TO ALL–A retreat is planned for Saturday, January 17 from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon. Please come with your Ideas and thoughts. We need to think about many items. I have listed a group of things for your consideration before the meeting. I suggest you rate the most important items.

Topics: Need vs Want. And when can it be done.

• Pay on loan (get new mortgage rate?)
• Sewer
• Water
• Community garden
• Paint house
• Roof barn
• Stone Patio
• Trees
• Clothes line
• Gardens at Museum
• Pavillions
• Gravel for road
• Identification statements for rooms/items
• Rebuild sidewalk
• Picture/dewspaper display for museum
• Brochure for Erie Historical Society
• Review landscaping plan

Funding: How and who.

• Biscuit Day
• Lecture Series
• Grants
• Note cards
• Book
• Raffle
• Tee Shirts
• Memorial bricks
• Memorial trees
• Framed pictures of old Erie
• Picture requests
• Old Barn wood sale
• Farmer’s Market
• Charge entrance fee

People needed:–Do you know who could help.

• to handle small gardens in front of museum
• to learn to tour groups through museum
• to plan and promote educational programs for students
• to help with computer work
• to help with family names (genealogy)
• to prepare grant applications (might be paid position)
• to contact potential donors
• to assume Biscuit Day 2009 planning.
• to write and send EHS updates.

The meeting will be held at Sarah’s House.

Time and Place

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm
Location: Sarah Wise’s House
11497 Jasper Road
Erie, CO