Members and Guests Present: Allan J, Dane J, Amy A, Chelsea B, Loraine L, Kerry B, Ginger B, Kris G, David G.
Our meeting convened on the deck of Sol Azteca in downtown Marquette. We spent much of our evening socializing and catching up with one another.
Kris has taken over as the treasurer and reported that we are all caught up on our paperwork. Both she and Allan are on the account at the bank now. (Treasurer and President).
Allan reported that he has been in contact with a sister from another lodge after the information about the blog and translation were printed in the Danish Sisterhood Newsletter. We have all been encouraged to mark our calendars for the second week in June of next year to attend Danish Days in New York :).
Amy mentioned having semi-regular contact with Karin from the national board since attending the MOO District convention. We discussed how the National Board could help support us as a lodge or what might be helpful. Members noted that focusing on the benefits of becoming a member would be helpful in addition to providing links or more information for members in regard to culture.
It was noted that we have not had any contacts from our posters yet. Loraine knows of a couple of potential new members and suggested that we invite them out for dinner to introduce ourselves and the organization to them.
We discussed our meeting locations, and noted that it is difficult sometimes to hear, and to do activities when we are meeting at various restaurants. Perhaps we could mix it up a bit and include more meetings in other locations? This is the tentative meeting schedule we have come up with:
August 1, Miner's Park 6:30 pm (bring your own dinner- a week early to accommodate schedules)
September 12 - Kris's house
October 10 - Loraine's house
November 14 - Keri's house
December 15 - Allan's house
More details on the meal plan and confirmation of these locations will come at a later date.
Some of the potential options for activities we discussed are: more paper cutting/folding, games, reading novels by a Danish author....
Our Facebook page is getting some traffic, as is the blog. Allan is still posting the translation of the Hemmingsen diary on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Amy is posting photos to the Facebook page every Tuesday (random photos from various trips to Danmark). On Thursdays, we are posting short video/audio translations for words/phrases. Are there any words/phrases you would like to see included? It was suggested that perhaps some slang would be helpful. (If you have any ideas please do not hesitate to share them or ask!) We are open to ideas and suggestions for any other types of posts to the page! Feel free to pass any information along!
We also discussed that not all of our members are utilizing our email list serve or Facebook page for information. Amy recommended that we mail out letters or invest in more postcards in order to keep members who are not connected via the internet in the loop. (The last set of postcards were free, but we have run out of them). This time around, a letter will be sent to all members.
Allan has not yet had an opportunity to go back to the Hemmingsen gravesite and memorial to powerwash the stone, but he still plans to. It has been a busy month!
Hope to see everyone next month when we picnic at the park!
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