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ALLIANCE AREA PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Minutes of the Board Meeting - Jan. 28, 2002

In attendance: Evelyn Brown, Jennifer Crist, Beth Gray, Jesse Harry, Maxine Haupt, Maryjo Hepler, Robb Hyde, Martha McClaugherty, Virginia Proctor, Pat Sacha, Karen Twyman, and Ginny Daniel

The Board of Trustees of the Haines House Underground Railroad Project met at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of Rodman Public Library.

Treasurer's Report - In the absence of Gordon, Robb reported the following:

1) Gordon has checked into getting a waiver on property taxes since we are non-profit - process is underway

President's Report -

1) Robb sent in Network to Freedom application - does not feel we will receive status at this time, may have to provide more proof house was on the underground railroad.

2) Annual membership meeting will be March 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Firehouse Theater - Jim Caccamo will present the program on the Underground Railroad in NE Ohio; he is the East Region Coordinator for Friends of Freedom Society

Fundraising -

Karen announced plans for a rigatoni/spaghetti dinner to be held at Second Baptist Church at 820 E. Patterson, on Saturday, March 2 from 5:00 - 7:00, program of music and information on Haines House will follow; invitations are being sent to the African-American churches in town; we will collect a goodwill offering; reservations are to be called into Evelyn or Virginia; Evelyn is in charge of the program

By-Laws -
Copies of the revised By-Laws were handed out.

Renovation Committee -

Committee met on Jan. 23 and decided that defending against further deterioration would be #1 priority and that we need to garner the help of a preservationist who can inspect the building and tell us the order of priorities we should establish; plans were also made concerning the items we would work on this spring. See attached report (in secretary's book) for further details.

Education Committee -

1) Martha has prepared new slides showing the house in its present condition and will intersperse them with our previous slides to make a new program. She will try to gear it more to indicating our need for donations.

2) Martha will be speaking to John Recchiuti's 19th Century U.S. History class at MUC - he is eager to have the students do a project incorporating the Haines Haines. He and Martha will do more planning toward this end. John will join our Education Committee.

3) We need to verify sources of information about the Haines House.

4) Michelle Collins-Sibley will be speaking at the Black History month program about the underground railroad

5) Mary Bernower presents a talk about quilts

Annual Meeting -

The membership committee will send out letters to current members and donors announcing the annual meeting as mentioned above and requesting annual dues be sent in.

New Business -

1) Pat suggested doing a 16 or 18 month calendar posing familiar Alliance residents in landmark places around town. Jenny will help her get plans underway.

2) Doug Hendel from MUC's theater department would be willing to have students present some vignettes at the Haines House in conjunction with an activity we are having there.

3) Delores Barret, member of one of the garden clubs, is willing to help with beautifying the grounds this spring

4) Jesse reported a) that St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Vine St. Methodist Church would like to see our slide program. Martha presented a program to Kiwanis on Jan. 17; b) the Alliance Property Utilization Committee will be deciding in the near future the fate of the empty lot next door to the house; c) bookmarks should be taken to slide programs and the dinner in order to promote sales.

5) Pat suggested we should have a "block party" and invite the neighbors in order to develop a favorable attitude about the museum - hopefully, they will keep an eye on the property for us

6) Ginny suggested appointing a person to keep a chronological scrapbook of articles and photos.

7) Robb is planning to open the house for visitors each Sunday from Memorial Day through Labor Day from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. He would be glad to have others volunteer to help with those times.

8) Please mark your calendars - future meeting dates:

February 25th - 7 p.m., Library Conference Room

March 18th - general membership meeting, Firehouse

Theater, 7:00 p.m.

March 25th - 7 p.m., Library Conference Room

A motion was made to adjourn by Jesse and seconded by Martha. The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ginny Daniel, Secretary

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