Island County Heritage Network - 2006 

--January 23, 2008--Meeting Minutes--click here

--March 2008--Meeting Minutes--click here

Rules of Operation

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Island County Heritage Network is to encourage and support individuals,
organizations and groups that collect and preserve the unique and vibrant history of Island County. 
Through partnering and sharing resources, members of the Island County Heritage Network will
work together to keep alive the dynamics of Island County history for present and future generations. 
This organization is non-partisan and apolitical.

Membership

Membership is open to individuals, organizations, and institutions associated with or actively involved
in the cultivation, preservation and conservation of Island County heritage and history.  New members
(individuals or organizations) will be admitted upon review and acceptance of their application by the
current members at the next scheduled Network meeting.  This is to assure compliance with the Mission
Statement.  Organizations and institutions will assign representatives to attend meetings and report back
to their groups.  The assigned representative for a group may change during the year.

 Dues

There are no dues.

Voting

Only Individuals and designated Representative of Organizations on file may vote.  Each individual and
assigned representative shall have one vote.  One person may represent several groups but will have only
one vote.  If necessary, voting by email will be accepted.

Meetings

Meetings will be held bimonthly starting with September, November, January, March, and May. 
There is no meeting during the summer months.

1.        Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10 am.

2.        The date and time of meetings hosted by an organization or institution at their facility
may be changed to fit the schedule of the hosting member.  The same applies to events
 involving speakers, etc. That may be changed to fit their schedule.

3.        The November meeting may be changed due to its proximity to Thanksgiving.

4.        Each meeting will contain a “Round Table Discussion” involving announcements of
programs, events, concerns, success and failures requesting creative assistance, etc.
provided by all members present.

5.        Meetings are open to the public.

Leadership

A Chairperson will plan handle the administrative duties, and run the meetings.

                Length of office: voting for a new chairperson will be held at the May meeting – if needed.

                Administrative duties and Responsibilities

1.        Send out press releases and meeting reminders to members.

2.        Maintain the master list of organizations and individuals.

3.        Plan for and schedule meetings for the year to be announced at the September meeting.

4.        Continually search for program ideas, speakers of interest, new places to visit.

A Support Committee of at least 2 people shall assist the chairperson in planning, program
development and administration of all program events.  Meetings will be held when and where
as determined by the chairperson.

Supporting Officers will be members who volunteer their services.

1.        Recording Secretary of the minutes

2.        ICHN Historian

3.        Keeper of the master computerized list of all individuals/organizations/institutions
in the county meeting the Mission Statement requirements.  The list will be available
for public use and will include general topics and fields of interest, various resources,
available, special collections, artifacts, etc.

4.        ICHN Contact Person: current Chairperson.

Special Rules

• No money will be collected.  Members will be encouraged to support each other’s programs and
  fundraising events.
• All communication will be handled by email or telephone.  Any USPO mail will be at the sender’s expense.
• Minutes of the meetings will contain a record of the information given during the Round Table
  Discussion along with the usual announcements, etc.
• ICHN is currently not associated with nor sponsored by any organization or institution.
• Having no place to call ‘home,’ our current addresses will be:

C/O  PBY Memorial Foundation
PO Box 941
Oak Harbor, WA

List of Island County Heritage Network - 2008

Representatives names are in bold type

Individual Members

ICHN information:

Administrative support:  Island County Historical Society Museum

Program Development:  Rick Castellano, Joy Iverson, Ruth Hancock, Gabrielle Thurman, Anita Burdette-Dragoo, Peggy Darst Townsdin

Recording of Minutes:  Gabrielle Thurman; Ruth Hancock

Recording Network history:  Sno-Isle Libraries – Becky Bolte

Mail address: C/O Island County Historical Society Museum, PO Box 305, Coupeville WA 98239

Web page:  ICHS Museum website, www.islandhistory.org

Sunnyside Cemetery, near Coupeville, on Whidbey Island is one of the oldest cemeteries in Washington State.  It dates to 1865 when the pioneer Winfield Ebey was buried.  Sunnyside is the home of most of Whidbey Island’s early pioneers.  It overlooks Ebey’s Prairie and Admiralty Inlet and is one of the most scenic areas on Whidbey Island.

MARCH 2008 MEETING

Greetings Networkers,

Attached are your minutes of the March meeting and the list of organizations/individuals.  Please check over the list to make sure that the information presented for your organization is up-to-date.  If changes are needed, contact me and/or Joe Walck. 

We have a new member – Amy Hannold who offers this introduction –

“Raised on Whidbey Island, I am currently the publicity coordinator for Mothers of Preschoolers and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Oak Harbor.  I help these organizations promote their existence and programs through the use of press releases, newsletters, website content and scrapbooks (ensuring our organizations continues into the future, while documenting those we have served today).  These two organizations and my own family which includes husband, daughter (4) and son (10) inspire me to be a make a difference in our communities.  I have a passion for connecting people to the organizations and resources which can improve their lives.”

Amy’s own website is listed in the list of organizations.

After hearing of our need for an experienced PR person, Amy has offered to take over that responsibility.  Not only will she handle our press releases, she will be there to help you and your group to make a stronger presence in the community. 

Next meeting:  Wednesday, May 28, 10 am.  Mark Preiss will talk about the 20^th anniversary celebration of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.  Rick Castellano is the program contact for this meeting

Thanks to Anita for handling the last-minute secretarial duties.

Joy Iverson

360-678-2907

For those that cannot open the Minutes attachment - - -
Island Heritage Network Minutes
March 18, 2008
Hayes Hall, Room 113, Oak Harbor, WA

Members Present: Lynda Richards -  Ebey’s Reserve, Betsy Arand - Sno-Isle Library,
Roger Sherman – Sunnyside Cemetery, Anita Dragoo, Joy Iverson, Peggy Townsdin
Guests: Amy Hannold, Writer & Publicity Coordinator, Wayne and Carolyn Hansen

After Joy welcomed the group, Roger Sherman introduced the guest speaker, Bobbi Sandberg, who owns BCCT’g, Bookkeeping, Consulting, Computer Training,
< bcctg@whidbey.com>, and teaches a variety of computer classes around the island. She distributed handbooks to accompany her talk about Organizing with Computers. Her advice included what to look for in a digital camera, how to use and file the photos, how to make computer folders, putting photos into spreadsheets, backing up files.

Following the program, Joy asked that members review the updated ICHS web site chart at <www.islandhistory.org> and contact Joe Walck, <2jaysdesign@comcast.net> with corrections or additions.

A request was made for someone to take the role of “Public Relations Contact Person” which mainly involves sending the meeting information to the island newspapers.

Next, the members discussed the proposed errata form. Joy suggested a short note to members on informing the public regarding the steps to be taken in correcting published errors. Finally the Network decided that it would not undertake managing a submission center for such forms but would rather leave the responsibility for contacting authors with corrections to the individual readers.

Roundtable:
Joan Brown sent information regarding the State Convention of Daughters of the Pioneers which will be held in Oak Harbor this year.

There was no time to continue since another group was arriving to use the room.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Tentatively, Mark Preiss will present a program about the 30th anniversary celebration of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.

Respectfully submitted,
Anita Dragoo