BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, November 5, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society October meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Secretary's report: The October 2003 minutes as amended were presented and approved.
Treasurer's report: The report was approved.
Committee reports:
Newsletter: Pat reported that the next issue will be in November, with the mailing hopefully by Nov. 20.
Old Business:
To comply with the request from the Grandview Marble Cliff Education Foundation,
Pat volunteered to sort through our files and suggest various photos so Wayne
can create a CD of items for possible use by the Foundation. The Foundation
hopes to have a response from our organization by mid-November.
New Business:
Home Tour: 5 home owners have been contacted and have agreed to open their
homes for next year's tour. It was agreed that all five will be accepted.
Captains will be:
987 Grandview Avenue - Tracy
1101 Broadview Ave.- Randazzo home - Joe
1051 Urlin Ave. - Harris/Hess home - Mary
1234 W. First Ave. - Szabo home - Tom
995 Woodhill Dr. - Balch home - Maureen
Ruthanne and Pat will serve as co-chairs. The event will be held on
Mother's Day, May 9, 2004.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, October 7, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society October meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The Board welcomed new member Maureen Damiani.
Secretary's report: The September 2003 minutes were presented and approved.
Treasurer's report: The report was approved.
Committee reports:
Newsletter: Pat reported that the next issue will be in November. Maureen Damiani
was asked to send to Pat a short bio on herself for the next issue.
Old Business:
Annual meeting -The Minutes of the Annual Meeting were accepted as the report on the annual meeting.
New Business:
Next regular meeting - after discussion it was agreed to move the November
meeting to the first Wednesday, November 5, 2003 to avoid the general election.
Election of officers: Discussion was held and the following officers were elected
for the coming year:
President - Tracy Liberatore
Vice-President - Mary Burkey
Treasurer - Tom DeMaria
Secretary - Terry Smith
It was agreed the President will write a thank you note to Melissa Rady for
her volunteer work on the newsletters and we will send her complimentary copies
of the 4 society books.
Home Tour: Discussion was held on the general approach to the 2004 home tour.
Pat Mooney was appointed as official researcher/brochure editor/advisor to
home captains. Terry Smith will assist in the research. A list of 12-14 potential
homes was assembled and various Board members volunteered to contact the home
owners concerning their interest in
participating. Results of each contact are to be emailed to the rest of the
Board members so that by the November meeting we will have a feel for how many
home owners have said yes and a decision can be made on the final four.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, September 2, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society September meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Secretary's report: The August 2003 minutes were presented and approved as amended.
Treasurer's report: The report was approved.
Committee reports:
Bicentennial: The banners are up on Grandview Avenue.
Newsletter: Pat reported that we mailed 150 copies of the August 2003 newsletter.
Membership: It was agreed that we will add Melissa Rady as a member for future
mailings. Also, Terry plans a mailing to all members with a notice
of the annual meeting, and a membership application/renewal form for annual
members.
Chamber of Commerce: It was suggested we ask Maureen Damiami if she would like
to serve as liaison to the Chamber replacing JoAnn Curry.
Old Business:
Annual meeting - It was moved and seconded that we pay mileage for the speaker plus an honorarium. Carried. Pat is providing 3 bicentennial related items for door prizes.
New Business:
We need to start planning for the 2004 home tour. Add this to the October meeting. JoAnn agreed to handle decorations for the home tour. Discussion was held on the possibility of preparing a new book on homes for the Grandview 2006 centennial celebration. It was agreed this needs to wait until after the home tour is completed. The need for attracting new members was discussed. The Education Foundation would like assistance on obtaining photos and other information about the old schools of Grandview for use at their 2004 Gala.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Board Member Wayne Carlson called the GHMC Historical Society meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Secretary's report: The June 2003 minutes were presented and approved.
Terry reported that Tracy had an email from Sally Kosnik who would like to remain a member of the board but cannot continue to serve as Secretary. After discussion it was agreed that Terry Smith will serve as Secretary.
Treasurer's report: Report was presented and approved
Committee reports:
Schools: No report.
City of Grandview: No report.
Village of Marble Cliff: No report.
Newsletter: Pat opened the floor for discussion of how best to present our
August Newsletter as a sort of "Annual Report". Tom suggested that
highlights of the past year should be included. There was also discussion on
promotion of the annual meeting and organization of events.
Technology: No report.
Chamber: No report.
Membership: Terry provided numbers on current membership: Annual members: 39
singles, 37 couples, a business, for a total of 114 members. Life Memberships:
23 single, 15 couple for a total of 53 members. Combined totals are 167 members
with mailings going to 115 households. An additional 35 mailings go to businesses
and city and village council members. For a total of 150 mailings.
Breezeway: No report.
Old Business:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, June 3, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society meeting to
order at 7:05 p.m.
The May, 2003 minutes were presented and approved.
Treasurer's report: The current report was presented and approved.
Committee Reports:
Schools: No report.
City of Grandview: It was reported that the Historical Society presented to
the City 4 banners for The Bank Block for the State Bicentennial and a City
Flag designating the City of Grandview Heights as a Bicentennial City. These
were presented at the Council meeting last night.
Village of Marble Cliff: No report.
Neswsletter: Pat reported that the nest issue will be printed in August. The
cover article will discuss the September annual meeting. Other articles are
yet to be determined.
Technology: No report.
Chamber: No report.
Membership: The most recent newsletter was mailed to 144 locations. This was
down from the February issue mailing due to dropping of members who had not
renewed for the past year and a half.
Breezeway: No report.
New Business:
Tracy reported receiving notice from Jo Ann Curry that she plans to resign her position on the Board due to personal reasons. This was followed by an extensive discussion on possible replacements. This leaves 2 board positions open. Several names were suggested and contacts will be made to inquire whether the individuals are interested in serving. It was suggested that possibly Board meetings should be redesigned to have Board members only present every other month for business decisions, and schedule open meetings the other months with a program or speaker to attract more participation by the membership.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, May 6, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
The minutes were approved as corrected.
Treasurer's Report: Treasurer reviewed the ledger. It was accepted by vote.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Schools: No report
City of Grandview: Joe Miller spoke at the city's Arbor Day celebration. The
records committee still needs to meet to determine the status of the boxes
they have asked us to go through.
Marble Cliff: No report
Technology: After the Decorator's Show House closes on May 18th the home
will be videotaped. Also plans have been made to videotape the building at
the corner of First and Oakland before Ted Celeste has it demolished in the
next week or two.
Breezeway: The poster that was prepared and laminated for placement
in the display cases was shown. It was first used at the Franklin County Bicentennial
celebration.
Newsletter: The copy is gathered but not quite finished. It should be completed
by the end of the week.
Chamber: Wayne and Tom will speak at the Chamber lunch on 6/12/03. They will
give an overview of our community outreach, present our web page, ask for individual
company archives, and suggest opportunities for sponsorship.
Membership: No report
NEW BUSINESS
Memorial Day Parade: We will be close to the beginning with Mrs. Laura Titus,
Blue Star Mother, as our guest.
Bicentennial Flag Purchase: Discussion was held as to whether we should select
a different style flag and still present one to the City. Banners were also
discussed.
Honorariums: Discussion was held on establishing a policy to have in place
for future situations when we are approached for either members' volunteer
time or use of the Society's materials. This is particularly relevant when
an "outside" organization receives monetary compensation for the
work we have done. It was suggested that we initially poll other active local
historical societies as a starting place.
Board Member Attendance: There is a need to amend the by-laws to include guidelines
relating to participation and attendance. For the time being all will be kept
the same but changes will be made for the future.
Marble Cliff Concert:
Franklin County Bicentennial: Terry spent 20 hours during the celebration manning
our table. Many school groups attended and he made contacts with other local
historical groups. He will follow through with obtaining copies of several
important photos displayed that would be important to our collections. And,
we may have pictures of the Marble Cliff Station that would be of interest
to one person. Also 6 of our publications were sold.
OLD BUSINESS:
Tracy reminded us to keep thinking of community members who may be interested
in serving on our Board. At this time we have one open position.
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, April 1, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the meeting to order at 7 PM.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Schools: No Report
City: We received the check from Mayor Colleen Sexton's discretionary fund
for the newsletter.
Marble Cliff: It has been decided to put the Tarpy house on the market. However,
an issue still needs to be resolved. We are being kept up
to date with Our Lady of Victory's building and demolition plans.
Breezeway: Prior to putting the display in the breezeway, it will be shown
as part of our exhibit at the Franklin County Bicentennial Celebration. It
will include information from our web site.
Newsletter: New blank sheets have been printed with the logo. Funding for future
issues has been successful and we will continue to secure sponsorships. We
are doing a presentation for the Grandview Chamber in June and will inform
them of the opportunity for support. At the next Board meeting we will discuss
the philosophy of articles written with regard to who has sponsored a newsletter.
Technology: The web site has mostly received requests for information on Frank
Packard.
Chamber: No report
Membership: We have deleted 15-20 names that have not paid dues for at least
2 years.
NEW BUSINESS:
Memorial Day Parade: We will invite Blue Star Mothers member Laura Titus to
ride in our car in the parade.
Annual Meeting: We entertained suggestions for the annual meeting program.
Terry's Items: We had an inquiry from a commercial property on 1st Ave. that
will allow us to document the building before it is torn down.
A 1905 article has been found in which architect Frank Packard let the contract
for the Frank Lindenberg house at Arlington (now known as the Tarpy house)
to Ewers Brothers.
Franklin County Bicentennial: The celebration begins on April 30, 2003 at COSI
and exhibits continue through May 4th at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Schedules
of events were distributed and we need help from Society members
in staffing our table. We will also have our publications available for purchase.
OLD BUSINESS:
Board Member: We are in need of one additional Board member. Names were discussed.
Decorator's Showhouse: We have reminded CMA as a courtesy to give credit
to the GHMC Historical Society.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, March 4, 2003
President Tracy Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
The February 4, 2003 minutes were presented and approved.
Treasurer's report: The report was presented and approved.
Committee Reports:
Schools: No report.
City of Grandview: It was reported that the City requested the return of the
two boxes of old records previously picked up by the Society. Council has not
yet approved release of these files. We will be notified following action by
Council.
Village of Marble Cliff: It was reported that the Village Council is planning
to offer the Tarpy house for sale after review by outside consultant experts
to determine a price.
Neswsletter: It was reported that the previous newsletter was about two weeks
late being mailed due to necessity of printing new blank forms. Discussion
was held on the next issue, due to be mailed late May. Assignments were made.
Technology: No report.
Chamber: No report.
Membership: No report.
Breezeway: No report
New Business:
Newsletter additional blanks purchase was discussed at the time of the newsletter report above. Cost for 1,000 copies was a higher due to complications in reproducing, but still within range of the amount budgeted.
Memorial Day Parade: Discussion was held whether to participate this year and the consensus was that we should, but keep it simple, perhaps just a car with riders. Terry will look into availability of a "special" car.
Old Business:
March 1 Metropolitan Library project: The outcome of this first ever county wide exhibit by a number of historical societies was discussed and they reported a decent turnout. Contacts were made with a number of other societies and it was agreed we would be interested in participating in future similar gatherings. The Columbus Library is hoping to make this an annual event. We agreed to add Worthington and Northwest Franklin County Societies (Norwich Township: Hilliard) to an exchange program exchanging future newsletters.
Designer Showhouse: It was reported on the preview held Feb. 28 which was successful. It was also reported that he mentioned to the members of the Art Museum group that is sponsoring this event that hopefully they will recognize the assistance provided by the Grandview Heights Marble Cliff Historical Society in their printed program.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Open discussion - A complete set of Grandview High School Alumni Newsletters
that was donated to the Society; and information recently located on the families
of Abram Brown
and William Herbert Page and his wife Ruth (Brown) Page.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, January 7, 2003
President Tracey Liberatore called the GHMC Historical Society to order at 7:05 PM.
The November 12, 2002, minutes were presented and approved.
Treasurer’s Report: It was moved and seconded to approve the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried.
Committee Reports:
Ohio Bicentennial: Flags and entrance markers for bicentennial
cities have been taken out of the state’s budget. It was recommended
that our Historical Society work with the City of Grandview as they recognize
Ohio’s
Bicentennial and not worry about the committee formed at the state level.
Schools: No Report
City of Grandview: Joe Miller was appointed the liaison to Grandview. Win Keller
will also serve as a community/city liaison as needed.
Village of Marble Cliff: It was announced that Our Lady Of Victory intends
to tear down the convent and school in the very near future. It was agreed
that we should document the interior of both buildings on video..
Newsletter: Assignments were made.
Technology: The scanner is in place. Additional
files added to the website.
Chamber: No report.
Membership: No report.
New Business:
It was moved and seconded to officially designate Lorna
Karlovec as Trustee Emeriti. Motion passed.
On March 1, 2003 at the Columbus Main Library, the Franklin County Historical
Society is sponsoring a collaboration of multiple historical societies to share
information with the public. A consensus was reached for our society to participate.
Old Business: None
Other Business: The June 6, 1935 Grandview Heights Valedictorian
address written by Norma Goss, which gave an overview of the early development
of education in Grandview was presented.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM.