Board Meeting Minutes
LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Saturday, April 10, 2010 1:00pm Nice Clubhouse, 3000 Lakeshore Blvd, Nice 707-274-8323 HYPERLINK “http://www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net” www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net Meeting was brought to order at 1:05pm by President, Randy Ridgel. Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs present: Randy Ridgel, Jackie Ridgel, Vi Smoley, Kevin Engle, Ruby Glebe, Bonnie Skee, Michael Anderson, Patricia Wilson, Nick Vogetly and Mildred Pickersgill. Bonnie led the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes of the Feb 13th meeting were accepted with one correction. Kim Clymire’s name was misspelled. Kevin made a motion to have a copy of the proposed agenda sent 1 week before the board meetings. Jackie seconded and the motion carried. Randy will forward the agenda to Bonnie and she will send it with the minutes. Audit: Mildred and Tony Marchese will get the 2008-2009 audit done by the end of April. Membership Update: Nick Vogetly is our new membership chair. Randy would like to have Nick be a voting member. Bonnie motioned to allow Nick to be a voting board member, Patricia seconded and the motioned carried. Randy will propose to change the bylaws at the upcoming General Meeting. Randy also advised that the districts will remain the same. Nick passed out membership chair duties and discussed emailing Pomo’s to those that agree to receive them that way. Nick will bring it up for discussion at the General Membership Meeting. Kevin wanted to go on record that he disagrees with the board’s decision to no longer offer lifetime memberships. Upper Lake Clubhouse: Kevin advised that the Gladys Brayer collection will be moved. It appears the Historical Society will be moving out of the Upper Lake Clubhouse. Nice Clubhouse: Jean has purchased a shed to be erected on site to store our books. Jean hired Mr Fixit to repair the sink however there are still a couple of leaks that need to be fixed. A new manager for the clubhouse is needed. Kevin advised that Mike Weeden has stepped down. We also still need someone to catalog items that we have stored in various locations. Randy will ask for volunteers at the upcoming meeting April 25th at The Lodge at Blue Lakes. We are also looking for an events chairperson. Books: Book sales for March were $235.07 and April $286.69. Ely Stage Update: We have been informed that the remaining items belonging to the Historical Society that are stored at the fairgrounds need to be moved within 2 months. Greg had a meeting with Ted Kirby April 8th about the drawings for the first barn. Upcoming events: The Lake County Fair will be Sept 2nd through Sept 5th and we plan to partner again with the Historical Network. The theme for 2010 is “Fun for the whole herd”. May 29th & May 30th we are having a yard sale at the Nice Clubhouse. Anyone interested in participating should contact Jean Beeson at 263-1372. Bonnie gave information on the cost of a dumpster however Randy feels the County of Lake will be open to bringing the dumpster back. Randy will check on that for us. Wild West Day in Upper Lake will be June 5th. Patricia will be there all day and she will need volunteers for 2 hour shifts. Herndon Cemetary: Kevin reported that the County took over the cemetery in 2004 with the understanding that they would arrange for mowing the grass and weeds. Kevin said that has only been done 1 time in five years. He is planning to approach the Board of Supervisors. Meeting adjourned at 3:00pm Respectfully submitted, Bonnie Skee Secretary * * * * LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY General Membership Meeting The Lodge at Blue Lakes April 25, 2010 President, Randy Ridgel opened a discussion to change the bylaws to include the Membership Chair as a voting member of the Board of Directors. Bonnie Skee made a motion to that effect, Pat Vulgaris seconded and the motion carried. Bill & Pat Vulgaris also volunteered to be inventory chairs for our historical items. A.J. Baxter volunteered to manage the Nice Clubhouse. We had a very nice meeting with a huge crowd. Respectfully submitted, Bonnie Skee Secretary
