Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Minutes of Past Meetings
Minutes
July 26, 1991
Attending: Helen Bechdel (President), Joan Blasko (Arts
Coordinator), Joanne Tosti-Vasey (Secretary), Joe Vasey, Nancy Perkins, Rob Gannon, Melady
Kehm (Vice-president), Dave Trost, Sarah Trost, Romayne Naylor, Peter Schneeman, and Rosie the
Dog.
The meeting was called to
order at the Trost's home by Melady Kehm at 8:00 p.m.--
a meeting that almost started "on time."
There were no corrections to
the minutes. The only comment regarding the minutes was that the fanfold paper
is "nice."
The Treasurer's Report was delivered to Joanne
and Joe on September 8 for July. Note that the June balances from the June
minutes did NOT match the June balances given to us by Judith Schardt. However
if the heading of "Previous" and "Current" were switched on
the report that was given to us,
______________________________________
Treasurer's
Report
|
Accounts: |
Current |
Previous |
|
|
(7/31) |
(6/7) |
|
C.D. |
$3,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
|
Savings |
6,100.14 |
7,768.79 |
|
Checking |
745.31 |
672.59 |
|
|
$9,845.45 |
$11,441.38 |
|
Income:
Summer Sounds |
501.35 |
|
|
CDT |
100.00 |
|
|
|
$601.35 |
|
|
Expenses:
Arts Coordinator |
264.00 |
|
|
(June)
Gamble Mill - printing |
112.30 |
|
|
Summer
Sounds |
709.83 |
|
|
Post
Office Box (oper- |
17.50 |
|
|
ating
expense)
Special Project
Publicity |
93.65 |
|
|
Pheeron Aklaff |
500.00 |
|
|
Scott
Robinson |
500.00 |
|
|
|
$2,197.28
|
|
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Joan Blasko then gave her Arts Coordinator report:
•
There will be a new exhibit
at the Gamble Mill starting on August 23. The opening is September 5 (oops! you
missed it since I'm typing this on September 8). Joan is trying to get
information and pictures on the artists and there work so that they can be
submitted to the Keystone Gazette for an article.
•
The Jury Committee for the
Mill will meet at the end of August to consider exhibits for the next 6 months.
New members are needed for this committee; call Joan if you're interested, even
though you missed your chance for saying something about the next 6 months.
•
A hanging system has finally
been found that looks promising. The Mill is happy with it. It now needs to be
installed.
•
Lee Melandor has finished the
play regarding the history of theater in Bellefonte. It will be presented
during the Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Festival at the Garman Opera House on
August 16 (7 p.m) and August 17 (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.). Joan needed help with
chair set up and take down, lighting, and ushers; a piano was also needed.
Anyone who helped was supposed to have called Helen or Joan. Tickets are/were
free. A wine and cheese party has been scheduled for Lee Melander on August 16
at Candy Dannaker's house.
Short interlude to play ball
off the deck with Rosie.
•
Related to the Garman Opera
House production, Pat Casher wants to meet with Joan and Peter regarding
wiring, crews, setup, insurance, etc. Lee Melander is producer but isn't in
Bellefonte right now to take care of these arrangements. Helen (who finally
arrived) wondered if BHCA should commit to these things without Lee's presence.
Dave Trost then gave the Summer Sounds report. Things
look like they're going pretty well. The Earth Tones backed out the week of their show
(money, equipment), but Dave and Melady were able to get Jerry Zolton and Diane
McDaniel as a replacement doing Gospel music. Money-wise, Dave said that things
look like they're breaking even, or maybe, or a little better. However, the
Treasurer's Report shows a $208.98 deficit. Since Summer Sounds was not completed by this meeting, these numbers will
change and Dave may have his prediction proven.
According to Peter Schneeman, the Local Government
Grants Review Committee will (did?) meet the following Tuesday to
make decisions. There
were
not very many applicants. Joyce Hagan is replacing Joan Blasko. The
monies for these grants are filtered through the Borough by the PA
Council of the Arts.
Joan then returned to the topic of
finances. She expressed a desire for a more formal budget procedure,
so that expenses, grant requests, etc. could be better planned. Melady raised
True Fisher's concern (in her absence, of course!) that this might limit our
flexibility. Projected budgets would probably be needed before the end of the
year so that an overall projected budget would be in place at the beginning of
the year. Nancy Perkins and Sarah Trost both pointed out that the more
businesslike a group is the better the chances of being funded. Therefore a
budget committee was formed to develop budget guidelines. This committee
consists of Nancy, Sarah, and Judith. Dave motioned that committee budget for 1992 be submitted to Joan Blasko by November 15, 1991. This was
seconded and approved.
Joan then brought up a
concern about publicity. Arts, in general, are not well covered in the local
print media. Romayne Naylor pointed out the what gets
used and how depends on available space which, in turn, depends on advertising,
which ultimately determines the size of the paper. Nothing resolved.
A call for committee members was then made. The
following was decided:
•
Nominating Committee -- Helen
Bechdel, Melady Kehm, and, possible True Fisher
• Gamble Mill Gallery Committee -- Susan
Gephardt, Joyce Hagan, Sonja Somebody, the Ruby's (new people on Howard
Street), Sarah Trost, and Romayne Naylor. More people are still needed.
•
Fund-Raising Campaign and
Letter Writing Committee -- Helen will ask Kevin Burke to head it. I guess he's
a sole member committee, since no one else's name was mentioned. Anyone else willing to help him out?
·
Plaques
- Currently only Rob Gannon. This committee needs to be
discussed at the next meeting. A new
head and members are needed.
Final discussion then turned
to social and hospitality items. Jean Gleason from the
The next meeting is scheduled
for September 13 at the Burke's at 7:30 p.m. which, I guess, actually means
sometime between 8 and 8:30 p.m.
The meeting was then adjourned. Rosie then took
center stage, which she had been trying to get since the meeting started. A
wet, sloppy tennis ball made for one happy dog!
JUST A REMINDER!
The next BHCA meeting will be
held on Friday, September 13, 1991
Place: Kevin and Carol Burke's,
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Please come!