Board Meeting – July 12, 2006

President Craig Lahm called the meeting of KAHS to order at 6:30 PM on Wednesday July 12, 2006.

Board members in attendance, Julie Coenen, Craig Lahm, Jim Severson, Carol Van Boxtel, and Rebecca Welhouse.

Motion by Julie Coenen, second by Jim Severson to accept the May 10 and June 14 Board minutes and May 17 KAHS minutes with the spelling correction of Coonen to Coenen on May 17 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

Craig Lahm reported that the tax- exempt status for the Society is still on hold.

Carol Van Boxtel stated that as of July 7 KAHS has a checking account balance of $803. There are currently 45 single memberships at $12 and 17 family memberships at $20 for a total of $880 and miscellaneous income of $11. Expenses were postage of $78 and FOCAL for $10 to pay for our domain site.

Craig Lahm applied for a sellers permit for the Society. Cost is $30. This allows the Society to sell books and other items on the web site. Craig made a motion to provide a 30% discount for paid members. Motion second by Julie Coenen. Motion carried unanimously.

Craig Lahm reported that the blacksmith, David Day, will conduct a workshop Saturday, August 5 from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM on The Basics of Blacksmithing. Cost is $30, which includes lunch. Workshop is limited to eight participants. KAHS will coordinate the publicity.

Julie Coenen reported that the Storytelling Program still has a list of interested persons to interview. She has interviewed Mr. & Mrs. King. Several Society members are interested in helping. Currently have only one tape recorder. Motion made by Carol Van Boxtel, second by Jim Severson to purchase a second tape recorder. Motion carried unanimously.

Craig Lahm reported that he is developing a thank you letter, which will be sent out to all Storytelling participants within one month.

Jim Severson stated that he and Tom Duescher photographed the tombstones at Kelso Cemetery. Tom has downloaded the pictures onto the KAHS website. Union Cemetery is next. St. Mary’s and Holy Cross Cemeteries are almost complete. Not sure what form is needed to provide information for searching by name. Will ask Tom Duescher to report at next meeting.

Craig Lahm reported that Jerry Kroll has re-indexed the 1600 plus unidentified photo collection at the library. Many of the photos were identified by members and from the newsletter. Next step is to scan and enter additional boxes of identified photos into the library’s Past Perfect Museum computer program.

Carol Van Boxtel and Jim Severson reported that they have identified Kaukauna Streets not listed in the last Street update booklet. Jim will contact developers and document why the street names were picked. Carol is working on a historical list of names, which developers could use for future street names. Projected completion date is December.

Craig Lahm stated that Mrs. Kay Byrnes from Lakeland, MN, sent an old weather vane to the library. The vane originally was mounted on top of one of the railroad buildings years ago, when her husband, James, dad worked for the railroad in Kaukauna.

Jim Severson displayed a bucket of clay he gathered while canoeing on the Fox River across from Thilmany’s by the clay banks. He explained how the Indians camping on the south side of Kaukauna frequented this area to gather clay for making pottery. He demonstrated how pliable the clay molded. He molded a nice dish of chocolate ice cream.

Craig Lahm will contact a Professor of archeology for a future program on archeology diggings. The Board also recommended contacting Ron Vander Velden and Carl Johnson to present a program on local history.

Craig Lahm reported that the Haen Room is not available on the third Wednesday of the month for the KAHS meeting. Members prefer to meet at the St. Paul Home and recommended that Craig check if the first or second Wednesday is available and change the date of the general meeting. Craig will check into the availability of the Haen room at the St. Paul Home.

The next Board meeting will be August 9, 2006

Meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM.

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Carol Van Boxtel
Acting Recording Secretary