07-09-08 Conrad Mansion MinutesWednesday, + + i i 1 I! a.m.
Present: Kate Daniels, Director; Mark Norley, Board President; Theresa White; Chris
Vick; Everit Sliter; Mark Munsinger; Rita Fitzsimmons; Gini Ogle.
A. The meeting was called to order by President Mark Norley at 8:00 a.m.
A correction to the previous minutes was made by Rita. She noted that the
intention was to change the Friday Bazaar event to $50.00 ticket price because it
would be a special 351h Anniversary celebration. Everit moved to accept the
minutes including the correction. Rita seconded. Motion carried.
B. 1. Kate announced that Gary Havens' mother had passed away and the Board
signed a card of condolence.
2. Donations acknowledged: Suzie Williams, $2000 toward the stair project;
Event gifted the Endowment Fund; Len Ford, $4000 for over bid on the siding
project.
C. Special Events:
4` of July Ice Cream Social was well attended & all went well with the
volunteers. Over 1000 scoops of ice cream served and 108 participated in tours.
Tisch and Terry did a great job decorating the float. Ice cream was donated by
Gordon Pirrie. The Board decided to have the 4th of July celebration again next
year.
Museums and Music Event will be held Sunday, August 24, 2008. Music venue
options are BJ Lupton, the Don Lawrence Band and the Tropical Marimba Band.
It was decided that we would seek a sponsor and authorized Kate to spend $1000
on the event. Chris Vick offered the $1000 Sponsorship. Kate had invited the
antique car group to park at the Mansion and offered their group tours. They did
not seem interested but she will contact them again. Kate welcomed ideas for
food vendors.
D. Committee Reports:
1. Christmas Bazaar — specialty items for the Friday event were discussed i.e.
engraved champagne glasses, tags or charms for the glasses, silver ornaments.
Theresa is still exploring ideas and cost and will report at next meeting.
Suggested ticket price increase to $50 was discussed and sent back to committee.
Kate needs to know the price soon and will also discuss it with Nikki Sliter.
2. Theresa and Kate are working on a promotional/educational piece on the
Mansion including "America's Castles" to air on channel 9 which is now owned
by the City of Kalispell.
3. Collections: Mark Norley, Rita and Gini are meeting to finalize a document to
be used for the security, acquisition and deacquisition of items for the Conrad
Mansion which will comply with State and Federal law. It will eliminate
problems regarding ownership and display of items for the Mansion, items on
loan and items stored in the basement of the Mansion. The document will be
ready to present and adopt at the August meeting.
Chris Vick would also like a document regarding items his family still has
in their possession that will eventually come back to the Mansion. Mentioned
were a series of leather bound law books that he believes were once shelved in
the library of the Mansion.
4. Facilities: Mark Munsinger and Gary Havens made an extensive list of
necessary maintenance projects and will present a time line plan to the Board for
the work.
5. Endowment: Rita presented a handout on the L.A. Bibler Endowment Fund.
She would like everyone to read the information and be prepared to discuss
the contents at a meeting of the entire Board. Rita recommended that the
endowment be enlarged in its purpose to include preservation for the house and
grounds not exclusively the gardens.
Rita is still working on the Donor Board for display and is dedicated to
its completion this summer.
Chris mentioned that his mother is ready to sign over casting rights for
CM Russell bronzes that are now in her possession and he will draw up necessary
documents to accommodate the exchange. These could possibly be sold to raise
funds for the Endowment. He also stated that Bernie Cushner has bronzes in his
possession that belong to the Vick family which need to be retrieved.
6. Special Events: Kate would like to plan a very special Appreciation Party for
people that have donated time, money and services to the Mansion and wants to
be sure to include Ford Construction, Petesch Electric and Arvid Christopherson.
Bob O'Neill notified the Mansion that the Museum property south of Kalispell
sold and a portion will be appropriated to each of the local museums.
E. Financial Report:
Everit explained that since the fiscal year was changed to January 1, many of our
income events are not included in this report as in past years. Kate noted that Gift
Shop sales are down $500 and school tours are down. Everit moved that the
Financial Report be accepted. Rita seconded. Motion carried.
Old Business: Mark has met with the Realtor regarding the house for sale at the corner
of 3Td Street East and Woodland Avenue. It was decided to notify the Realtor that we are
not interested at this time in purchasing the property.
Next Board meeting August 6, 2008.
Rita moved for adjournment. Chris seconded. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Gini Ogle in Gary Havens' absence.