2005-02-22
PRESENT: Council Member Maggie Houlihan, Warren Raps, Mike Dillon, Jan Grice, Billy
Stern, Harley Denk, Blair Gibb, Lois Sunrich, Lloyd O'Connell, Cris Hicks, Pam Walker, Linda
McArdle.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Member Houlihan called the meeting to order at 11 :00 A.M. Self-introductions were
made.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY 25~ 2005 MEETING
Correction made to page 2 of the January 25,2005 minutes to reflect: ".. .Erin Meister who was
helping the Encinitas Historical Society. . ."
Minutes of the January 25,2005 meeting were approved as noted.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
AGENDA ITEM
1. FINAL REVIEW OF THE HISTORY WITHOUT WALLS
PRESERVATION RESOURCE BROCHURE
The History without Walls Preservation Brochure was reviewed by the committee. The
following changes would be made to the final draft:
Contact information would be added to the Friends of the Encinitas Library;
Council Member Houlihan's contact information would be added to the brochure.
Additionally, it was reported that Cris Hicks would develop the brochure into a more marketable
format - i.e., the brochure would be die cut into the shape of a school bus or other icon. The
brochure would contain the current information and "History" would be spelled out in the logo.
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2. SPRING EVENT PLANNING - EVENT AND MARKETING
SUBCOMMITTEE
It was reported that a book-signing event with Wendy Haskett, in collaboration with Barnes and
Noble, was in the preliminary planning stages.
Lloyd O'Connell, with the Encinitas Historical Society, was planning a presentation on historical
buildings in Encinitas. Additionally, a series of historic tours throughout Encinitas was being
developed.
A historical festival was being considered for a future event.
The subcommittee agreed that the Y outh/Elder Story Art Project headed by Lois Sunrich would
be the first event of the year for the History without Walls Subcommittee. The project was
recently awarded a $1,500 grant from the Arts Commission. The targeted date for the event was
May 22,2005. Cris Hicks agreed to assist Ms. Sunrich with promotions.
Billy Stern and Wendy Haskett would work on organizing a city-wide Composer District event in
2006.
An historical art show would be considered by the committee, which could be held in
conjunction with the historical festival. The art show could also be digitized and placed on the
website.
3. WEB SITE UPDATE - DATABASE SUBCOMMITTEE
Blair Gibb reported on the progress that he had made with the development of the website, which
was initially done by Billy Stern. Some of the items worked on included the addition of the key
historical resource list and links to historical organizations and research sites.
After some discussion, it was determined that the website would contain historical element
content as well as serve as a portal to other historical information sites.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lloyd O'Connell reported that 18 oral histories had been completed as part of the Highway 101
Association Oral History Project. The oral histories would eventually be accessible on-line.
It was noted that Billy Stern would no longer participate on the subcommittee but hoped to rejoin
the group at a later time. Mr. Stern was presented with a copy of the book entitled "Encinitas
History" by Mac Hartely in recognition of the contributions he made to the group.
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None Jl1lotedl.
NEXT MEETING: March 22, 2005
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 Noon by Council Member Houlihan
M~n1U[tes by Lois S1Uullllrkl!-n
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