June 24, 2011 General Membership Meeting

LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION 2011 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

AT 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, LAKE TAHOE, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011

1. LHA President Bob Dieterich called the meeting to order at 8:30am.

2. Dieterich announced results of the balloting for the BOARD OF DIRECTORS by the Members and for new OFFICERS by the Board of Directors at its meeting on Monday, June 20, 2011.

2.1. PRESIDENT: Bob Dieterich (CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR)

2.2. VICE-PRESIDENT: Kay Shelton (ILLINOIS DIRECTOR)

2.3. TREASURER: Jess Petersen

2.4. SECRETARY: Sue Jacobson

2.5. EXECUTIVE ADVISOR: Randy Wagner

2.6. NEW YORK DIRECTOR: Jerry Peppers

2.7. NEW JERSEY DIRECTOR: Vacant

2.8. PENNSYLVANIA DIRECTOR: Vacant

2.9. OHIO DIRECTOR: Tom Lockard

2.10. INDIANA DIRECTOR: Jeff Blair

2.11. ILLINOIS DIRECTOR: (See Kay Shelton entry above)

2.12. IOWA DIRECTOR: Jeff LaFollette

2.13. NEBRASKA DIRECTOR: Ronnie O'Brien

2.14. COLORADO DIRECTOR: Tim Wunsch

2.15. WYOMING DIRECTOR: Vacant

2.16. UTAH DIRECTOR: Bob Beaudoin

2.17. NEVADA DIRECTOR: Jim Bonar

2.18. CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR: (See Bob Dieterich entry above)

2.19. AT LARGE #1: Brian Butko

2.20. AT LARGE #2: Jim Peters

2.21. AT LARGE #3: Van Becker

2.22. AT LARGE #4: Ron Colson

3. Legitimacy of elections was discussed, Dieterich citing for example Wyoming which only had 2 write-in nominations, each receiving 1 vote.. He said that the write-in candidates would not be deemed elected since they had never completed the necessary documentation but that they would be contacted regarding the legitimacy of their interest, their willingness to complete the documents that other Directors had completed, etc. since there were unfilled positions on the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors did not want to exclude the consideration of any qualified candidates.

4. Proposed bylaw amendment –Dieterich discussed an amendment to Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws allowing the general membership meeting to be conducted on any day of the conference, but after the first board meeting, in the interest of increased attendance. Motion moved by Rosemary Rubin, seconded by Russell Rein. Motion passed, all in favor, no opposed, no abstained.

5. TREASURER'S REPORT presented by Jess Petersen (see attached). Jay Banta led discussion about the interest paid on the reserve funds set aside from Life Membership payments to pay for Forums to life members.

6. OLD BUSINESS: None

7. NEW BUSINESS: None

8. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Dieterich led discussion about nobody willing to take on office of President and explained that he would be willing to continue to serve in the interim until a new President could be identified but that he would have to reduce the amount of time that he was committing. Paul Gilger introduced idea of the LHA creating a new position of a Correspondence Secretary to sort through emails and letters, directing them to appropriate people, answering casual emails, and purging junk emails, which would reduce the amount of routine administrative matters that the President would have to be responsible for. Lynn Asp contributed to this discussion. Rosemary Rubin suggested finding a college intern. Bob Stubblefield cautioned that the person should be knowledgeable about Lincoln Highway history. Dieterich finished the discussion with a confirmation of the idea that the position would be informal not necessitating a bylaw amendment.

9. MEETING ADJOURNED at 9:04am, moved by Richard Taylor, seconded by Mike Kaelin, motion passed all in favor, no opposed, no abstained.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul Gilger, acting Secretary of the Meeting