The October 9, 2006 meeting of the Haralson County Historical Society was 
called to order by President Karen Higgins, who was on speaker phone.  The following 
ten people were present:

		John Norton
		Mary Jarrell
		Helen Higgins
		Jana Gentry	
		Jeri Ezell
		Peggy Kimball
		Terrell McBrayer
		Stephanie Jarrell
		Clovis Momon
		Ron Feigenblatt

	The minutes from the September 11, 2006 meeting were read and accepted as 
corrected.  The correction was that the grant John Norton had applied for from the West 
Georgia Foundation was for $16,200.00, not for $17,000.00. 

	Jana gave the Treasurer's report: Our balance, with several deposits ready to go 
into the bank, was $10,017.42.  We discussed the debit card that we voted on last month, 
and the fact that the bank will only issue a debit card to one person.  After some 
deliberation there was a motion and second, with a unanimous vote,  that Karen Higgins, 
who is the president of the Historical Society and who's name is already on the bank 
account, should have her name put on a debit card with a $500.00 limit, to make 
purchases on behalf of the Historical Society.

	Because of recent vandalism we have decided to put deadbolts on all necessary 
doors to secure the upstairs.  During events we will give guided and supervised tours 
only.  

	Wade House:  Terrell tells us they have raised $7,960.00 in cash with another 
$3,600.00 in pledges.  They want to bring in enough of those pledges to put down a 
$10,000.00 cash payment.  They are expecting to receive the $50,000.00 in grant money 
any day, and will be closing as soon as possible afterwards.      

	We discussed the Speaker Bureau of the Georgia Historical Society and which 
speaker we would like to invite to lecture here.  We decided on Stan Deaton-"Now More 
Than Ever:  Why History Still Matters." Maybe in February or March he will be 
available.

	We have a new website thanks to Ron.  It looks great and anyone who hasn't 
checked it out needs to go to it and see how wonderful it is.

	Karen has been asked to join the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce.

	Stephanie has been asked to chair the Historic Preservation Committee for 
Buchanan.

	Membership: once again we are discussing what we can do about it.  We have to 
do something to get more members in.

	Mission Statement: Ours is outdated.  We all need to sit down and think about 
what our new Mission Statement should say.  What are our goals? What is our purpose?  
What do we want to be known for?  Etc. We will discuss this again next month.

	We discussed plans for the Pumpkin Caper.  Still trying to find out who will cover 
the costume contest.  We will have story telling, games, trick-or-treating, lots of food and 
drinks.  

	Plans for the Festival of Trees :  Santa at 11:00, Greg will take pictures, BES 
chorus, possibly the Cricket chorus, Michelle's School of Dance, give away hot drinks, 
have a bake sale. Possibly have a monetary prize for "Peoples Choice" winner? Need to 
get more organizations involved, get more trees entered.

	Karen's co-worker's church is selling their folding chairs for $2.00 each.
The motion was made and seconded with a unanimous vote to purchase 20 of them.

	Karen spoke with Kim Fitzgerald (the Community Voice with WLBB).  She said 
once we have all the details on the Pumpkin Caper and The Festival of Trees to call her 
and she will have Karen on her program.

	The University of West Georgia is sponsoring an Economic Forecast Breakfast 
for the "United States, State of Georgia, and West Georgia Region" on Thursday, 
November 9, 2006 from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. The motion was made and seconded with a 
unanimous vote to send in the paperwork to reserve a table to share with the Friends of 
the Library and split the cost with them.

	Roy Black is re-modeling the vault.  He comes in often before anyone else gets 
here and stays after everyone else is gone.  The motion was made and seconded, with a 
unanimous vote, to give him the key pad combination # so he can let himself in.

	The Georgia Humanities Council is looking for community organizations 
(including museums, libraries and historical societies) to host "Key Ingredients:  America 
By Food" when it circulates to Georgia during 2008-2009.  We are going to find out  
whether we would qualify to host this exhibit.

	There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

	Minutes by Secretary Jeri Ezell.