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Meeting Minutes
PENTWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
May 7, 2008
Called to
order by President Jim Ege at 1:10 PM in the Village Hall
Council Chambers.
Roll
Call Present:
Lindstrom, Bailey, Childers, Carlin, Ege,
O’Donnell
Absent: Ed Bigelow
Guests: Nancy Grant, Karen
Way
Minutes
April 2008
Executive Board Minutes were presented. A motion was made by Ken
Lindstrom and seconded by Bill O’Donnell to accept as presented
and unanimously approved.
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer
Ken Lindstrom reported as of 4-30-2008 total assets of
$70,334.78 Total income for April $327.28 and total expenses of
$94.30 for an overall total of $232.98. This is a difference of
$197.03 from last year at this time. The total number of society
members as of April 30 is 230. Motion by Roger Bailey and
seconded by Myrna Carlin to accept the Treasurer’s report as
presented. Motion unanimously accepted. Motion to Join Michigan
Museum Association and authorize the treasurer to pay $25 for
the membership was approved by the board. Bill O’Donnell
motioned and Myrna Carlin seconded.
Project /
Task Status
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Building
Committee: Chairman Bill O’ Donnell gave a report. He stated
that the PHS Bldg. Committee is no longer the steering committee
for the Multi-Function Bldg group. Bill is the chair and we are
participants. The Multi-function Bldg committee consists of PHS,
the Pentwater Chamber of Commerce and the Oceana Council on
Aging. They are to meet Tuesday, May 20th at 9am.
They are to decide on a scope of the project,
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Newsletter Committee: Newsletter is out. Several people did not
receive the newsletter. Jim Ege lost some in the box and they
were sent out. The next newsletter will be about Mears Beach and
is in process. Jim Ege brought up the idea of creating a
cemetery history booklet from the newsletter to sell at the
museum and the cemetery open house. The idea will be presented
to the Township. Jim Ege and Jim Pikaart will pursue.
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Disaster
Recovery Committee: Ken, Jim and another volunteer will continue
with this. We need a volunteer.
New
Business
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See
Treasurer’s report above regarding the Michigan Museum
Association
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Ken
Lindstrom gave a report on the status of our technology. The
computer was donated by the library and was used. (2001)
the computer has a 40 gb hard drive with a scanner, copier,
fax donated by the village. We have Past Perfect software
for the collection inventory. version 3.5c2
Old
Business:
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Muskegon Museum Visit:
Board members reported on the visit to Muskegon Museum. All
thought it was an excellent visit and gave us many ideas for
our plans. Based on the visit it was determined that we need
a collection committee made up of a Receiver, a Record
Keeper, and an Archivist. Bob Childers volunteered to be the
Receiver. The Collection Committee is going to create
policies for acceptance of artifacts and disposal as well as
other needed policies regarding the collection. As of this time
the Collection Committee consists of Ken Lindstrom, Roger Bailey
and Roxanne Wypych. More volunteers are needed for this
committee.
Membership
Fees: The question was asked about raising the dues for the PHS.
They have been the same since it’s inception. The bldg Committee
will look into this for the August meeting.
Other:
Bill
O’Donnell requested that the Plaque research and applications
be put on hold until fall. The board approved the request.
Applications will be accepted on the knowledge that there will
be nothing done until fall.
Meeting
Adjourned: 2:30 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Jim Ege,
President
Next
Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 1:00 p.m. at Village
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