HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 18DRAFT History Committee Meeting Minutes
October 18, 2011
1, Meeting called to order in Town Hall Conference Room at 2:10 pm by Maryann
Malcolm, Vice Chair.
Committee Members present: Les Earnest, Maryann Malcolm; Barbara Packard.
Committee Members absent: Nobuko Cleary, Bill Downey.
Council Liaison present: Jean Mordo
2. Committee Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2011
Reviewed and approved.
3. OLD BUSINESS
a. Historic sites and structures
No new actions.
b. History lectures on audio tape.
Les Earnest reported no progress but promised to complete this project even
though his appointment to the Committee is running out. He also plans to finish
digitizing old Town Newsletters to preserve them and allow them to be put online
and will draft a new history page for the Town web site to fix some errors and
make it more complete.
c. Finding prospective History Committee members
Discussed plan to solicit members in the Town newsletter. However inasmuch as
two of the original History Committee members (Downey and Earnest) have
elected not to seek reappointment, there will be just three members beginning
November 1. There was a discussion of the possibility of terminating the
committee and encouraging the members to affiliate with the Los Altos History
Museum to continue research on Town history.
4. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Les Earnest reported that the Palo Alto Historical Society is offering training sessions on
how to collect oral histories on November 5 and 19. He plans to attend the latter session.
6. MEETING ADJOURNED at 2:57 pm
Submitted by Les Earnest, Secretary