Subject: Re: Help from the city
From: Mary & Mike Weynand <weynand@netwurx.net>
Message-ID: <55DF3261.6030903@netwurx.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:53:05 -0500
Years ago, when I represented the Neosho/Rubicon Historical Society,
I negotiated the purchase of the old village hall. The village
board wanted to use a portion of the basement for the fire
department. I convinced the village board that it would be
uneconomical to have two electrical meters, due to the small amount
of electrical usage, and to just run the electrical bill through the
villages' meter. I also convinced them to keep the insurance on the
building but to have our name on the insurance contract. (Both are
more hidden support than by having special line items in the
budget.)
On 8/26/2015 7:04 PM, Maureen Giese
wrote:
Good luck! The Waterloo Area Historical Society in the
past, received up to $3,000 then down to $1,500 and now zero
the last three years.
Budgets are tight. So we "plug" along doing fundraisers, etc.
to earn money to keep operating.
Maureen Giese, Waterloo Area Historical Society
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Westby
Area Historical Society <westbywihistory@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello,
I am wondering if any of your organizations receive
help from the city where you are located and if so, what
kind of help or how many dollars. I will be attending
our city council meeting to ask for some assistance and
would like to have information on what other Wisconsin
towns and cities do to support their local historical
societies. Bringing facts to this meeting would give me
some ammunition!
Thanks everyone!
Kathy
Secretary, Westby Area Historical Society