Grandview Heights / Marble Cliff Historical Society

Board of Trustees

BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, January 11, 2000

Board members met in the GH Library Historical Society room at the Grandview Heights Library.

President Win Keller called the board meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

MINUTES: Minutes from the November meeting were reviewed and approved.

OLD BUSINESS:

• The current roster was distributed for the 1999-2000 Historical Board and officers
• Treasurer's Report: The November/December report was presented and approved.
• The historical document check out policy was reviewed
• We were notified that a community member holds the GHMC Senior Center History collected by Alleyn L. Stout and will at sometime in the future donate the historical records to the GHMC Historical Society Committee
• Subcommittee reports were given by board members:
  • Membership: Paid to present are 45 single & 48 couple memberships for a total of 141 members. Also there are 11 single life memberships and 12 couples with 2 new life members added in the last month. President Keller has written thank you letters to life members as they join. The idea of membership cards was presented and that will be brought up for discussion at a later time.
  • Technology: A meeting was held on Dec. 15, 1999 with library director to work on a proposal for funding a program to digitize our historical holdings. Recent web site additions include the Boulevard Presbyterian Church, updated icons on the map for the walking tour, & slides from the presentation shown at our 25th anniversary celebration. Skip read a letter she received from Janet Owers, Cambridge, England, as a response to visiting our web site.
  • Newsletter: The next newsletter copy will be available for next board meeting. Included in this issue will be the school history conclusion, Skip's 1995 interview with Marble Cliff Mayor Paul Falco along with a history of Marble Cliff, and a listing of our life members. Pat suggested an interview be held with former Quarry resident Mrs. Curtain as well as long time area resident Ruth Gutches. Skip has volunteered to contact both women. President Keller is in communication with Tom Waggenbrenner in order to hold an interview concerning the evolving development of the Bank Block
  • Breezeway: Bill and Win will help Tracy with some of the ongoing maintenance problems.
  • OHIO/2003: The next due date to submit the application for the presentation of a historical marker is February 2, 2000. She will present the Bank Block for consideration
  • Home Tour 2001: Discussion of possible sites continued
  • Liaison Report: Nothing to report.

• Education Foundation Gala: The Foundation would like to use a collection of school related pictures from our archives for the centerpieces. Wayne will provide images to the printer and Tracy will communicate to the Gala Chairperson that we would like to be recognized as the source of the pictures. Our web site will also be made available for the evening of February 5, 2000 on a computer donated for that purpose by Wayne.
• Yearbooks: President will contact the High School to see about obtaining a copy of the 1999 Highlander as well as order the 2000 edition. In the future we will purchase the Highlander each year. We will try to fill in our missing Highlander years from the school archives.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, Feb 1, 2000 at 7:00 p.m at the GH/MCHS Board Room of the Grandview Library.