Historical Commission
Riverside Municipal Building
A meeting of the Historical Commission
AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
Riverside Municipal Building
1. Approve minutes from GHC meeting on July 20, 2021
2. Treasurer’s business and report; reimbursements for expenses (Kit, budget from Lynn)
3. New business:
a. Welcome to GHC, Charlene Currie!
b. Slate Library historical inquiry; GHC’s proposed activities with library
(Pam: plaque of former librarians, book talk in November)
c. Jennie book: inventory of books, updates, reprinting needs, places to sell more copies (Pam)
d. Our GHC data base: what are the most important ways we want to use it? (discussion)
Pluses and minuses of storing information on the Cloud, on Google. Other? Consult with Ryan
Millman? (Pam)
e. Looking for new members (brainstorm); new time to meet??
f. Communication from Mass. Historical Commission approving Nourse Farms’ Water Project on NMH land (Kit, Pam)
g. Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: old contacts, new contacts and materials for our exhibit (Kit)
4. Old and continuing business:
a. Peskeompskut Walking Tour: Waiting for new information and instructions.
b. RMB stairs: update (Terri, Pam)
c. Acquisitions and de-acquisitions (Pam)
d. Update on collection: new file cabinet, collection rearranged (Pam, Terri, Bob)
e. New elements of Red Bridge history (Bob); how to share this plus Terri’s account of the vote;
updates on repairing the kiosk (Bob)
f. River debris update, Conservation Commission (Terri); next steps (discussion)
g. Update on Country Prints plans; enlarging the Wert exhibit (Kit)
h. Replacing the inaccurate sign on the Turners Falls-Gill Bridge (Kit: communications ongoing with MassDOT)
5. Other business (not anticipated at time of posting)
Adjournment
6. Next meeting: Tuesday, September 21, 2021, Time TBA