The 2008 Long-Range Plan
(Request a copy)

On Monday, January 28, 2008, members and past-members of the Ager Board met to do long-range planning for the Association. During our five-hour session, we considered goals in six areas: finances, membership, the building, programs, publications, and presence in the community. We decided to focus our attention on three—membership, programming, and publications.

We reviewed the accomplishments of the association since our last long-range plan in 2003, and we identified remaining challenges and opportunities. After we identified several goals in each area, we established action plans for three specific goals. Finally, we spent about thirty minutes dreaming about our visions for the Ager Association in ten or fifteen years.

If you would like to have a copy of the notes from our Monday morning session, I will be happy to send you a copy. Just contact me by email (hirschtj@uwec.edu). If you would like to see a copy of the long-range plan we created in 2003, ask for that too.

Thank you for your membership in the Ager Association and for your interest in its future.

Tim Hirsch
Ager Board Member

Thank you to the following volunteers and donors:

Many members and friends of the Ager Association have donated their time, talent, and goods to the group during the last several months. All of these special gifts are much appreciated and enhance the Ager House greatly. “Thank you!” to the following people for their help!

Borgny Ager…………………………………………..….Historical artifacts belonging to Waldemar Ager
Wally Ager…………………………………………….……..…Sanding the floors in the upper level library
Karl Andresen………………………………………….…………….………………….……Norwegian books
Tom Burt……………………………………….…………………….……Clearing away snow all winter long
Ella B. Fossum…………………………..………………Framed photographs of Gurolle & Waldemar Ager
Steve and Jean Loken……………………………..CD – History of Eau Claire County, Past and Present
Lois Missman……………..Framed oil painting – Gamle Norge – of Telemark, painted by Lois Missman
Sue and Bob Nelson…….……..….…….………………………………………........……………..Dishwasher
Butch Paulson………………………..…………………..……..Sanding the floors in the upper level library
Jim Seymour……..…………………..…………..Construction of the exit window in the upper level library
Dorothy Sorlie & Jim Urness………….……..……………...…...Ole Bull by Einar Haugen and Camilla Cai
Norb Wurtzel……………..Painting the walls/woodwork and sealing the floors in the upper level library
Ken Ziehr………………….Painting the walls/woodwork and sealing the floors in the upper level library