Detroit Mountain Recreation Area, Inc.
March 3, 2010 Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Chris Bergen, Aaron Lauinger, Mark Fritz, Jeff Staley, Bob Bristlin, Anthony
Schmitz, Cyndi Anderson. Excused Absence: Deb Wimmer.
Cyndi briefly reviewed the questions requiring discussion for the final draft of the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws. The group confirmed the following:
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A desire the name the organization “Detroit Mountain Recreation Area, Inc.” pending the
availability of the name with the Secretary of State.
Mission Statement: To promote environmentally sound recreation and educational
programming to develop the health and wellness of children, families and communities.
The registered office for the corporation at this time will be Cyndi Anderson’s residence
at 12932 Timber Lane, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501.
A desire to form a 501-c-3 non-profit organization.
Electronic voting on behalf of the board of directors should be incorporated into the
bylaws.
The original incorporators will be: Bob Bristlin, Mark Fritz, Aaron Lauinger, Jeff Staley,
Anthony Schmitz, Chris Bergen, and Cyndi Anderson.
Board membership shall be no less than five and no more than nineteen members.
The organization shall have no general members.
Cyndi will prepare a draft containing the above details and other items discussed for review by
the board at the March 11, 2010 meeting.
Next order of business was election of officers.
Motion was made to elect Jeff Staley as president of the organization; motion seconded; carried.
Motion was made to elect Mark Fritz as vice president of the organization; motion seconded;
carried.
Motion was made to elect Cyndi Anderson as secretary/treasurer of the organization; motion
seconded; carried.
Next item of business to be discussed was the recruitment of additional board members. The
following persons were nominated for a position on the board of directors:
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Shelly Stowman (Cyndi will ask)
Ron Paskey (Bob will ask)
Steve Schmitz (Mark will ask)
Charlie Ramstad (Mark will ask)
Milton Wilson (Chris will ask)
Dan Josephson (Tony will ask)
Steve Daggett (Mark will ask)
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Kris Tovson (Ex Officio – Liaison, Chamber of Commerce) (Cyndi will ask)
Cyndi briefly shared a memo received from Tim Gordon, Becker County Sheriff regarding the
possibility of working with STS crews for some site preparation work and ongoing work as well.
The group indicated that this was good information to have on file, but premature for any action
at this time.
The next item discussed at length was the feasibility study outline prepared by Shelly Stowman.
It was thought that if the group each took the lead on an aspect of the study and if Shelly
compiled the information and leads the charge, that we could accomplish the tasks in a timely
and efficient manner. Cyndi will discuss this with Shelly when meeting with her on Friday,
March 5th to see if she concurs with this plan. If so, the ideas for dividing the tasks included:
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Project Goals and Objectives Section: Contact the Chamber of Commerce and Tourism
Bureau to assist in gathering information on the economic impact to the community.
Site Overview: Aaron indicated that he already has a lot of this information and can
revise to be relevant to this specific project.
Development Concept: It was discussed that a strategy for this component would be to
convene one or more focus groups to gather as much community input as possible on the
different seasonal kinds of activities. Jeff, Mark and Tony will take the lead on the focus
groups. It was further discussed that if the focus groups were large, then we could break
out into smaller groups and each board member could help facilitate a discussion as
appropriate.
After the board has approved the articles of incorporation and bylaws at the March 11th, meeting,
the next goal will be to open a checking account for the organization.
There being no further business to come before the board, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Cyndi Anderson
Secretary/Treasurer