· Treasurer/Membership Report (Boos) $19,489.00 Budget provided from each year 2001-2003 based on past expenditures. Handed out a summary with categories and will email it to all for discussion next meeting. Each person was asked to review and think of additional comments. Membership at 100, up from 40 of last meeting. Return envelope is working. 3 new members this month.

· Secretary Items (Braker) Note pads and envelopes available, contact Braker if you want these sent (or pick up at symposium or next meeting)

II. Committee reports: Each committee was requested to provide a brief report on their work for use at the annual meeting and in the conference display. Please provide by September 16 to Braker.

1. Science: (Reinartz): No updates.

2. Communications: (Utegaard) Newsletter, Web site: Newsletter is out, copies are available to be handed out at the conference. New system of labeling with date for renewal worked well.

3. Symposium 2003 and Annual Meeting Planning.

Assignments

Midwest Exotic Plant Pest Council (EPPC) 11:30-1:00, Thursday (Gene, Rolf, or Braker) and National EPPC forum 3:30-5:00 Thursday (Reinartz)

National EPPC Annual Meeting (Time? Evening) (Braker)

IPAW Booth:

· Display will be developed by Braker, Rolf will send banner. $300 approved for materials and handouts for the IPAW display

· Display to be set up by Braker’s assistant 9/24 10:00

· We need IPAW representatives to staff the booth during breaks on 9/24, 9/25 during the NAA conference. Boos, Braker and Roark are attending the NAA conference and can help, it would be useful recruit other members to assist as well.

· Saturday Booth:

7:00 – 8:00 Dan Undersander: Make sure the registration desk has plenty of IPAW brochures to hand out as people pick up their registration packets

8:00 – 9:00 Dave Hamel – Move to near registration desk if warranted

9:00 – 10:00 Steve Strachota– Move to near registration desk if warranted

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch break and IPAW annual meeting.

11:30 – 11:45 Pat - Be at booth to direct people to the annual meeting

3:00 – 3:30 Rolf – Afternoon break

5:00 Rolf – Display take down

Other tasks/decisions:

· Run Annual meeting: Dan

· Annual meeting handout: Dan and Nancy

· Thank you items for volunteers, speakers, moderators: Lauren will create card to go with special Lake Michigan rocks (to be provided by Kelly)

· Boos was authorized to spend up to $200 on handouts and materials for the tools display

· Board agreed to consider requests for reimbursement from volunteers putting together displays on behalf of IPAW, but suggested that these requests should be made before hand in the future

4. Legislative (Roark) Braker and Roark working on the legislative field day. Owen Park will be used as the location (buckthorn infestation). Todd Holschbach from TNC is helping with who to invite, etc. Still working on the news item to be shared with the group on that day. Would like to have the legislation to announce or progress on the appointment of the invasive council by the governor. Tom suggested Tom O’Brian from Johnsrud’s office as knowledgeable about environmental issues.

5. Education (Ebbecke): Is working on the list of Wisconsin’s Worst, will send to Braker for distribution to the group.

6. Plant Industry Relations (Lehnhardt) Susan confirmed that the minutes from the first committee meeting are posted on the web. Also made progress on getting the committee together, Mike Yaney has agreed to participate on this committee after he has had a chance to meet with the nursery group this month. Also working with Don Reed on an article about the new horticultural loosestrife variety for our newsletter.

III. Old Business

· Chapter Proposal and Bylaw revisions (Braker and Roark): Braker completed work on the bylaw revisions, but the wrong version was sent to board members. A few items were discussed, but this topic needs to be discussed at the next meeting once board members have the correct information. Braker agreed to send bylaws to several of the regional groups for comment.

· Planning membership meeting (Saturday, September 27, over the lunch hour): see above comments in symposium task list.

Items from previous meetings for follow-up:

· Get minutes from Plant Industry Relations committee meeting on web site (August 2003) (Note: committees are currently mentioned on the website but are hard to find. Tom will contact Marsha about this.

· Coordination with the Wisconsin Nurseryman’s Association to address Wisconsin Nurseries selling plants of concern. (June 2003) Steve Strachota agreed to work on this issue with Susan Lehnhardt as lead. Steve will take over as chair for this committee. Dan will contact Susan about this. (July 2003) Susan has established contact and is setting up meeting.

· Providing March 2003 newsletter to wider audience (Braker, April 2003)

· Gather suggestions from the education committee for ways that the March 2003 newsletter issue might be utilized. (Ebbecke, April 2003)

· How to define which species would be on the web page under “Wisconsin’s Worst” (February 2003) . Lauren will draw up a list of proposed species to use for the board to approve. (July 2003) Lauren will send to Braker, put as old business on next agenda.

· Ask Education Committee what groups we want to focus our attention on so we know what conferences to have our booth at (January 2003) Lauren to put on her committee agenda and to include Rolf in the discussion. (July 2003)

· IPAW board to send letters to DNR and DATCP secretaries to remind them of the importance of invasive species issues and to urge them to work on this issue when the budget issues are resolved. Gene will draft letter with Kelly’s help, Dan will print and sign. (July 2003)

· A PowerPoint presentation on invasive plants is available on the website, board members need to review it and provide comments, make sure they are comfortable with the content. (July 2003) Tom Boos has some comments, we also need to make sure that the show is easy to find and is accurate.

IV. New Business

· T-Shirts? Have been proposed by a member. Consider again after the conference

· Additional matters from Board Members

Patrick inquired how new board members get appointed to committees? Add to next agenda to discuss committee members and make new assignments

Board meetings are scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month at 11:00 – 1:00 through the fall as follows: October 14, November 11, and December 9.

Respectfully submitted,

Nancy Braker, IPAW Secretary