SUGGESTED FEBRUARY 2007 PRE-MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA

(Author: Terrell McBrayer, communicated by e-mail of Thu, 8 Feb 2007 
23:03:25 -0500 to haralsonhistory@yahoo.com - transcribed here by RF)

Karen, could you and other officers meet at 6 pm, Mon?

1. The samples for the roof slate have finally come; I will be checking 
with the roofer soon on number needed.

2. The boxes from the DA are being moved to the Blue Room where I have 
had room secured. I will give priority to moving the rest of these boxes 
and thereby take some pressure off Jana. Good progress has been made in 
the archives. I went through the boxes left for sorting out, and will 
help finish this soon.

3. I am greatly concerned about the apparent sudden drop in the 
inventory of history reprints. I have not used all of the 30 copies of 
this reprint that I paid for. Maybe we should check the record of those 
sold and ask if anyone has placed any in any part of the building.

4. The LITTLE CREEK SCHOOL HOUSE project will proceed according to 
previous action of the Historical Society, with the distinct 
understanding as outlined in the approval, that the group will be 
totally responsible with a separate board of trustees similar to the 
SANFORD-WADE HOUSE. We will have separate liability coverage, with the 
HS assuming no legal liability; the main difference from the time the HS 
approved the arrangement in now one of added leadership, included 
myself, and some of the trustees of the SWH will cross over to help with 
this project also. We have a year to relocate the school house, and I 
will keep you informed. This will be a great addition to our cluster 
around the HISTORIC COURT HOUSE AND AND THE SANFORD-WADE HOUSE.

5. I will be checking soon on the needed repairs and hardware for the 
upstairs doors.

Terrell 

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SUGGESTED FEBRUARY 2007 MEETING AGENDA

(Author: Ron Feigenblatt, suggested at 
http://hchistory.wikispaces.com/agenda Feb 9, 2007 2:15 pm)

Call to Order

Secretary's report
Treasurer's report
Building reports

Old Business:

1. Adopt John's mission statement?
2. Schedule "recon" mission for Smithsonian Exhibit
3. Clean Up Day
4. Leadership Haralson student now attending?

New Business:

1. Vote to abolish dues OR enforce them: under 1% of budget.

2. Authorize new telephone account provider.

3. Ron submits History Book technology budget.

4. Review WLBB episode.

5. History Book 2008
* Introduce new editor, Lisa Tamasi, who presents project roadmap. 
* Buy "Booksurge" (& other?) PoD sample book(s) to evaluate quality. 
* Discuss source-material-gathering publicity ideas. 
* Discuss bundling two-episode "Buchanan On Parade" plus 
Mark James KIA in Vietnam materials with History Book. 
* Arrange legal help for model/media release forms. 
Suggestion: use Web-located boilerplate & get professional criticism. 
* Arrange training of people to scan photographs, 
record audio depositions, et cetera. Publish book, CD and online. 
* Arrange Wiki "training" session for would-be writers. 
(About 5-15 minutes for people who can access Web pages.) 

6. Black History Month - online Oxford encyclopaedia trial

7. Discuss Bylaws amendment about chattel "donations":
"The Society will assume ownership of chattel goods as 'historic
artifacts' only upon a majority vote of the membership. Additionally,
the Seller must execute a written notarized sales contract in which
the Society tenders the valuable consideration of US$1 as the sales
price. To document the transaction, the contract will contain a
detailed description of the chattel sold and include at least one
photograph of same. Further, the Society will never agree to opine
or confirm in the sales contract that the market value of such
chattel exceeds $1, nor will it agree to any specific conditions
regarding the future disposition of the goods. Finally, the Seller
must always agree to indemnify the Society against defective title
to the chattel sold, to the extent that the Seller will pay the
Society no less than US$100 without proven valuation of any kind
(and upon insistence of the Society, a greater market value of the
goods transferred which they held at the time of transfer) in the
event the sale is voided by legal action and the Society is deprived
of the goods in consequence."