President’s
Notes:
Calendar of Events: May 2022
Business
Meeting
The monthly meeting will be held Saturday May 7, 2022 in the
Westenfield Room at 10:00 am.
Open
House
The public Open house is Sunday May 1, 2022 from
2 - 5 pm.
The last tour begins at 4:00 pm and ends at 5:00 pm.
Newsletter:
The Society will gladly publish
stories of the accomplishments of current or former residents
of Niles. Contact: Anna Marie Beagle 330.719.5716
or ambgeb@aol.com
Update on the Ward-Thomas
property:
The Westenfield Room, the old carriage house, which serves
as a meeting space has been renovated and is now open again.
The improvements include: proper insulation, painting, flooring
and temperature – humidity control.
Advisory Committee sought:
It is necessary to form a committee to determine the direction
to take with the monies in the New Building Fund account that
was begun in 2011. The Society requires an improved space
for education, research and storage of the collection. At
this time there is not adequate space or temperature and humidity
control to accept any more physical donations.
There is a proposed rendition
for a facility that would be expensive to build and maintain.
The amount of money in this fund is not adequate to cover
the expense of this lofty plan. The Board of the Society seeks
input from members on how to best use the building fund monies
to provide an improved space.
I implore members to weigh in
on this discussion. Average attendance at meetings is approximately
ten members who should not be making this enormous decision
for an organization with over three hundred members.
Please contact Anna Marie Beagle at 330-719-5716 or ambgeb@aol.com
for further discussion.
Thank you, Anna Marie Beagle,
President.