12/13/2010 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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d$ e } 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, MA 02649 Telephone - (508) 539-1438 Fax - (508) 539-2774 MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting - December 13, 2010 The Town of Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order at the Archives Building at 11:15AM on Monday, December 13, 2010. Chairperson, Lee Gurney is presently hospitalized with a broken ankle and could not be present. Commissioners Present: Rosemary Burns, Frank Lord and Gordon Peters. Commissioners Absent: Lee Gurney, Chairperson We continue to have two vacancies for the Commissioners. Rosemary made a motion, and it was seconded, that we accept the Minutes of the December 14, 2009, meeting as amended. The Final Report from PAL for the Mashpee Archaeological Survey has not yet been received, but the projected date from Holly Herbster will be January 2011. The budget figures as of October 2010 are within our budget, except for the salary of the clerk, Ann Graham, which will be adjusted by the Town Treasurer at the end of the fiscal year in June 2011. Ongoing Projects Several more Mashpee History. Articles by Rosemary Burns have been produced, and are for sale at the Archives. We ask for a nominal donation of$1 to cover the cost of the printing. Lee Gurney has been assisting Rosemary to get them into a printed article format. We plan to scan them into our new computer. Rosemary is presently writing the history of the Ellis rug which was requested by the newly opened Indian Museum. We have submitted a list of projects that need to be addressed regarding our Archives building. Frank Lord has been working with Catherine Laurent of the DPW who has submitted a proposal for funding from the CPC funds. Frank has been in touch with Mary Ann Gray at the Chatham Archives to gain some insight into some companies that sell archival materials that we may need.