6/4/2007 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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•r lasli,peejJ1r Toi;rn o J-fistor,cc i 6 Great Neck Road Nr . Mash , Massachusetts ULE 02649 Telephone , (508) 539-1438 Fax - (508) ,53 -2 7.7 ASHPEE HISTORICAL ICAL C MMISSI N Minutes of Meeting - June 4, 2007 The Town of Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order at the Archives Building at. 1 : 1 M on Monday,..June 4, 2007. Chairperson, Lee Gurney presided. Commissioners Present: Rosemary Burns, Lee Gurney, and f=rank Lord, Gordon Peters and Gail Slattery. Commissioners Absent: Sunny Merritt and Paula Peters. ' Rosemary movedthat w accept the Minutes of the Decembermeeting as read, and her motion was approved. The Commission discussed 'clarif jn the-position of the MHC as relating to helping the Il ashpee One-Room Schoolhouse Preservation Council,• inc. . MOSPC We are willing to assist there as an advisory board but not to manage-their projects. Lee presented 'the 2008 budget for the MHC. Essentially, we will have the same amounts as the budget for Zoo . She also asked that we purchase any supplies, books, etc., that we need before the fiscal year end. We should also obtain from the town accounting department a Certificate of Exemption so that purchases may be tax exempt. In addition, members of the Commission can fill out a form in order to be assigned a Vendor Number, so that they may be reimbursed from the town for MHC supplies and other necessary purchases. Lee has submitted an order for books from the Rational Trust for Historic Preservation. Frank Lord has' requested a subscription to the Native American Quarterly (ray be under a new name). Rosemary mentioned that she mould like us to renew our membership in the blew England Historical and Genealogy Society which she has found to be useful in the past. Lee also suggested that an interesting project might be to look up the names of all Native Americans who have seared in the military-services in past- wars. She said. there appears to be an extraordinary number in relation to total llashpee population in those periods, and they have made a tremendous contribution to p our country.