7/13/2016 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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V. % 31F. �- 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 Telephone - (508) 539-1400 MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting — July 13, 2016 The Town of Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order in the Archives 10:20 am by Nancy Soderberg, Chairperson. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Frank Lord, Joan Tavares -Avant and Nancy Soderberg. Commissioners not Present: Rosemary B. Love, Brian Hyde, and Gordon Peters. Guest(s) in attendance: Wayne Taylor, Assistant Town Manager, Town of Mashpee. At the present time, the MHC's priority is to reorganize all the materials coming back into the new building after being in temporary storage since 2011. We are in the process of organizing and re -shelving our holdings. This will allow us to facilitate access to our collections.. After reviewing the revised MOU from the Tribal Administrator, David ThunderEagle, to the Historical Commission, we realize that it would be premature to enter into the interchange of resources between the Archives and the Tribe. The MOU should be correctly addressed from the Tribal Council to the Town of Mashpee. The Historical Commission, activirig on behalf of the Mashpee Town Archives, does not have signatory authority. Therefore, our next meeting which had been scheduled for July 20th will be rescheduled sometime after the MOU from Stephen Curley, Tribal Archivist, is sent properly through the communications channels which have been set up and agreed to by both the Tribal Council and the Town of Mashpee. After we hear from the Board of Selectmen, and if approved by the Town Manager, we would like to discuss the details of a temporary agreement for sharing the photographic collection with the Tribe. Starting with the photograph collection is appropriate because they are currently accessible. Any photographs or other materials to be shared with the Tribe from the Archives would have to be accompanied by a Commissioner and would have to be returned to the Mashpee Archives on the same day. We would be willing to work on a draft of a simplified agreement in order to present it at a future meeting. We would wait for approval of the Town Manager before proceeding with developing a draft of a temporary agreement. The meeting was adjourned at 12:15pm.