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. White RiverValley Historical Society
Board Meeting Minutes
, March 20, 2002, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
'Board Members Present: - Marissa Armstrong,'Earl Averill, Michael Cassella-Blackbum, Earl Hagen,
~Nicole Karwhite, Bud Kuhlman,.Debbie'Maguire, Maacirie Moergeli, Charles Natsuhara, Patti Osthus, Dick Pickett, '
Doris Ramstead; Mike Stevens, Mae Yamada. Board Members Excused`. Raymond Jerry, Lori Mne Claudon, Bill Peloza, Hans Torkelp
- ' Staff Present: Patricia Cosgrove, Karen Haas, Kristen Bruhahn, Karen Parsons.
Guests: Janet Wells, Mel Sinex
I.. Call •to Order and Approval of Minutes '
A. President Amstrong called the meeting to order and asked for the approval of the minutes. Mike
_ Stevens moved, and Earl Hagen'seconded, that the'minutes be approved as corrected. CORRECTIONS: 2a) 3rd
sentence, add the word `to" after the word: "attention"; 3a ) ls' sentence--change "him" to "lier"; 3e) Soroptimist is
. spelled wrong; Sa) 5th'sentence, change the word "to" to "witli" and add after the word: "tours". MOTION
' CARRIED
B. We welcomed our volunteer extrordinaire, ]anet Wells, to the meeting. Janet is a gal who was out on a
stroll with her.hubby, when they innocently stopped into see what the museum was all about. She got trained and
got hooked! rlnd the rest they say is history! She is now a valuable addition to the museum volunteer family.
U. Chair Report
A. President Armstrong informed us of a meeting date change for die June meeting. It will now be one
week earlier on June 12'". • . B. She also talked about some ofthe upcoming First Saturday events atthe museum, and how fun they
- are. She encouraged us to help promofe the events as much as we can.
C. She told us about attending an event with a nephew and fliey wanted us to know that he loved the
~ place! So.we have been kid tested and aunt approved! Doesn't ge[ much better than that!
Treasury and Committee Report
A.,Treasurer Osthus.went over her treasurer's report. The good news is that our revenues exceeded our
expenditures! Bud Kuhlman moved, and Nicole Kanvhite seconded, that the treasurer's report be approved as
; presented. ' NIOTION CARRIED
B. Corporate Sponsorship chair Dick Pickett told us about the work that his committee is doing. They have
met twice and deterniined that their goal is to bring focus and coordination to raising money For the museum.
' Funds raised will be used for: 1) Free Wednesdays ($4K), 2) Summer Program Series ($4K), Harvest Ball ($?K).
The committee has also prepared an explanation about what you'll get at what level, etc. They are also working on
a potential donors/givers lis[. Neict month they will bring the list to the meeting for the board to "massage".
- C. Membership chair Charles Natsuhara informed the;board that his committee had their first meeting and
. had come up with the goal tojincrease membershipiby 15%. He went over for the board the new levels of
membership in the brochure and deFined the benefits for each IeveL In the future they may consider doing a
coordinated membership drive to get the word out about the value of inembership For WRVM. . TheiCnext meeting
is in April.and they are open to input and ideas. cnteyo,.4o t+~^d !x^^P{;1 s w'~~ rcv; cwcd a,..d ~rm ved •
D. The Olson Farm update was given by Mike Stevens. He in£ormed the board that an building lease
' addendum was.created to the agreement that we currently have with the city of Aubum regarding Qlson Farm. The
^ purpose of this addendum is toiprovide an economical, private sector way to renovate and restore the buildings
while keeping them in City ownership. A draft of that addendum was shared with the board for review and
coinment. The document has been given to the city attomey and'Uie director of P2rks & Rec for their input as well.
Concems given by the board were: questions about insurance coverage, and the possibility for the need for funds to
be allotted by the city and given to the museum for the management of the project wijl be incorporated into the
dooument, and will be biought back to the board at the,April meeting £or a Final vote. It then gets presented to the
~ city council for the final approval and implementation. Olson Farm will be a work in progress for a number of
years to come: We need $1.8 millioq dollars to complete the project and we have $200K to work with presently.
We will be woiking to just do maintenaiice and.prevention now and then work to raise the remaining fimds as we
go.
E. Marissa Aimstrong shared some recent acticles she clipped from local papers regara~~ museum.
- Looks like we, aze getting some good PR and if nice to have them collected.
V. StaffReport
A. Karen Parsons and Director COSgrove presented a well-researched draft of a proposed facility use policy-S=~--
piece. The board once again had some valuable input and the wmments will be incorporated into the piece and
brought backto us for another look atthe April board meeting.
B. Patricialet us know that we received a King County Facilities Grant for $18 K. We will use the money .
to purchase a compactor library storage unit with the funds. She also said that the next seven weeks is a major
grant cycle and that wilI be her primary focus For awhile.
VI. Adjournment .
. President Armstrong adjoumed the meeting at 2:35p.m. The next meeting will be held on April 17th, from
1:30- 2:30 p.m., in the MUCKLESHOOT ROOM at the museum:
RespecrfuRysuvniirteabY: Debbie Maguire
Date: Ivlarch 24 2002
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