PRELIMINARY until voted on at December 9, 2008,
meeting
Minutes of the Stratham
Heritage Commission
Hearing Room,
OPENING:
Members
present: Becky Mitchell, chair, Nancy Hansen,
treasurer; secretary pro tem/alternate
member, Beverly Connolly; Selectmen’s Rep, Dave Canada; alternate, Flossy Wiggin.
Meeting: Opened at
Minutes: October 14
meeting minutes, written by Beverly Connolly, were accepted.
Treasury Report:
None. Nancy Hansen gave a report on an upcoming expense of $125 for 5 bricks in
2009
Budget Planning: Becky and Nancy will meet to
discuss preliminary plans for the 2009 budget. A vote on the commission’s budget
presentation to the town’s Budget Committee will take place at the December
meeting. Some future expenses are a battery for the laptop computer and
training by Lynne Monroe for commission members and others interested in
helping with the survey of historical resources. It is anticipated that
commission members then will be able to train other individuals for the survey.
BUSINESS:
Survey of
Historical Resources: Debbie
Long gave a database demonstration for commission members. The database
conforms to that of NHDHR. Becky, Nancy and Bev had a previous demonstration
earlier in the month. Deb is making several minor changes to the program.
Veteran's
Registry: Nancy
and Bev are continuing to look into software that is Excel compatible for
inputting the Veterans’ Registry data.
Resignation of Sara Kellner:
Becky read a letter of resignation from Sara. The
original copy was sent to the board of selectmen.
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