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#wearehaverhill Thursday February 1, 2018Note…the January 2018 meeting was cancelled due to the weather. Meetings: ?1st Thursday of each month, Morrill Building - 2nd Floor Boardroom?Present: Roger Warren, Liz Shelton, Erin Atkinson, Everett Sawyer III, and TM LacailladeMission Statement: ?Stories of the past, present, future. ?Tell us your story. ?A community web-site to introduce a living history of our area. ?Stories, history, poems, photos or whatever people would like to submit.Need to get a release for us to publish quotes from stories for other town web-sites.Develop questions to get people talking and focus interview.?50 most influential people in our area -The Greater Haverhill AreaRich history; I.e., The Underground Railroad / Michelle Sherburne, author - possible resource? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The area quarries, mining - Everett? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The Cohase Turnpike - main thoroughfare from Plymouth to Haverhill ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Roger? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No Man's Island? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The Railroad - Liz? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Logging - Jo? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Schoolhouses? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The County Poor FarmJo is taking names and making a list of suggested people to invite to become involved and tell their stories. ?Record live interviews. ?Camera equipment and microphones needed. ?Where would we meet - Interviewer/Interviewee?Roger made some suggestions for grant money. ?? ? ? ? Suggested themes: ?Stories that define our town.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Farms, the agricultural history?Time Capsule - Get kids and libraries involvedMost critical in the coming month is to acquire equipment, having the interviewers trained in the equipment and set up the web-site. ?Scott from the High School and Tom Kidder from Newbury - to teach us the best camera and microphone setup techniques.List of people who want to be interviewers: ?Roger, Liz, ErinPress releases, radio blurbs, Facebook spots - getting word out there that we're looking for information on certain subjects. ?Homework: ?Each person comes with 5 questions for interviews next month.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Each person comes with some information and/or suggested interviewees?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? on their area of interest listed above.Notes transcribed by Erin Atkinson (THANK YOU!) ................
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