Fair Officers Meeting Agenda Packet (PDF)

Meeting of the Door County Fair Board June 24, 2026, 6:15 pm Junior Fair Building, Door County Fairgrounds, Sturgeon Bay 1. Call to order 2. Establish a Quorum 3. Approve Agenda 4. Approve May Minutes 5. Liaison Report 6. Financial Report 7. 2026 Fair A. Tech/Ticketing 1. Set dates for learning date 2. Gate Workers B. Events/Contracts C. Marketing D. Sponsorships 1. Packets E. Vendor F. Other 1. Dairy Cattle/Milking Parlor 2. Gate Banners 8. Next Meeting and Pre-Fair Meeting Dates and Post Fair Meeting Date 9. Adjourn Deviation from the order shown may occur. Tom Ash - President Aaron Ash - Vice President Hilary Heard - Secretary Lora Jorgenson - Assistant Secretary Steve Jennerjohn - Treasurer Dawn Uecker - Assistant Treasurer Mike Kuehn - Vendor Relations/Member at Large John White - Member at Large Thad Ash - Member at Large Alexis Tassoul – Member at Large 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay WI 54235 www.doorcountyfair.com secretary@doorcountyfair.com August 12-16, 2026 DOOR COUNTY FAIR Board MEETING County Board Room, Door County Government Center, Sturgeon Bay Wednesday May 20, 2026 6:15PM 1. Call to order 6:15 2. Establish a Quorum (Yes) established: Hilary Heard, Tom Ash, Thad Ash, Wayne Spritka, Steve Jennerjohn, Dawn Uecker, Mike Kuehn, Ruth Wilke (via zoom), Lora Jorgensen (Via Zoom) 3. Approve Agenda, Motion by Thad Ash , seconded by Steve Jennerjohn to approve the agenda. 4. Approve February Minutes, Motion by Thad Ash , seconded by Steve Jennerjohn to approve the minutes of April 22nd, 2026 . 5. Liaison Report – NA 6. Financial Report – Steve Jennerjohn – Motion by Thad Ash, Second by Dawn Uecker 7. 2026 Fair A. Tech/Ticketing – Square – Set up to keep track of tickets purchased and shipped. Will have an insert to include with tickets that are mailed that explain the new ticketing system (punch card). Will be testing refunding option Can send specialized link to vendors to pay fees – Will test Dawn will learn how to generate links for vendors to assist Hillary/Mike. B. Events/Contracts – Waiting on (special Guest) signature on contract, facebook posts must follow strict guidelines (photos, mentions) Aaron will do hotel list C. Marketing – D. Sponsorships – At around $10K for sponsorships, In-Kind $21K so far Hatco will not be doing picnic with fair, but sent $500 donation E. Vendor If everyone comes through, there will be 31 vendors Fleet Farm would like to be a vendor So far we only have 1-50amp service request Waiting on pony ride people to see what they decide F. Other – 1. Polos – $32.96 cost Get building supers a different color shirt (red) 2. Podcast – Free. Kip Burlow reached out about doing a podcast about the fair, Closer to fair time. Recorded at Destination Sturgeon Bay. Releasing on Spotify, YouTube. Can do more than one. 3. Parking Passes – One per family 4. Security – Heavier Security on certain nights 5. Indoor Vending spaces – 3 to 4 against wall in merchants building where veterans memorial set up was. 8. Next Meeting – Wednesday, June 24th 2026 at Fairgrounds – Junior Fair Building/Secretary office 9. Adjournment Motion by Steve , seconded by Dawn to adjourn. Motion carried. Time: 6:52 pm Submitted by Lora Jorgensen