Information for Current
Preservation Club Members

    This page contains information about upcoming events, meeting times, committee reports, minutes from past meetings.  It will be updated regularly and should be the place you check for the most up to date informtation about Preservation Club activities and events.

Club Officers
Minutes from past meetings 

March 2006:

Victorian Ball:  We had a successful and fun Victorian Ball.  We made $650 dollars and it was well attended.  The pictures of the event will be made available soon.

Spring Event:  The event has been moved to the week of April 17-21.  It is going to be a weeklong celebration of Preservation.  We will have:

Monday: a movie night, probably showing National Treasure 
Tuesday: historic games in Ball Circle
Wednesday: a living history day of Civil War, other wars
Thursday:  Ice Cream Social to meet and greet new majors and old
Friday:  Future of Preservation Lectures with various professionals, locals, students, also show anti-Walmart Movie.

Sally is the coordinator of this event; please email her at sstep2md@umw.edu if you would like to help.

We had two guest speakers:

Kate Egner spoke about the Confederate Lunette located beside Combs Hall.  She is getting together a committee to help put a historic site marker at the location to tell the public what the large mound is.  A sign costs $1300.  She also mentioned acquiring an artillery piece to put there, possibly another for in front of Monroe, and getting financial assistance from the Centennial Committee, Historic Preservation Alumni, and other sources.  Morgan is on the Centennial Committee and is bringing up the issue at the next meeting.   Email Kate at kegne0lr@umw.edu if you are interested in helping out with this project.

Drew Gruber spoke about two important issues.  He spoke about the Lee Hall renovation and the fact that Lee Hall Ballroom will be virtually destroyed.  The plan is to split it into office spaces, leaving the ceiling intact.  He wants to write a letter of concern to the new President of the University and have as many students and faculty, as well as other departments, contribute.  As the Preservation Club, it is important for us to take action against this.

Secondly, he spoke of the upcoming renovation of Monroe Hall.  Many things in the building are important and worth saving:  the clocks, murals, door handles, wooden floors etc.  He wants to get an inventory of what is important in the next two weeks and write another letter of concern.

Drew was appointed the chair of this Campus Preservation Action Committee.  If you are interested in this important campaign, email him at dgruber@umw.edu.

Another reminder that we still have shot glasses for purchase.  If you would like one, please email the club.

Also, we are going to have club T-shirts this year.  We need design ideas, so if you have any please email the club with your design or put it in the club mailbox by this Friday (March 31). 

Officer Nominations for next year:

We are now accepting nominations for next year’s officer positions.  We will be accepting them up until our next meeting on April 3.  Email the club if you have any additions and if I butchered/didn’t get your whole name (sorry!).

President: (must have been a previous officer and upperclassman):  Lauren Trice

Vice President:  Lauren Shepulski
                           Kate Egner

Secretary:  Trillian Hosticka
                   Kate Egner

Treasurer:  Sally Stephens
                   Andrew Stempel

Historian:  Morgan Riley
                 Lauren McMillan

Publicity:  Becca Gall

Ghost Walk Co-Chairs(2 aside from Irene):  Irene Frankofsky (appointed)
                                                                      Hilllary Gatlin
                                                                      Amy Benjamin
                                                                      Katy Lasdow
                                                                      Emily McCarty
                                                                      Kate Egner

Victorian Ball: Kate Husband

Spring Event:  Stephanie Williams
                        Emmanuel Dabney
                        Drew Gruber

Don’t forget the position of Webmaster!!! :)  How else will the website survive??

At the April 3 meeting, please be prepared to say a word or two before we vote.  Meeting same time, same place (5 pm combs 215) see you there!!



February 2006:

-    The Club and Department are currently celebrating their 21st birthday, so we have ordered shot classes that say “Mary Wash Preservation Turns 21”.  They are for sale at 1/$3 or 2/$5.  We have LOTS so buy them up!  Email the club if you would like one.
-    The club recently purchased an anti-Walmart video called “The High Cost of Low Prices”.  We will be viewing it at some point in the semester, so stay tuned.  It will be held in Combs 139

Spring Event
-    The Spring Event will be held on March 25.  It will be an all-day Preservation awareness day on campus and focus on everyday preservation, professional demonstrations, and fun and games.  To help out, contact Sally Stephens at sstep2md@umw.edu

Spring Trip to Savannah
*To be eligible for the trip, you must have helped out at a fall event (Ghost Walk, Van Tours) and a spring event (Victorian Ball, Spring Event).*

-    The van will be leaving school on Thursday, March 30, around 4 or 5 pm.  It is a 9 hour drive, and the van will be going straight through.  In Savannah, students can take historic tours (at a discount!) and explore the city, spend time together at group meals, but also have free days to do whatever they want.  The van will return to school on Sunday, April 2.  Other things to do include a visit to Tybee Island, the beach there, and ghost tours of the city at night.  However, there is a limit of 8 people so be sure to sign up early.  We will let you know when sign up is available.  If you have any questions, please email Frank at fmess4pl@umw.edu

Victorian Ball
-    Victorian Ball is NEXT WEEKEND, February 25.  If you are interested in going, please visit http://students.umw.edu/~hispclub/VicBall2006.html  Understand that you must have a ticket in your hand when you come to the door.  Because of bureaucratic rules, we cannot take money at the door.  If you have signed up, dance instruction is from 10-12 pm and the dance starts at 7.
-    For everyone who is going to help out:
Decorating:  For those who are helping to decorate for the event, please be at Lee Ballroom from 8 am until 10 am and again from 12-5 pm.  We will need lot of help, so be sure to be there!
Publicity:  Last minute publicity is still ongoing- there are posters in the Pres Club mailbox in the Preservation Club suite to be put up anywhere in the community.  If you are going somewhere downtown or in central park, please pick up a few and take them with you!!!!
Assembly Party:  The party favor/dance card making party will be on Thursday Feb. 23 in the conservation lab (in the basement of Combs, the room behind the display case) at 7:00 pm.  Please please please come and help!

Opportunities to Study Abroad with Historic Preservation
 There are several opportunities to study abroad with preservation. 
-    SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES:  UMW now has two programs.  The first is the long-running Scotland Summer School with Prof. Morton.  You live and work in Scotland for 3-4 weeks during the summer months.  Fieldwork is done in the small fishing town of Cromarty and day trips take you to historic areas such as Lock Ness, Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.  It’s also worth 3 credits and is an elective within the department.  Although this year’s trip is already planned, be sure to look for it next fall and ask Prof. Morton about it when he returns from sabbatical.
      
 The second opportunity is new and starting just this year.  It is a summer school in Falmouth, Jamaica and works in conjunction with UVA for transfer credit to UMW.  Matt Webster, head of  restoration at Historic Kenmore and sometime adjunct professor, will be teaching and assisting in the program.  Students will be working hands-on to help restore these wonderful buildings and sites that have fallen into disrepair.  For more information, visit www.falmouthjamaica.org or contact Matt at webster@gwffoundation.org

The last opportunity is a year or semester abroad program in the beautiful city of Bath, England.  Advanced Studies in England, associated with Oxford University, offers students a wide range of classes, but also has courses and internships directed toward architectural history and museums.  The class “Triumph of Georgian Bath” counts as a Preservation Department elective, and most other classes are transferable to other requirements in other departments as well.  Additionally, the program offers internships with area museums, such as the Building of Bath Museum, which explores how the Georgian city was built.  If you are interested in this program, please visit  http://www.studyabroadbath.org/

**Also, representatives from the program will be on campus this coming Tuesday, February 21st.  They will be presenting a slideshow in Chandler 201 at 4:00pm.  Be sure to be there, as it is a wonderful and life-changing experience!**

Planning/Law Professor Candidates
-The final two candidates for the Planning/Law professorship will be visiting campus NEXT WEEK!!  The first, Eric Allison, will be visiting on Monday Feb. 20th an dhis lecture will be held at 5 pm in Combs 139.  He has a Masters in City and Regional Planning as well as  PhD in Urban Planning from Columbia University.  The last candidate, Mr. Stiefel, will be here on Friday the 24th.  We will send you the information regarding his presentation ASAP.  Please try to attend these lectures, as one of them will be your future professor!!

NEEDED: A WEBMASTER!  The club is in need of a webmaster for the next acadmic year.  It's actually quite easy and painless, and a good way to get invovled in the club!  If you are interested, email Amy at amill4gn@umw.edu  No former experience is required!  Will train!  


Our next meeting will be on Monday March 1st at 5 pm in Combs 215.  We hope to see you there!

December 2005:

A big thanks to those of you who trudged through the snow and came to the meeting. For the rest of you, here's what you missed:

Spring Conference: This year's spring conference is going to be more of a campus fair. Past 'conference' type activities haven't been very successful in getting the campus involved, so hopefully having something out in Ball Circle will inform the school body of the Preservation club and department. Sally needs people to help her get this thing going!! Firstly, if you have any contacts with (relatively) local professionals who would be willing to help us out (think reenactors, people who cook things over say an open fire or something, people who can blacksmith for a demonstration....), please pass those people along! We would like as many people involved as possible. Just as important, we need people who will be willing to help plan and help at the actual event. To get involved, or if you have contact or questions, please contact either the club here or Sally Stephens at sstep2md@umw.edu .

Victorian Ball: This is the other Spring event. The title of the event is now officially "The Grand Mid-Winter Ball of 1867". We are in need of people to help on the various committees here as well. They are: publicity, ticket taking, Decorations and set-up, Refreshments, Party favors/Dance Card people, and General support. Please email the club or Lauren Trice at ltric9rf@umw.edu to sign up.

**REMEMBER, TO GO ON THE SPRING TRIP YOU MUST HELP OUT AT THESE EVENTS!**

Thanks for a great semester, and we'll see you all in the New Year! Good luck with the rest of this semester!

GET INVOLVED!

            We are looking for Club members to help plan and organize our Spring Event.  Planning involves publications, publicity, registration, catering, programming, and other duties.  Contact Sally Stephens if you would like to help out.
              The Victorian Ball Committee needs members to help with advertisement, research, costuming, photography, catering, etc.  This was a huge success last year due to the hard work of the committee members.  Contact Lauren Trice if you want to volunteer.

***Don't forget that participation in a spring event is a requirement for the Spring trip!***

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