CAHS Officers meeting - Sunday Nov 17th, 2024 Officers present: Johnny Trestrail, Thomas Rusch, Harry Curnow, Robert Wareham, Christopher Haines, Dorothy Hosking, Carolyn Haines Agenda 1. Activities since last officers meeting on Aug 27th (JT) 1. 3 x newsletters, 1 per month, September, October and November 2. 4 x Zooms 3. Karrie’s travels in Cornwall Sept 15 4. Book club - Demelza Poldark Oct 6 5. Debra’s travels in Cornwall Nov 3  iv.Cornish in LATAM Nov 17 1. Calendar review (JT) appeared to be up to date with the items listed, looking forward are the January Book Club, Officer meeting web event, and new member meeting 2. Membership update (BW): total members 258, new members 35 with a welcome letter sent out to each of them. 3. Treasurer report (DH)When the books are closed on the Gathering it looks like the CAHS and Calumet group will each receive about $1200. Finally have the Vanguard statement after several years of trying to get all the information that was wanted in order to change hands from Carolyn Haines to Johnny Trestrail. Account has about $11,068 in it and we will have to decide if we will keep it there or draw it out and what it should be used for. Dorothy is looking into a new system since the Quick Books has been changed at a higher cost. Tech Soup is a quick books system at $80/yr. 4. Newsletter report (TR) We have officially decided to go from a quarterly newsletter to a monthly one with current events and  future events. It would be coordinated with the website Forum between Tom and Chris. 5. Secretary report (CH) One meeting has been processed and given to President 6. Historian report (HC) The Archives of Mineral Point have all of our historical  information. 7. Social media report (CH) Facebook had 100 posts, and 10 new followers 866 total. Facebook group has 211 members with 32 actives the past 60 days, You.tube  may need a way to keep folks when they click on one of the videos. We have 32 subjects, 324 views but 270 click off after a few minutes. Chris gave us a couple of hints to use to see if we would get more activity. He also will be looking for the holiday promotions and posting them for the merchandise we have for sale with CAHS logos, a.Officer chat platform was suggested to make it easier if someone has an idea to discuss. It would be easier than emailing or texting. It was decided to try DISCORD. 1. Archive report (TR) Mineral Point assessed all the boxes of information and produced a list. This was sent to us to approve the list. It was moved to approve the list of information and 2nd by Dorothy and approved by everyone.             a.Mineral Point archive approval: see above as approved 1. Website update (JT) Johnny told us the website slowed down because the domain had expired. It was decided to go to Wix which was cheaper. Charges for both the Domain and the Wix charges were discussed and approved. Dorothy will get a debit card for Johnny to make it easier to pay the bills. 2. Domain renewal ($79) 3. Wix charge $432 on Dec 13 (was $384; 12.5% increase) Was decided to pay the higher price to get more functions for the website. 4. Promote CAHS online story for holidays? (JT) Approved 5. Book club (JT): Gold Miner in January (date TBD) Book available on Amazon 6. Goal setting for 2025 (JT) Each officer will be setting up goals for the next year 2025. BIG: Engage the NEXT GENERATION,                                                                                                                                                                                                          Chris has set his at: Double/Triple online usage (If we have info we can send it to him and he will get it online) 7. Travel grant for 2025 (JT) There was no feedback from the grantees, so we will proceed with promoting for 2025. 8. Committee for next Gathering (JT) We will contact the Presidents of the Cornish societies to see if anyone is interested in hosting the next gathering in 2026 or 2027. 9. Ideas for programs (JT): 10. Cornish bedtime stories w/ Brian Waters (Gentleman that has a very nice reading voice and has read kids stories before) will be contacted to see if he would do some for us  11. New member orientation in January 12. Cornish language 13. Adam Spring Respectfully submitted, Carolyn Haines

Cornish American Heritage Society Board August 27, 2024, 7pm #1 Meeting via ZOOM Present: Harry, Johnny, Bob, Chris, Tom, Carolyn Absent: Dot 1. Johnny presented Carolyn (self – nominated) for Secretary. There was little discussion and Johnny moved to accept and Chris 2 nd the motion. All were yea. 2. Everyone introduced themselves to the rest of the board. 3. Comments about the Gathering were all positive. 4. Mike and Christine Frederickson proposed a donation of $10,000. We need to determine from them if it can be made public. A thank you note should be written and sent. 5. Johnny showed us the working draft calendar on Google Docs. We will have officer meetings every 2-3 months. Web events will be on the calendar. 6. Johnny mentioned he needed to schedule Karrie’s talk on her trip to Cornwall. (Accomplished 8-28 to be Sunday, September 15 at 7pm Eastern on ZOOM). 7. The Travel Grants event was discussed and determined to continue in 2025. The amount will be $1000. After the discussion, adding the $10,000 to the $16,000 that we have enough money, Tom moved and Carolyn 2 nd . 8. Tom announced the next newsletter will come out in September and be a shorter online version containing past and upcoming events. We will use Mail Chimp to send them out so we can track more about delivery and if it was read. 9. Expectations were discussed for the Historian position and Harry had a few questions. It was determined that he might want to highlight some of the past events or interesting happenings and promote the holdings in Mineral Point. Since he is interested in historical events, he can add facts that interest him. The Historian will also keep all the Gathering materials. Tom will add his meeting notes to the file. 10. Membership was covered by Johnny for Bob since he is new. 6 people were added at the Gathering, which makes 40 so far in 2024 for a total of 225. We are also receiving memberships from Cornwall. 11. Since the Treasurer was in Alaska, Johnny again mentioned that we had $16,000 in the bank and now have had a donation of $10,000, which comes to $26,000. Meeting was closed a few minutes to 8pm Respectfully submitted, Carolyn Haines, Secretary

Minutes to the Business Meeting of the Cornish American Heritage Society at the 20th Gathering of the Cornish Cousins hosted by Keweenaw Kernewek in Calumet, MI   August 16, 2024   Introduction:  Tom Rusch, President, opened the business meeting with an explanation of the Cornish American Heritage Society, since many in the audience were not Kowetha. He explained the various offerings of the Society, such as the newsletter, website (forums), archive, travel grants, and presentations.   Membership: Johnny Trestrail reported that present membership included about 240 members.   Treasury:  Treasurer, Dorothy Hosking, was not present at the Gathering. Tom reported the information she had shared with him:  There was   $6,375.86 in the checking account and $10,197.19 in the Vanguard account.   Presentation of Thanks:  The Officers of the Cornish American Heritage Society presented Carolyn Haines, Past President and Newsletter Editor, with an award of thanks for her service over the past 15 or so years.  It was a glass statue on which was engraved:   Thank you for your leadership and hard work as newsletter editor for the  Cornish American Heritage Society. Oll an gwella!     Approval of Constitution and New Slate of Officers was sent to membership at the end of July via email.    Constitution: Carolyn Haines made the motion to accept the new constitution.  Bob Wareham seconded.  Motion carried.   New Slate of Officers:  David Downing made the motion to accept the new slate of officers.  Antonia Burich seconded. Motion carried.   President:  John Trestrail Treasurer: Dorothy Hosking Media:  Christopher Haines Newsletter Editor: Thomas Rusch Past President:  Thomas Rusch Secretary:  Open Membership Chair:  Open Historian:  Open   Harry Curnow contacted Tom Rusch as a self-nominated Historian.  Antonia Burich made the motion to accept Harry Curnow as historian.  John Trestrail second.  Motion passed.   Antonia Burich nominated Bob Wareham as Membership Chair.  Terry Haines seconded.  Motion carried.   At the end of the meeting the office of Secretary was still open.   Antonia Burich made the motion to adjourn, seconded by Betty Antilla.   Respectfully submitted,   Tom Rusch Past President and Newsletter Editor Secretary Pro Tem

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