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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Minutes – October 22\, 2019 \nPresent: Justine Bachman\, Steve Bachman\, Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Harold Handwerk\, Harold Haas\, William Mantz\, Terry Rehrig (guest) \nDonald Christ called the meeting to order 7:00 PM at the Lynn Township Office and presided over discussions of the following topics: \n  \n\n1. MINUTES: The August 27\, 2019 Minutes were accepted as written.\n\n  \n\n2. TREASURER’S REPORT: The bank statement ending 10/22/19 for the Memorial account at New Tripoli National Bank shows a current balance is $13\,212.10.\n\nMotion to accept the Treasurer’s report by Steve Bachman\, seconded by Bill Mantz\, approved by all. \n  \n\nWEBSITE: https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org.\n\nNancy has approximately 1\,600 names loaded into our data base. \n  \n\nEVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: \n\n\nDon Christ and Bill Dellicker attended the Weisenberg/Lowhill Historical Society Fall Festival on September 15\, received $60 and handed out applications.\nChrist\, Dellicker\, Haas\, Handwerk and Rehrig attended the Pioneer Apple Fest. Handed out applications and collected $120.\nDonald Christ asked the committee to participate in a group picture of the entire committee for future communications to the community. He will attempt to set up a date with the Northwestern Press and/or Anna Gilgoff for the picture at the memorial site in Ontelaunee Park.  More to follow…\nDanny Staub of Lehigh Valley Signs donated an aluminum sign “FUTURE HOME OF THE NORTHWESTERN VETERAN’S MEMORIAL” which has been placed on site in the park.\n\n  \n\n DISCUSSION:\n\n\nDonald Christ contacted Richard Nothstein of the Palmerton Vet’s Memorial regarding our discussion about where to place Veteran’s names who were in more than one war on the panels in the memorial. Their practice was to put the name on only once for the earliest war.  The committee thought that this should be put in our RULES for Engraving Names.     A motion was made by Terry Rehrig\, second by Harold Handwerk\, approved by all.\nAnna Gilgoff told Donald Christ she would like to interview committee members and write an article about the Memorial. Donald will coordinate a date and inform committee members.\nDonald Christ was questioned by a resident asking if someone who served in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) during WW-II would qualify as a Veteran to be included on the memorial. After research\, it was determined that CAP volunteers were not considered Veterans\, they never took an oath or received. an honorable discharge.  Their service was in a volunteer auxiliary unit for civilian service.  The committee consensus was that CAP volunteers would not be included on the memorial as a Veteran.\nFuture maintenance costs should be considered as part of the costs for the memorial construction.\nLarge donors such as individuals\, corporations\, organizations should be listed on a granite panel as Patrons. The actual amount considered to be a large donor patron was not discussed.\nA fundraising idea was discussed to consider creating a book that chronicles the Memorial design and solicit patrons to be listed in the book. The book could be offered for sale for the dedication.\nIt was suggested that we meet with Chris Brown\, the landscape architect for Ontelaunee Park to begin design discussion.\nHarold Haas thanked the committee for the Get Well card that was sent to his wife during her recent illness.\n\n  \n  \n\n NEXT STEPS: \n\n\nDonald Christ suggested meeting with the Township Engineer to discus the design for preparing the site for construction including excavating and drainage plans.\nPossibly asking Bill Beitler to help with surveying the site.\nSuggestion was made to advertise the memorial and solicit donations to add names as a Christmas present for family members using $100 as an appropriate minimum amount.\nWe should move forward with a design that would have 3000 names.\nDevelop a fundraising plan that includes solicitations from local businesses\, banks\, organizations.\n\n  \n\nADJOURN: Motion by Harold Haas\, seconded by Steve Bachman at 7:15PM.\n\n  \n\n NEXT MEETING will be determined by President Christ who will notify the committee.
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/veterans-memorial-committee-meeting-6/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190827T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190827T170000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Minutes – August 27\, 2019 \nPresent: Richard Bleiler\, Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Eugene Handwerk\, Harold Handwerk\, David Keller\, William Mantz\, Nancy Zellner\, Terry Rehrig (guest) \n  \nDonald Christ called the meeting to order 7:00 PM at the Lynn Township Office and presided over discussions of the following topics: \n\nMINUTES: The June 18\, 2019 Minutes were accepted as written.\nTREASURER’S REPORT: Eugene Handwerk furnished the bank statement ending 8/27 for the Memorial account at New Tripoli National Bank. The current balance is $10\,552.14.  $145.05 (net after transaction costs) was received through the website via our new Stripe account.  Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report by Bill Mantz\, seconded by Harold Handwerk\, approved by all.\nWEBSITE: Our website at  https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org.  has received 295 visits since June 2\, 2019 as recorded by a website monitor\, Analytics\, which tracks activity visits to our site.  A copy of the Analytics report is attached electronically.\n\nAccording to Wayne Kessler\, our web page designer\, we can automatically transfer Veteran’s information for the memorial to the Excel spreadsheet Nancy is loading name into.  Nancy said she can take individual forms and manually enter the information if they come in a few at a time. \nNancy reported that she has approximately 1\,100 names loaded into our data base. \nSince our mailing was sent out\, the Township office has received 30 Veteran’s information sheets and $700 in donations. \n\nDONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARD: 1000 cards were purchased to acknowledge receipt of donations for a cost of $231 from Smith’s Print Shop in Walnutport.  When issuing a card for a donation please add the date of receipt.  Donations of $500 or more will be acknowledged with a formal letter that includes tax exempt information.  \n\n\n\n MASS MAILING: Our information letter for the Memorial was mailed to 5\,957 residents of all four Townships.  The mass mailing was contracted to Hot Frog Print Media\, LLC for a total cost of $3\,727.22.  Total cost included $1\,493.84 postage\, $2\,216 printing and $17.38 shipping to Post Offices.  The letter was attached to the June minutes.\n\n\nEVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: Don Christ\, Harold Handwerk\, Steve and Justine Bachman\, Terry and Linda Rehrig represented the Memorial Committee at the Night in the Country on August 24.\n\nWe were invited by the Pioneer Apple Fest to set up a booth on October 5th to hand out information about the Memorial.  We were asked not to solicit donations. \nDonald Christ asked the committee to participate in a group picture of the entire committee for future communications to the community.  He will attempt to set up a date with the Northwestern Press for the picture at the memorial site in Ontelaunee Park.  More to follow… \nThe Lowhill/Weisenberg Historical Society festival is on September 14 and 15.  Donald will try to line up committee members for a presence on one of those days. \n\n DISCUSSION: A discussion about where to place Veteran’s names who were in more than one war on the panels in the memorial. It was suggested the we make another visit to Palmerton to see how they handled that issue.\n\nA suggestion was made to contact Anna Gilgoff to ask if she would consider writing an article for the Town and Country newspaper. \n\nADJOURN: Motion by Harold Handwerk\, seconded by Richard Bleiler\n\n\n\n NEXT MEETING will be determined by President Christ who will notify the committee.\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190618T190000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Minutes\,  June 18\, 2019 \nPresent: Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Eugene Handwerk\, Harold Handwerk\, Harold Haas\, Rick Hughes\, Justine Bachman\, Steve Bachman\, Nancy Zellner\, Terry Rehrig (guest) \nDonald Christ called the meeting to order 6:35PM at the Lynn Township Office and presided over discussion of the following topics:  Highlighted names indicate action is required. \n\nMINUTES: The Mat 21\, 2019 Minutes were amended and accepted.\nTREASURER’S REPORT: Eugene Handwerk furnished the bank statement ending May 31 for the Memorial account at New Tripoli National Bank. The current balance is $8\,244.78\, YTD interest earned is $16.79.\n\nMotion to accept the Treasurer’s report by Rick Hughes\, seconded by Harold Handwerk\, approved by all. \n\n NAME CHANGE: As a result of the inclusion of all four Townships to be part of the Veteran’s Memorial\, the committee approved our name change to Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial Committee from Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee.\n\nMotion by Eugene Handwerk\, seconded by Harold Haas\, approved by all \n\nEMAIL: As a result of the name change\, our email address was changed to: nwlehighvetsmemorial@gmail.com  Anything sent to the old email  opvetmc@gmail.com will be forwarded to the new email address.  Justine Bachman completed this activity during the meeting.\n\n\nWEBSITE: Our website is up and available to view at  https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org.  Visitors to the website can access Our Vision\, a google map showing directions to Ontelaunee Park\, contact information\, committee members\, a form to submit Veteran information to fill out and mail on-line or US Mail\, Rules for engraving names on the panels\, picture of the design concept and meeting minutes.\n\nFuture pages will show the construction schedule and progress\, donation status vs. the goal for required funding and a page to make on-line donations using a credit card or where to send a check. \nA document showing fields required for our donations page was sent to Wayne Kessler to be added to our website.  The committee feels it is not necessary to provide names for the donation levels listed. \nNancy and Bill will contact Wayne Kessler to discuss how we can automatically transfer Veteran’s information for the memorial to the Excel spreadsheet Nancy is loading name into. \nNancy reported that she has approximately 1000 names loaded into our data base. \n\nLETTER FOR FOUR TOWNSHIP MAILING: The DRAFT letter was discussed; the following changes will be made:\nChange to the new email address.\nThe Veteran’s information on our website will be available for browsing in the future.\nRemove the total estimated cost for the memorial\, include an estimated cost of $100/name.\n\nWe need to make sure the donations page is ready to use for credit card donations before mailing the letter. Bill Dellicker will coordinate this with Wayne Kessler.  A copy of the revised letter is included below. \nMotion approve with changes by Rick Hughes\, second by Harold Haas\, approved by all. \n\nDONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARD: Donald Christ is searching for a source to supply a card that can be mailed to donors that would acknowledge their donation and serve as a receipt.  Tammy White said she would fill in the donation amount and mail the cards to donors.  The committee authorized Donald to use his discretion for the card design and spend up to $500 to purchase the cards.\n\nMotion by Rick Hughes\, second by Harold Haas\, approved by all. \n\n MASS MAILING OPTIONS: Discussed the most economical way to mail information to our Township’s residents. Steve Bachman suggested using “Frog” a firm used by Heidelberg Twp.   Frog sends to all residents in a ZIP Code that is less expensive than a mass mailing.  Donald Christ will look into this and coordinate with the four Townships.\nEVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: Harold Handwerk\, Harold Haas\, Donald Christ represented the Memorial Committee at the Werisenberg Historical Society’s Car Bash on June 16.  They were approached by Dave Hunsicker with the Brothers and Sisters of the Revolutionary War and asked to be notified about the memorial dedication.  A discussion ensued about selling 50/50 tickets at these functions.  Donald will look into license and other regulations that govern such games of chance for fundraising.\n ADJOURN: Motion at 8:00 PM by Harold Haas\, second by Eugene Handwerk.\n\n\n NEXT MEETING will be determined by President Christ who will notify the committee\n\n  \nATTACHMENTS: \n\nCorrected four Township information letter (#6 above)
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/veterans-memorial-committee-meeting-4/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190521T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190521T170000
DTSTAMP:20190619T210130Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Minutes\,  May 21\, 2019 \nPresent: Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Eugene Handwerk\, Harold Handwerk\, David Keller \nDonald Christ called the meeting to order at the Lynn Township Office and presided over discussion of the following topics: \n\nMINUTES: The January 8\, 2019 Minutes were accepted as written.\nTREASURER’S REPORT: Eugene Handwerk furnished bank statements for the Memorial account at New Tripoli National Bank for January\, February\, March and April. The current balance is $8\,119.29\, YTD interest earned is $13.30.\n\nMotion to accept the Treasurer’s report by Eugene Handwerk\, seconded by Dave Keller\, approved by all. \n\nEMAIL address for the committee is OPVetMC@gmail.com. The address is NOT case sensitive.\nWEBSITE: Our website is up and available to view at  https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org.  Visitors to the website can access Our Vision\, a google map showing directions to Ontelaunee Park\, contact information\, committee members\, a form to submit Veteran information to fill out and mail on-line or US Mail\, Rules for engraving names on the panels\, picture of the design concept and meeting minutes.  Future pages will show the construction schedule and progress\, donation status vs. the goal for required funding and a page to make on-line donations using a credit card or where to send a check.\n\nSince this meeting on May 21st\, we have applied to and have been accepted for a payment gateway that will enable us to have credit card donations sent directly to our account at our financial institution.    The web developer will do test runs to ensure that credit card donations are received by the bank before rolling this out.  Information will include how donors can also send a tax deductible check to the township for the memorial. \nACTION REQUIRED: We need to send Wayne Kessler some information about what we want on our donations page such as levels of giving i.e. $25\, $50\, $100\, $250 plus OTHER.  Do we want to assign a name to each level of donation?  What fields need to be completed such as name\, address\, credit card info\, etc.  Should we encourage a donation level\, for example\, if our memorial cost is $300\,000 and we have 3\,000 names\, the cost per name would be $100. \n\n NAME CHANGE: The committee unofficially decided to change our name to Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial from Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial when we included all three Townships. Eugene suggested after we closed the meeting that we need to make a formal motion to officially change the name at our next meeting.\nDONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Discussion about sending a formal letter or post card to donors to acknowledge receipt of their donation. Eugene and Donald will talk to Tammy about how this should be done. Donald is looking into a suitable card that can be sent to donors as used by our fire companies for this purpose.\nLETTER TO THE COMMUNITY: Now that we have our website up and running and are completing the donation page\, we discussed the need to send a letter requesting donations and Veteran’s information for the memorial from all four Townships. Donald will approach all Township officials to request that each Township send a mass mailing of a letter written by the memorial committee.\n\nDave Keller moved to approve\, Eugene Handwerk 2nd\, approved by all. \n\nNONPROFIT STATUS: Donald and Harold met with Charles Stopp regarding nonprofit status. Atty. Stopp recommended that we piggybacking on Lynn Township’s legal status for receiving tax deductible donations into our memorial account. The major advantage\, aside from the initial application cost that could reach $4\,000 and the administrative attention that the committee would have to monitor\, is the continuity with Lynn Township for maintaining our checking account\, auditing requirements\, and future maintenance of the memorial after construction into the future.  This legal opinion was received after our March 4th email discussion about pursuing our own 501c3 status during which the committee’s consensus was to apply for it.\n\nEugene Handwerk made a motion\, seconded by Harold Handwerk\, and approved to adopt Atty. Stopp’s recommendation stated in paragraph #1 of his letter dated May 2\, 2019\, to piggyback with Lynn Township rather than pursuing our own 501c3 non-profit status. \n\nAcknowledgement of DEB ANGST for donation of baked goods. Donald and Harold had an information booth set up in Ontelaunee Park on April 27th for the Lynn Township Yard Sale. Deb Angst donated baked goods to the Memorial that were sold to attendees for a sum of $122.  Thank you\, Deb!\nNAMES ON MEMORIAL PANELS: There was a short discussion if there should be a minimum time of Township residency required to have a Veteran’s name engraved on the panels. The consensus was to not require a minimum time of residence to be included.\n\nA suggestion to make a change to our “RULES for engraving names” #7.  Instead of stating that “All names included are based on public records…”  we should say “Some names are included…”  This was suggested because some names come from cemeteries and public historical records however\, some are submitted by private citizens\, family or friends. \nMotion to make the change by Eugene Handwerk\, seconded by Harold Handwerk\, approved by all. \n\n10. ADJOURN: Motion by Dave Keller\, second by Eugene Handwerk.\n\n\n NEXT MEETING will be determined by President Christ who will notify the committee.\n\n  \nATTACHMENTS: \n\nRULES for engraving names (with change #7)\nLETTER from Attorney Charles Stopp dated May2\, 2019\nArticle written for the Heidelberg Township Newsletter
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/veterans-memorial-committee-meeting-3/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T170000
DTSTAMP:20190416T171337Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee \n7911 Kings Highway      New Tripoli\, PA 18066 \n  \nMeeting Minutes\,  January 8\, 2019 \nPresent:\, Justine Bachman\, Steve Bachman\, Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Harold Haas\, Harold Handwerk\, William Mantz\, Nancy Zellner\, Richard Bleiler\, David Keller \n  \nDonald  Christ called the meeting to order at the Lynn Township Office and presided over discussion of the following topics: \n  \n\nMINUTES The October 23rd Minutes were received and the agenda was corrected to include Harold Handwerk in the meeting with Wentz Memorials at the park on 10/30/18.\n\n  \n\nTREASURER’S REPORT There was no Treasurer’s Report as the Treasurer was unable to attend.\n\n  \n\n3. MEETINGS WITH SUPPLIERS Bill Dellicker recapped the meetings with local Memorial suppliers and contractors:\n\nWentz Memorials 10/30/18 w/ Bill Dellicker \nWomer Memorials 11/2/18 w/ Don Christ\, Bill Dellicker \nBrown Design Corp. 11/20/18 w/ Don Christ and Bill Dellicker \nLehigh Valley Granite Studio 12/4/18 w/ Don Christ Bill Dellicker\, Eugene Handwerk and Harold             Handwerk \nThe meetings were requested to get information and advice from local experts about the proposed location\, materials for granite panels and pavers\, design considerations\, and other information that may help us develop design specifications when that time comes.  No commitments were made to any of the Suppliers and they were told there would be some kind of competitive bid process to select a supplier and contractor to build the Memorial. \n  \n\nDISCUSSIONS were held on the following topics:\n DESIGN The concept for a design that would enclose a star in a circular wall of panels that was             offered as a starting point for the committee to develop.  A conceptual sketch drawn by Bill        Dellicker was made into a professional plan view by Chris Brown to begin discussions about the     design and to provide a marketing tool to show prospective donors and supporters the scope of     the memorial project.\n INFORMATION SHEET  A signature line was added to authorize the public use of the information provided on the Veterans Information sheet.  It was recommended that an email             and phone number be added also.  The spelling of Heidelberg was corrected.\n LETTER TO CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATION  The letter\, attached to these minutes\, can be used      by any committee member to advertize and solicit Veterans’ information.  The letter can be           opened in Microsoft Word and customized by any committee member by typing the date and the   organization and adding the members name and phone number at the end of the letter.    The       spelling of Heidelberg was corrected.\n MOTION to approve the documents in b. and c. above\, with the noted corrections\, was made            by David Keller\, 2nd by Justine Bachman.  Motion approved.\n EMAIL ADDRESS  During the discussion about the need for an email address for the committee\,             Justine Bachman created and established an email address with GMAIL!!  The new email address          for the Memorial Committee is officially:  OPVetMC@gmail.com\n\nThe email address is NOT case sensitive.  Thank you Justine for your prompt action! \n\n QUOTATIONS FOR PANELS  A handout was given to members to suggest that historical quotes             related to Veterans\, military\, patriotism\, etc. be engraved on the panels for an historical context to       the service of the veterans and their families.  Members were asked to think about this idea and      search for quotations they think would be appropriate.\n RULES  a draft handout was discussed to establish rules or guidelines for names of Veterans to          be included on the Memorial.  A copy of the RULES is attached to these minutes.\n WEBSITE  The committee thinks a website is needed so that donation can be taken online and           we can communicate progress of the Memorial design\, construction and donations to the public.\n 501-C-3  Further discussion and advice is needed to determine if a separate 501-C-3 is needed           to accept tax exempt donations for the Memorial.\n\n  \n\nREPORTS FROM THE TOWNSHIPS:\n\nHeidelberg – Steve Bachman said Progress is being made to make the Memorial known to the public.  Eugene Handwerk collected 11 more information sheets\, is continuing his efforts to get information from Heidelberg Church\, is working on getting names from a Civil War Monument at Heidelberg Cemetery.  An email from Eugene stated the following about the account for the Memorial Committee: \n“… the account has $8105.99.  The only recent expense was $88 for copies and laminates… The money is in the township account.  To disperse funds\, Tammy will record moving  money from the OPVMC category and cut a check from the township account and track it that way.” \nLynn – On Feb 9th Lynn Township will have their annual banquet\, Don Christ will give an update about the progress being made on the Memorial. \nLowhill – no report \nWeisenberg – The Township has a link on their website home page that directs people to the form we have to collect Veteran’s information. \n  \n\n6. DATA BASE Nancy Zellner reported that she has loaded more than 800 names in the data base.  She will begin loading the Revolutionary War names that we received from the historical society shortly.\n\nNEXT MEETING is 7:00 PM\, Tuesday\, February 12 at the New Tripoli Fire Co. \nMeeting adjourned at 8:32PM Motion by Steve Bachman\, 2nd by Nancy Zellner \nATTACHMENTS: \n\nRULES for engraving names\nLETTER to Churches and organizations\nFORM to collect Veterans’ Information\n\n  \n 
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/veterans-memorial-committee-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181023T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181023T170000
DTSTAMP:20190416T171237Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T171237Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee \n7911 Kings Highway      New Tripoli\, PA 18066 \n  \nMeeting Minutes\,  October 23\, 2018 \nPresent:\, Justine Bachman\, Steve Bachman\, Donald Christ\, Willard Dellicker\, Steve Feinour\, Harold Haas\, Eugene Handwerk\, Harold Handwerk\, William Mantz\, Justin Smith\, Nancy Zellner \n  \nDonald  Christ presented the agenda and presided over discussion of the following topics: \n  \n\nElection of officers: Motion to cast ballot by J Bachman\, 2nd N Zellner\n\nChairman – Donald Christ\, Vice Chair – Harold Handwerk\, Secretary – Willard Dellicker\, Treasurer – Eugene Handwerk. \n  \n\nApproval of Minutes from Sept 20: Motion by J Bachman\, 2nd N Zellner\n\n  \n\nReports from Townships:\n\nLynn – \n\nHarold Handwerk and Bill Dellicker met with Phillip Wentz of Earl Wentz\, Inc. at the Ontelaunee Park site to discuss\, types of stone\, brick pavers\, stone benches and other ideas that Wentz has designed into memorials they have built.  No commitments were made to Wentz for any work\, Wentz said they would be available to assist in answering questions as our design proceeds.\nDonald Christ and Bill Dellicker plan to visit Womer Memorials and Lehigh Valley Granite in the next two weeks to discuss our project with them.\nDiscussed potential resources for the design such as LCCC Architectural Students\, Chris Brown who designed the Park layout and American Institute of Architects (AIA) student design competition. No action or decisions were taken.\nDiscussed and decided that the memorial shall include all Veteran residents of the four Townships   who served either before\, during or after residing in the NWLSD; whether or not they served in an actual combat theater\, and including  those who are buried in a cemetery located in the NWLSD.  The committee agreed that when deciding if someone should be included\, we should err on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion.  Steve Bachman noted that there would be a never ending addition of names on the memorial\, and accommodations for this fact should be considered in the design.\nThe concept of a digital KIOSK to provide Veterans’ information was discussed. Open issue for future consideration with more information as to cost\, benefits and availability.  Another suggestion was to make archived information available on our website for people to research.\nHarold Handwerk contacted St Peter’s Lynnville Church\, Living Stone Fellowship Church\, Red Church\, Frieden’s Church at Stony Run and the recent Berksey Train reunion attendees.\nHarold Haas suggested that a signature line should be provided on the Veteran’s information sheets to grant permission for the Committee to make the information public. Bill Dellicker will add a signature line to the information sheet.\nADDRESS – Lynn Township Office address shall be used for all correspondence to the Memorial Committee including Veteran information\, donations\, etc.\n\nLynn Township \nVeteran’s Memorial Committee \n7911 Kings Highway \nNew Tripoli\, PA 18066 \n\nDATA BASE – Nancy Zellner said she has loaded about 700 names into our database from the lists provided by local  church cemeteries and the Civil War list.\nWEBSITE – Website design was discussed\, Justin Smith will check with the designer of the Township website for cost and their ability to make ours. Justin Smith will also look for an      available domain for the website address.  Discussed requesting that the School District\,      Townships and Churches put a link on their  websites to the Memorial Committee website.\n\nJustine Bachman said she would help to put our Committee news on Social Media \n\n501-C-3 – The Committee is currently using the Lynnn Township non-profit status for donations.        After discussion it was decided that we should look into filing for our own 501-C-3 status that      would potentially relieve us from procurement regulations that government entities are required   to follow for bidding on contracts.  Tammy White has already contacted the IRS about this\n\nprocess. Discussed the need for a Township Solicitor’s opinion to clarify any procurement \nrules\, law or code the committee is required to follow for purchasing services and materials. \nHeidleburg – \n\nEugene Handwerk wrote an article for the Heidleberg Church newsletter describing the Ontelaunee Park Memorial and requesting Veteran information. Carl Breininger will give Eugene the names from Weisenberg Church that was recently updated. Eugene Handwerk will contact  the Northwestern Press to include an article about the Memorial after we have a website address to be included in the article.\nE Handwerk was nominated to be the second Township representative for Heidleberg.\n\nLowhill – \n\nEugene Handwerk will contact Morganland Church for Veterans information.\n\nWeisenberg – \n\nHarold Haas agreed to contact the Weisenberg Fire Co. and the following churches: Hope Community Church\, Lighthouse Baptist Church\, Salem Methodist Church.\n\n  \nNext meeting is January 8\, 2019\, 7:00 PM at the New Tripoli Fire Company. \nAdjourn – 8:40PM – Motion by Steve Bachman\, 2nd – Bill Mantz
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/veterans-memorial-committee-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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SUMMARY:Veterans Memorial Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Minutes\,  Sept 20\, 2018 \nPresent: E Handwerk\, D Christ\, H Handwerk\, W Dellicker\, J Smith\, R Bleiler\, \nDonald  Christ presided and led discussion on the following topics: \n\nElection of officers was postponed for lack of full committee attendance.\nInformation was received from Gloria Zimmerman about local veterans who served in the Revolutionary War and Civil War. Veterans names on local cemeteries from the Slatington Legion.  Nancy Zellner was given some information to begin designing a data base program and enter names.\nGloria Zimmerman said Wentz Memorials in Brienigsville just erected a Veterans Memorial in a western state with 3000 names.  Bill Dellicker will try to get information about the scope\, design and cost from Wentz.\nDiscussed who should be included in our Veterans Memorial. Consensus was that all Veterans who served either before or after residing in the NWLSD\, whether or not they served in an actual combat theater and  those who are buried in a cemetery located in the NWLSD should be included.  The committee agreed that when deciding if someone should be included\, we should err on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion.\nThe concept of a digital KIOSK to provide Veterans’ information was discussed. Open issue for future consideration with more information as to cost\, benefits and availability.\nDiscussed the need for a Township Solicitor’s opinion about any procurement rules\, law or code the committee is required to follow for purchasing services and materials.\nDonald Christ stated that all donations to the Memorial will be sent to Tammy White at the Lynn Township Office to be deposited in a designated Memorial Fund. The Township’s 501-3C non-profit status will provide tax-exempt status for donations. He stated that the Township is audited and would therefore provide oversight of the Committee’s account.\nThe Committee agreed that a website needs to be created along with Facebook and other social media for communications\, access to information and submitting Veteran’s information for the Memorial.\nDiscussed requesting that the School District\, Townships and Churches put a link on their websites to the Memorial Committee website.\nMembers present were assigned Churches to contact for Veteran’s information.\nMeeting times were discussed to try to accommodate everyone’s busy schedules. It was decided to hold meetings on the 4th Thursday at 7:00PM.\nNext meeting is October 23rd at 7:00 PM.
URL:https://nwlehighvetsmemorial.org/event/ontelaunee-park-veterans-memorial-committee-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Ontelaunee Park Veterans Memorial Committee Meetings
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