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Present: President Mark Orlic____; Vice President Evan Say _x___;Secretary Terry Morrow __x_; Treasurer Ron Battaglia __x__. 3 year Directors Joe Gilligan___, Fred Kelso___, Mike Johnson___: 2 year Directors Bill Kodrich__x_, Ron Hutchins_x__, Jack Williams__x_; 1 year Directors Jim Knickerbocker__x_, Herm Stange__x_,Jon Beal___. Others in attendance were, Wayne Kocher, R. David Farley, Michael Brannan, Jerry White, Herb Landes, Chet McMillen, Jean Stange, Margie Hutchins. Henrietta Kodrich, Noah Hetrick, Meghan Ferraro, and Keith Ferraro

Call to Order: After a Powerpoint presentation by Wayne Kocher and his students on their Trout in the Classroom Project, Vice-president Say called the meeting to order around 6:30 PM.

Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the December 17, 2007 meeting were approved as circulated. Kodrich/ Williams. Carried.

Treasurer's report: Treasurer Battaglia reported the following: Checking $940.72, Money Market $3704.73, CD’s $5235.23. Approved as circulated Williams/Ferraro. The treasurer was given permission to move money between accounts as needed.

Announcements—The annual Clarion County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs Banquet will be held on February 23^rd at the Hawthorn Fire Hall. The program will be on elk management in PA. Tickets are $10 and Bill Kodrich has them for sale.

Old Business

Mill Creek Coalition: Morrow reported that nothing new has occurred in the last month.

Raffle tickets: Bill Kodrich still has raffle tickets for the seven-item raffle. They can be sold 7 for $20. The drawing will be at the banquet on April 5^th.

Banquet – Bill Kodrich handed out the forms we are to use to report collected raffle items to him. He will need to know what items have been collected by March 28^th. He emphasized that a solicitor’s form must be filled out for each contributor as required by the small games of chance law. Banquet tickets were handed out to members present and will be carried or mailed to other members for them to sell. The cost is $30 this year. Morrow reported that the hall is ready for us. Morrow encouraged members to seek out new people for the banquet so we can keep our numbers up.

Eagle Scout Project—Dave Keller is still scheduled to meet representatives of the chapter and Tom Snyder on January 30^th. Jack Williams will call Dave to ascertain the particulars.

Fly tying classes: Classes will be from 10AM until 1 PM on February 16, 23, and March 1(Saturdays) at the Brookville Community Building. There has been a lot of interest, so we will need lots of members present to teach. Kodrich is putting together kits of materials for participants and developing the curriculum.

Chapter Newsletter - Knickerbocker and Kodrich reported that they have received no articles from any members and urged members to submit ASAP so an issue can be produced.

Bank record access for Kodrich - Kodrich requested that he be allowed to access our bank records in order to produce financial reports for the treasurer. Moved by Farley/Knickerbocker to allow this. Carried.

Keystone Coldwater Conference - This year’s conference will be held on February 22 and 23 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel. The Friday afternoon session will be a workshop on taxonomy and identification of species found in headwaters ecosystem. The Saturday session will be on Headwaters Ecosystems: Protection, Management and Research. Participants can attend two sessions and the plenary sessions. A great lunch will be provided as part of the registration fee of $35. Participants in the Friday workshop won’t be charged for the experience. To register go to the following web site: www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/coldwaterconservation