Oro Valley Historical Society

Minutes

Second General Membership Meeting

October 18, 2005,  6:30 PM,  Sunshine School

 

 

Agenda:

  1. Welcome and sign in.  Meeting called to order at 6:35 by President Kriegh. Members indicate availability of phone and email address on sign-in sheet.

 

  1. Minutes of Meeting 1.  General procedure will be that the Board will review and approve the minutes of each general membership meeting and they will then be posted on the Society’s website.  Motion made by Lyra, second by Georgia. Unanimous approval.

 

  1. Financial and membership report provided by Secretary/Treasurer Pat Spoerl ($4,850.00 in account and 36 members).  Brief discussion of potential future need for additional membership categories and identification and recognition of corporate sponsors.

 

  1. Recognition of Canada del Oro High School student, Emily Graves, as the Oro Valley Optimist Club Student of the Month by Lyra Done.

 

  1. Newsletter II.  Jim Kriegh provided update of Pima County Board of Supervisors’ approval to transfer Bond funds from the Naranja property to the Steam Pump Ranch property.

 

  1. Honey Bee Village update provided by Jim Kriegh and Pat Spoerl.  Land owner, Steve Soloman, has donated the 13acre core area of the archaeological site to Pima County.  The County is soliciting proposals for archaeological excavations in the peripheral area of the site.

 

  1. Arts in the Park October 29th and 30th.  Vice President Dick Eggerding provided information about the booth (No. 96) and need for volunteers.  Sign-up sheet distributed.  Discussion of items to display at the booth and need for a banner.  Lyra Done offered a $50.00 gift certificate to Metropolitan Grill through a raffle at the booth.

 

  1. OVHS Logo.  The logo committee (Joyce Rychener and Judith James) presented two designs developed for the Society:   a circular symbol reminiscent of a 17th century Spanish symbol for gold and a line drawing of the steam pump at the Arizona Historical Society.  Motion by Lyra to select the gold icon and font for Society name (Garamond) and limit color to three:  gold for printed items and wherever affordable, black when necessary, and sepia depending upon materials. Second by George.  Unanimous approval.  Dick agreed to be responsible for having banner made for the Arts in the Park and other activities.

 

                               new logo    

 

  1. OVHS Web Site update by Joe. Web site looks great and will continue to be modified to best fit the needs of the Society. Joe offered to revise the OVHS brochure and have for review at the next meeting.

 

  1. George Pusch Historic Documents.  Jim provided update that the collection now belongs to the Society since the Deed of Gift was signed by Henry Zipf.  Jim reviewed cataloging suggestions with staff at the Arizona Historical Society.  Discussion of Past Perfect program.  Joe moved that the Society order the Software prior to receiving the Mobil matching contribution (with the barcode package – available at a reduced rate since the OVHS joined the American Association for State and Local History).  Lyra second.  Unanimous approval.

 

  1. New and Old Business.  Report on ideas for fundraising prepared by Judith and Barbara Marriott.  Many excellent ideas.

 

  1. Next Meeting Date set for Thursday December 1st at 6:30.

 

  1. Meeting adjourned at 8:30.