Monroe County History Center

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Standing Committees
 

Personnel
Determines staffing needs, hires staff, reviews staff performance, sets staff compensation

Meets on first Monday of month

Damon Sims, Chair
Gayle Cook (Advisory)
Liz Knapp
Glenda Murray
Dave Musgrave
Laura Newton
Janice Partenheimer
Steve Rolfe
Marilyn Skirvin
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

 

Collections and Exhibits
Works with staff to maintain the collections (including accepting artifacts and approving exhibits) and to prepare exhibits

Meets every Monday 10am

Liz Knapp, Volunteer Curator of Collections, Co-Chair
Allison Lendman, Volunteer Curator of Exhibits, Co-Chair
Sue Bowman
Loretta Condra (Advisory)
Gayle Cook
Mary Lee Deckard
Kathy McFall
Janice Partenheimer
Sue Shelden
Jamee Wissink
Erica Kendall, Collections Assistant
 

Library, Archives & Publications
Operates the genealogy and historical library, collects primary and secondary source material, and produces finding aids and histories from the materials

Meets 2nd Monday 10-12am

Liz Knapp, Library Director
Sarah Clevenger
Loretta Condra
Lee Ehman
Julian Livingston
Lou Malcomb
Janice Partenheimer
Randi Richardson
Jill Lesh, Managing Director
 

Buildings and Grounds
Works with director to maintain the building and grounds

Meets Wednesday 4pm on day before monthly Board meeting

Deanna Bassett, Co-Chair
Judy McClary, Co-Chair
Gayle Cook
Mary Lee Deckard
Allison Lendman
Kathy McFall
Steve Rolfe
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

Nominating Committee
Appointed by the President at least two months before the Annual Meeting to prepare a slate of officers and board members for that meeting

Rachel McCarty, Chair
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

Ad Hoc Committees
 

Annual Event Fundraisers
June Garage Sale & February Auction

Meets Mondays at 10 with C&E Committee

Auction

Gayle Cook (Advisory)
Mary Lee Deckard
Allison Lendman
Susan Lyons
Janice Partenheimer
Claude Rice
Dot Spore
Jamee Wissink

Garage Sale
Gayle Cook
Allison Lendman
Susan Lyons

November Event

4th Fundraiser
 

Cemetery
Works to locate and preserve local cemeteries

Meets as funds are available

Lou Malcomb, Chair
Ron Baldwin
Amy Cornell
Jim Dawson
Dave Foster
Ann Hyde
Allison Lendman
Dennis Ludwig
Dara May
Steve Rolfe
Herman Young

Finance
Works with director to plan the budget, reviews income and expenses regularly, and makes investment recommendations to the board

David Musgrave, Chair
Lee Ehman
Wenona Freeman
Phil Hathaway
Rachel Peden McCarty
Glenda Murray
Robert Ralston
Damon Sims
Jill Lesh, Managing Director
 

Membership
Works with staff to recruit new members and renew current members

Meets Friday after monthly Board meeting

Jackie Gilkey
Lou Malcomb
Steve Rolfe
Dot Spore
Lisa Simmons, Staff

Special Events (fundraising)
Coordinates activities including holiday and other fundraisers as well as added special events with the purpose to increase history center attendance

Janice Partenheimer, Co-Chair
Sue Shelden, Co-Chair
Allison Lendman
Jamee Wissink
Lisa Simmons,
Coordinator for Education, Volunteers, & Membership

Founders Endowment
Prepares for and coordinates the endowment campaign. The income is used for operating expenses

Meets monthly as needed

Rachel Peden McCarty, Chair
Susan Lyons
Glenda Murray
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

Active Policy Document
Reviews, edits and updates the APD

Laura Newton, Chair
Julian Livingston
Glenda Murray
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

Long Range Planning
Develops a plan for future directions and initiatives at the History Center

Glenda Murray, Chair
Tosha Daugherty
Marilyn Skirvin
Jill Lesh, Managing Director

Volunteers

Unfilled, Chair
Lisa Simmons, Staff

Advertising/PR Task Force
(Short Term)

Glenda Murray, Chair
Dax Collins
Tosha Daugherty
Jill Lesh, Managing Director
 

Grants

Laura Newton, Chair
Glenda Murray
Damon Sims
Jill Lesh, Managing Director
 

Third Thursdays

Unfilled, Chair
Dax Collins
Lisa Simmons, Staff

 

History of Historical Society
(Project for the Year)

Unfilled, Chair
 

Technology

Lee Ehman, Chair
Dax Collins
Gerald Marker
 

Monroe County Historian
Rachel Peden McCarthy

Monroe County Genealogist
Randi Richardson

History of Historical Society (project for 2007-2008)

 

 
 

 

 

Last updated April 02, 2008