8/20/1997 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMKISSION REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING 199 RECEIVED ' wD1�IESDA AUGUST � . . 9:30 A. M. SEP ((40 . I MFRS PRESENT: JOANNE FERRAGAMO TOWN CLERK FRANK HICKS MASHFEE JAMES F. MRoEY ANN WHITLOW I1 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: The minutes of the July 23, 1997 meeting, corrections: First paragraph: Spelling of "Paul iambarro"; corrected t "Paul iambarba". 111 REPORTS: Treasurer's Report: The treasurer's report is up to date. The Historical Commission has spent approximately $800-00 thus far, related to the, exhibit; pictures reprinted, the framing completed, donations, copies prepared at Cape Reprographics. That should baring the balance down to approximately , 0. 0. As Joanne indicated last month, if there were any priority expen- , ditures the commissioners wanted to consider, they should prepare a list for Joanne to review so that they could be discussed. Open House: Aran Whitlow reported on the open house at Popone s sett. Ann felt .the open -house had been a rousing success. There were over 110 guests who signed in, but Ann felt there were many guests who did not sign in; Ann. felt comfortable with a count of 10. Many people stopped bythe Archives to view the display since the open house. Aran stated that she was proud of Joanne; all of the-work she had pint into the exhibit. It was touching to see the reaction of the guests to the memories of Poponessett. All comments were favorable, nn scored it as- a huge success* Joanne added that the exhibit will be open for viewing through the fourth of October. Joanne suggested that a press release be put into THE ENTERPRISE and THE MESSENGER indicating the hours that the Archives were open to the public, and the fact that the exhibit will be open for viewing through the fourth of October. Iv OLD BUSINESS: Donation and legal advice, Joanne will follow up on this item this month, and she will have a report for the October meeting. p Membership renewals. Joanne explained that they had had some discussion relative to the renewals at a previous meeting, we have Bay State Historical Beane membership ri and National Museum of the American Indian. The question was whether they wanted to renew these membership Joanne suggested the members look them over and consider this question for the next meeting, whether it wa .wortwhile to renew the memberships. next month it can be put to a vote.