

Approval of Agenda:  Motion to approve by Bigelow, second by Bailey, and passed.

Minutes:  October 6^th 2010.  Motion to approve by Bigelow, second by Bailey, and passed.

Treasurers Report.  Ken Lindstrom reported in the absence of Treasurer Kelly.  He hit the highlights of the report, a copy of which is attached.  Motion to accept the report as presented by Bailey, second by Bigelow, and passed. 

Committee Reports:

Administration:  Bill O’Donnell.  The President noted that further activities toward acquiring property will be deferred until Larry Konopka returns in the spring.  As to the Information Booth, Jack Witt took care of the Holiday decorations, and has removed the awnings for the winter.

Member Services: Although absent, Myrna sent along the report that she has arranged the catering for the two summer dinners.  Ed will see about reserving the VFW hall.  As to programs, for tentative programs, Karen Way is to contact Bill and Sue Bainton about a talk on Pentwater Yacht Club’s 75^th Anniversary.  Ed will contact Jim Kelly, Mears State Park manager, about a talk on the history of the park.

Museum:  Bob Childers reported no activity on the part of the Committee.

Old Business: No old business was discussed.

New Business:  Township Cemetery Advisory Board member Jim Ege expressed concern that the Board might decide not to sustain and upgrade the Cemetery web-site, due to possible lack of user interest.  The Pentwater Historical Society wishes to record its support for the Township to create a search-engine for the Township Cemetery records.  In conjunction with this, the Society would then link its web-site to help facilitate access  by the Society and the public.  It was noted that requests for information on cemetery records are a frequent occurrence for the Society.

Jim Ege also asked about Society participation in a project to sort and file the photos and negatives of photographer Bruce Bates, including some old glass-plate negatives of the Village.  Although the members indicated that it was a most worthy project, no action was taken, nor anticipated, until more details on the project are presented.

Meeting adjourned at 2:45.

Next meeting date: April 6^th, 2011.

Respectfully submitted,
Jim Alfredson, Secretary