The meeting was called to order at 10:18 a.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by President John Slader at the RC&D office in Oakland. Members present were Kent Neumann, Brent Clark, Dawn Maslonka, Mark Schultz and Dick Leitschuck. Other present were Deb Ward, RC&D Program Support Assistant and Twyla Witt, Nebraska DED Division of Travel and Tourism. Self introductions were made. Motion and second to approve the agenda carried.Motion and second to approve the minutes of the September 22, 2010 Byway meeting carried.Treasurer’s Report- No receipts, expenditures of $678 ($108- Website hosting & $570- Ad in 2011 Discover NE Nebraska Visitor’s Guide) and an account balance of $533.83. Motion and second to accept the Treasurer’s Report carried. Correspondence Final Quarterly Tourism Input Session- November 12, 2010. Suggest cooperative marketing and to consider utilizing video-conferencing or tele-conferencing for future input and responding to this input. National Byway Conference- August 21-24, 2011 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. $450 Registration, Rooms are $120 per night. More information after November 1^st at www.bywaysresourcecenter.org Committee Reports Membership- Motion and second to keep dues at $15 for Individuals, $50 for Partners and $5 for postage for regular mail correspondence carried. Members need to provide to the Oakland office a list of non-member businesses in their area that might have tourism interests.

Motion and second to provide $5 to members who recruit a new member by March 1, 2011 carried. Tonwantonga Historical Marker Site- Brent Clark, Kent Neumann and Dick Leitschuck did a fall cleanup of the vegetation at the site on October 11^th. Brent is securing information on walking trail surfaces from Nebraska Rubber Innovations and Rockport Recycling. Letters will be sent to Kristine Winter and Dan Sayre with carbon copies to John Craig and Jim Pearson with the Nebraska Department of Roads on the need for repairing the access road surface to the site. Art Tour- “Looking for Art”- Along the Byway- Scheduled for April 29, 30 and May 1, 2011. The first round of invitations and contact letters will be sent soon. Directional signage to be developed. Survey- Since the electronic response was very low, Survey Questionnaires will be mailed with membership recruitment letters. Nebraska Travel Conference- Brent Clark reported on attending this Conference and the Nebraska Byway Meeting. Directional signage for tourism and event Vendor Guides were discussed. Watchable Wildlife Conference- Brent Clark attended and reported it was a very tourism oriented event. Two Bird Tours held this year at Crystal Cove in South Sioux City with follow-up CDs are examples of a wildlife activity that promotes tourism. Website- The ownership of the website has not been transferred to the Byway to date. New Business Nebraska Road Maps- Brent Clark has a small supply available. The Byway suggests using Byway funds to print Nebraska Road Maps to help promote tourism. Florence Area Request- Linda Meigs with the Florence Mill, who is interested in expanding the Byway was invited to our meeting. We understand that Rebecca Turner with the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce is also interested in expanding the Byway to their area. Twyla Witt reported on tourism issues including the need for print promotional materials for older tourists, while younger tourists respond to the Internet, CDs and Flash Drive promotional material, the need for Entrance signs into Byways, using Tourism Marketing sites, utilizing Tom Doering’s Fact Sheet on tourism as well as VISTAS and Byways online and to try to attract special interest tourists like Motorcyclers, Birders and Wildlife Watchers. The Passport Program will be available again this year. Next Meeting- Agreed to meet at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the RC&D in Oakland. Motion and second to adjourn carried. Adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

Dick Leitschuck, Secretary/Treasurer