Howard-Suamico Historical Society Meeting

Thursday, July 1, 2010

HSHS Office - Howard
  

Call to order:  President Nancy O'Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:00pm

Roll Call:

             President                   Nancy O’Kelley                   present

             Vice President           Barb Styczynski                  present 
             Secretary                   Tim Rasmussen                  present

             Treasurer                   Ellery Gulbrand                  present        
             Director                      Joy Schabow                     present          
             Director                      Geri Corbeille                    excused
             Director                      David Lane                         present
             Director                      Nancy Krause                     present
             Director                      Jan Wilkey                         present
                     

MINUTES:

J Wilkey made a motion to accept the minutes from the May meeting as distributed.  J Schabow seconded the motion and the motion passed.
B Styczynski made a motion to accept the minutes from the June annual meeting as distributed.  E Gulbrand seconded the motion and the motion passed.

TREASURER'S REPORT:

E. Gulbrand submitted the monthly report that shows we have $9,488.34 in our treasury with no outstanding bills. 

NEW BUSINESS:

VICKERY PROPERTY:  a special meeting of the board will be held to discuss the Vickery property in the Village of Suamico.  The tentative dates for the meetings are July 12 and 19.  N O'Kelley will send an email to all board members advising them of the confirmed date.  N O'Kelley handed out some information on what other societies do with buildings that are offered to them and what the communities contribute to the properties.

PHOTO REQUEST:  N O'Kelley mentioned the cost of photos for members and non-members.  Presently we do not charge members for copies emailed to them and we do charge non-members $7.50 for an 8x10 print.  E Gulbrand suggested checking with other societies to see what they charge.  N O'Kelley will put it on a list serve to see what others are charging.  We have a request from a business for digital photos and Nancy will find out actually what they want so we can decide on charges.

REGIONAL MEETING:  a regional meeting will be held at the Neville Museum on August 7th hosted by the Brown County Historical Society.  Serveral members of our board are planning on attending.

ANNUAL HISTORY CONFERENCE:  The annual local history and historic preservation conference will be held in Lake Geneva on Oct 15-16.  More info will be sent at a later date.

AUDIT AND IRS REPORTS:  E Gulbrand is working on these reports.  The IRS report is due in October.

OLD BUSINESS:

COMMITTEE REPORTS: 
HISTORY COMMITTEE:  J Schabow reported that the committee has not met and an upcoming meeting will be held.

USED BOOK SALE:  J Schabow reported that 116 boxes and bags of books have been collected for the sale.  A committee consisting of Jerry Steffen, Tim Rasmussen, Pat Lane, Lenore Olejniczak, Barb Styczynski and Joy Schabow will be working on the sale. We have collection bins at Kimps Hardware, the Suamico Village Hall, and Thornberry Cottage.  We are also collecting at each meeting and Memories Show.  The book sale will be held on Thursday, August 5 in the parking lot at Associated Bank on Cardinal Lane.  J Schabow will be checking in the area of the sale to see if a vacant store is available to store the books for the sale. 
A motion was made by J Schabow, seconded by J Wilkey to cancel the general membership meeting on August 5 and move the board meeting to 7pm on that date.  Motion carried.
WRISTBAND SALES: N O'Kelley reported that we sold wristbands at the Suamico Summer Solstice.  We will receive a check from the Village of Suamico in July for our share of the sale.
QUILT RAFFLE: E Gulbrand reported that the quilt raffle brought in $341.77 after all expenses.  The prizes were won by Geri Corbeille - Quilt; Pat Cook - 3M Gift box; Bill Miller - Plant; and Tim Shipley - Book.
BRAT FRY: N O'Kelley reported that the brat fry is scheduled for July 17 at Olsen's Piggly Wiggly from 10am until 6pm.
CALENDARS:  J Schabow, J Wilkey, N O'Kelley and B Styxzynski will be meeting to work on a 2011 calendar.  We made around $300.00 on the 2010 calandars.
MEMORIES SHOW: T Rasmussen reported that the last Memories Shows was held at Idlewild Park Pavilion for the Suamico Summer Solstice with about 60 people in attendance.  The next show will be held on Wednesday August 18 and and Wednesday Sept. 22 at Idlewild Park in Suamico.  We presently have over 3000 pictures in our collection.
DIGITAL MUSEUM PROJECT: The project is complete and is on our website.
BUILDING: T Rasmussen reported that we are $130.29 behind the utility cost for last year.  At this rate, we may owe less than $50.00 by the end of the fiscal year.  T Rasmussen also showed two of the cabinets he picked up for use at the building.  Extra cabinets will be offered for sale in the area and then on a list serve.
ACQUISITIONS: B Styczynski reported that items are being catalogued as they come in.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:  D Lane expressed concern over lack of Patron/Partner members.  In total membership we have 100 members which is 20 more than at this time last year.
ANNUAL BANQUET AND MEETING: no report.

OTHER BUSINESS:

MARCHANT BOOK: the printer has completed the Marchant Book and it is for sale by the society for $30.00.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER:  Danielle Hermus sent a letter thanking us for the scholarship.
STOREFRONTS:  Russ Roland and others are working on acquiring storefronts for us to display historical materials.  We may start with a copy of our military wall at the vacant storefront by Olsen's Piggly Wiggly.  N Krause and J Schabow will work on getting the photos ready for display.

MEETING ADJOURNMENT:

Motion was made by E Gulbrand, seconded by J Schabow to adjourn.  Motion carried 8:45pm.

Respectfully submitted: Tim Rasmussen

Secretary

Next general membership meeting dates: 
August 5 general meeting has been cancelled; Sept. 2 (board meeting); Oct 7 (general meeting); Nov 4 (board meeting); and Dec 2 (Christmas party).   
Please mark your calendars.