06 12 2008 History Minutes
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Attendance: aruce Wiggins, Margaret Prewer, and Sheila Kirkland
Regrets: Allan Howard and Geoffrey Booth
Absent: Jadeen Henderson
Minutes of previous meeting accepted as written. Moved by Margaret and seconded by Bruce.
Old Business
• Copies of the submission repart far the Oro African Church National Historic Site were
distributed to each member as areference/template for designating historic places.
• Ground radar: Margaret has contacted the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
about their program and having their students do the ground radar as part of their studies. She
has not had a reply as yet and will follow-up next week.
• African church repairs: Don Robinson still has not submitted his quote. Bruce will follow-up.
+ Heritage Conservation workshop: Margaret attending and possibly Allan.
• Facility storage requirements-report will include all of the fallowing.
1. Make up an inventory of what is stored {i) in our homes, {iij at the Old Town hall-Bruce wiH do,
(iii} at Guthrie arena-Sheila will do, (iv) at the Administration Office-Margaret will do, and (v)
Robinson homestead-is stored as a video inventory by Mary Robinson.
2. List articles we have turned away because of storage issues
3. List of lasing valuable artifacts with flooding of Old Town Half.
4. Concerns of liability with us storing items in our homes.
5. Storage space with environmental controls and monitoring, plus security.
6. Public access, especially to schoolchildren, is limited or non-existent.
7. Everyone to report his ar her lists at the July meeting far inclusion in final repart.
New Business
• Article in North Simcoe Community News re: missing book or pictures that someone
from the old history committee {sub-committee?) borrowed. Sheila will write a note
seeking clarification.
Correspondence
• Email re: Gratrix family-Margaret will respond
• Email re: Willow Creek Motel aka Hidden Valley Inn from inquiry by Margaret. Geoffrey
responded with information.
• Email re: Red Cross request to have the Oro charter document returned to them.
Margaret will send them a colour copy, as this original dating to the 1940's is part of Oro
history and as such will continue to be displayed at the Old Town Hali.
Next meeting is July 2, 2008 at the Administration Office at 6pm.
Recorded by Sheila Kirkland, secretary