KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE BLIND

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

VIA VIRTUAL ZOOM LINE

Monday, January 10, 2022

3:00 PM

President Gary Mudd called to order the board meeting of the Kentucky Historical Society of the Blind at 3:03 PM on Monday, January 10, 2022 via virtual Zoom Line.

Those in attendance were: Micheal Hudson; Kenny Jones; Gary Mudd; Barbara Penegor; Adam Ruschival; Carla Ruschival; Peggy Sinclaire-Morris; Mark Webster.

MINUTES: Barbara moved, and Peggy seconded, that the July 8, 2021 minutes be approved with corrections and the motion passed.

ISSUES: Gary said that there were issues to be addressed such as (1) organization purpose, constitution and bylaws and ofblebwith what to do with materials held by the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) Alumni Association that were not taken for the American Printing House for the Blind collection.

Carla has worked on preparing draft materials for the purpose and constitution.  There was a discussion concerning the number of board members and who potential members could be.  Gary requested that Carla, Barbara and Mark Webster form a committee to draft the purpose and constitution.

Micheal discussed what has been done with the storage of materials.  He said that he and his staff had removed the material for the APH collection from the KSB campus to APH.  He said that there were some materials that remained could be thrown out, that some could be kept by the KSB Alumni and that some could be given to interested people or sold.  Micheal estimated that the cataloging of the APH collection would be completed by the end of 2023.

Other Items:

1.  Carla asked if there are materials connected with the education and rehabilitation of the blind are found, could they be added to the APH Alumni collection? Micheal said yes.  Barbara said there should be a collection developmentstpolicy committee along with a collection mission statement.  Micheal said that there was a memorandum of agreement between the KSB Alumni and APH concerning the APH collection.

2.  Adam reminded the group that the house that has been referred to as the History House is officially the Richard McDowell House.  The building should be referred to in that way just as the classroom building is referred to as the Scoggan Building.

3.  It was agreed that Gary and Carla would establish the bank account and the Ameriprise reserve fund.

Next Meeting: The next meeting was scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM.

Adjournment: At 4:01 PM Adam moved, and Kenny seconded, that the meeting be adjourned and the motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted,
Adam Ruschival, Interim Secretary