Fisher House Board

05/05/04

Attending: Jim Fisher, Carol Byberg, Badge Jessup, Amey dodge, Gary Vencil, Deal Salisbury, Patty dietjen, Bob Slaven

Opening Reception- Bob Slaven

· Raised $400 for the ceremony - donors will be recognized on the invitation and at the ceremony

· The invitation is virtually ready

· Invitees - those receiving the newsletter

· Trustees and directors of the local historical societies

· Selected group taken from the historical societies, yacht club and Blue Hill Congregational Church

· This should result in a significant increase in membership and participants. 

· Same group can be invited to Ship model exhibit, annual meeting and annual campaign

RSVPs will be included

Timeline

· invitations sent by first week in June

· Event takes place on June 27th

· Badge will coordinate board members to attend and staff the rooms.

· No solicitations, but accept voluntary contributions

· Not pushing sales in the store

· We can give away some post cards

· Wine, punch. nibbles.

· Spoke with Josh Terrence

· Carol's article will appear in the newsletter - she read it to the board EDITS - Change Rev. to Parson

· Question about Gary Vencil (who just arrived) whether he might do an interpretation.  There will be a new installation of a Congregational Minister that day.

· Gary Vencil

Downeast Magazine - August 15 (?) Address

Fisher House will participate - ,

Gary has an outfit that he can leave here for events.-

Jim may dress up.

Maintenance

· need to look into whether the alarm is calling 911 -it should not

· lawn - need to delegate mowing decisions to someone

· might mow paths rather than fields

· Linda Elder should be called about

· Bill will contact scouts about whether they would do a clean-up with supervision.

archive room

· thermostat on the existing air conditioner may be bad.

· Jim will look at it

Badge

· will contact a cleaning person about the house (Lisa)

the couple that clean the church might also be contacted

Management

· Jonathan Ashcroft has not responded to our invitation to work this summer.

· We will need to negotiate what kinds of jobs he will want to do

· Bill is concerned about combining the roles of manager and interpretive guide.

The Holt House will be open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

We discussed whether we will open six days.

Bill moved that the house be open Monday - Saturday - motion passed.

Need to decide how many people need to be here at one time.

Tuesday is suspended until the fall.

Bob Slave would like to join in the fall.  Gary may be involved too.

Hiring interpreters:

Salary - Interpreters - $9.00

Manager - $12?

The Godfrey Family gave a $5,000 contribution to the Fisher House

Badge will send a thank you note to the Godfrey Family.

Paragraph in the Newsletter - thanking the Sophia Godfrey and her family.

Jim Described the Fisher Walk - $4,000 was raise

Rob delivered a sermon about the walk

Treasures report -

$300 in Lillian’s Name

Other contributions

$5,000 was contributed by Sophia Godfrey

Nominations

· Younger people?

· Penny Wicker

Bill Petry -

Stock Certificates and the deed for the house are in the safe deposit box.

Bill Petry -

will contact Bill Kimmel - a specialist in Shaker furniture

The accession card will be located

Red squirrels, bats and hornets are infesting various parts of the house.

The rugs - Amey, Carol and Bill will consider what to do with the rugs.  Some will go to the Holt