Warwick Historical Society Minutes
March 17, 2010

The Warwick Historical Society met at 7 p.m. on March 17, 2010 in the
basement of the Town Hall. There were 15 in attendance.

The business meeting was called to order by Larry Carey following a
slide show of lumbering activity in Warwick. The secretary's report was
accepted as read.

Treasurer Arline Lincoln reported a total of $15,131.15  in the
society's checking, savings, and CD accounts.  The 8 month and 18 month
CDs that matured a few days apart were consolidated into a 7-month CD
with a total of $12,320.24.   A motion was made and passed to accept the
Treasurer's report.  Larry pointed out that the funds in the CD's are
from gifts to the Society, mostly from Iverson.

NEW BUSINESS:
1.	Afghans: there are 25-30 left in stock, mostly burgundy, a few
blue, and no green. The afghan market seems to be saturated, and
discussion followed on how best to sell the remaining supply. .
2.	Membership: how many members in the WHS? Arline will determine
from who has paid dues. A motion was made and passed to increase the
membership fees beginning September 2010 as follows: couple - $15;
single - $10, lifetime - $100.  Suggestion made to print out card-stock
membership cards. Ed Lemon offered to do this.
3.	Note cards and brochures: discussion on advisability of producing
more historical society note cards, a popular item now depleted. A WHS
brochure would also be helpful in publicizing the Society and increasing
interest and membership.  It was suggested that Nancy Hickler might be
willing to provide information at the library what WHS items are
available for sale and information on who to contact for purchase.  Bev
Shepardson sgreed to speak with Nancy about this.
4.	Volunteers needed to continue and expand on archival cataloguing
project.  Can be done at the society building in warm weather, and also
on pc at home with items (photos, boxes of articles, etc.) taken home.
5.	Audio/video studio: Ed Lemon invited volunteers to use his
audio/video camera to interview long-time Warwick residents for an
audio/video archive project. Mike Carey then will record the tapes into
CD's, which Ed restores with software. This is an excellent way to amass
WCS records that can be preserved safely.
6.	Suggestions for increasing interest in WCS activities:  exchanges
with other historical societies;  publicizing the WCS section on the
town web page, contact Irmarie Jones of The Recorder for article on the
archival inventory project; calling and/or emailing members shortly
before quarterly meetings; keeping membership list up to date with email
and telephone information.  Members present provided contact
information, and list will be expanded at June meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm. Next meeting is June 16, 2010.

Respectfully submitted,
Martha Morse, Secretary