Present: Johnny Trestrail, president; Dot Hosking, treasurer; Chris Haines, social media; Harry Curnow, historian; Tom Rusch, newsletter editor. Absent: Carolyn Haines, secretary; Bob Wareham, membership.
Guests: Christine Piper and David Gill
Introductions were made with the two new volunteers: Christine Piper and David Gill)
Officer updates:
No previous minutes were available to approve.
Treasurer:
· We have a new Bank of America account w/ $15k
· We have registered as a 501(c)3 in Oregon.
· Johnny and Dot will try to get together in June at their closest Bank of America to sign signature cards at the same time.
· We have collected $2880 for the Gathering. 18 have signed up.
· We have a total of $33,800 in accounts.
· We have had minimal expenses. We still owe a travel Grant check to a recipient. Dot is trying to figure out the best way to get the money to him in Mexico.
Membership:
· The Toronto Cornish Association has dissolved and now is a chapter member of the CAHS. They will keep their entity alive through our newsletter and website. Former TCA members can choose to join CAHS if they want. We have 10 new members who are probably former members of the TCA.
· There are those ten and an additional two new members, so a total of twelve new members. We are currently working with 344 email addresses. Some are organizations, so there are about 330 individual members globally.
Social Media
· Viewership has been up 72% in the last 90 days.
· Chris will post info about the Gathering as well as send out reminders about upcoming events.
· Attendance for planned speakers has been low, and a reminder should be sent a couple of days beforehand.
· Chris can post the newsletter on Facebook.
· Linked in - Johnny wanted to join but CAHS was already taken. We concluded maybe Ron Carbis (former treasurer) placed it years ago. Chris will look into it. Dot has contact information.
· The June issue of the Newsletter should come out tomorrow or the day after.
· Johnny was asked about advertising in the newsletter. Someone who owns a resort had inquired. We concluded that we will not have business ads per se. The promotion needs to be educational in some way. Harry suggested that maybe we could share ads/info through socials instead of the newsletter.
Historian -
· Someone contacted Harry about submitting a genealogy but has not followed through.
Committees:
Gathering update:
Tom described the schedule of the two days. All times have been filled and speakers/presenters as well as caterers and tours have been contacted and are willing to provide their services.
Tom presented the initial venue contract from the Quality Inn.
Motion: (Dot/Johnny) To allow Tom to sign a contract for the Gathering venue and to have Dot send the initial first half ($850) when necessary. Motion Passed.
The officers agreed that we can extend the early bird payment through July 1.
Travel grant update:
· CAHS still owes one travel grant payment. The recipients still need to write their pre-trip articles for the newsletter.
Other Gatherings:
· California Cornish Cousins [Dot attended. There were about 30 participants. Nice reunion.
· Pacific Northwest Cornish Society will soon have their annual meeting.
Special Interest Groups
Book club Jeremy Poldark: TBD August
Language club: June 28th
Genealogy club: June 10th - Going through Brick walls.
Zoom presentation:
Charles Hulbert-Powell about church restoration 4/26; poorly attended [Johnny] We need to send out reminders
Potential presenter: John Fletcher [Harry] - Historical topic. He wrote the book The Western Kingdom. He is now working on a project about Robert of Cornwall. This is a possible future presentation. Harry will reach out.
Global Cornish
First newsletter was sent out on May 28th
Nicola Lloyd is coming to our Gathering as the keynote speaker and is hoping that the consulate or others who might present somehow.
Johnny thanked David and Christine for their visit, and they hope to stay in contact about future volunteer possibilities.