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Historic Cemetery Events
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April 30, 2008
Brown Bag Lunch w/ Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries Commissioner, Nick Eddy
Join Nick and other historic cemetery advocates to chat about issues and concerns regarding historic cemeteries and OCHC work. 11:00am - 1:30pm at the Four Rivers Cultural Ceneter in Ontario.
 
Historic Cemeteries Program - Kuri Gill, (503) 986-0685, Kuri.Gill@state.or.us

April 21 - May 23, 2008 On-Line
Board Development 101
American Association for State and Local History, www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm
 

May
May 3, 2008
Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association Annual Meeting
Registration begins at 9:30 at the Eugene Water and Electric Board in Eugene.
The meeting features a presentation by Ed Alvorsan, the Willamette Valley Stewardship Ecologist for the Nature Conservancy. There will be plenty of time for networking and sharing. Following the lunch break will be a tour of the Eugene Masonic Cemetery.
Contact: OCHA, Carol Surrency at lcsurr@gmail.com or (503) 640-4431

May 4-6, 2008 Eugene
Oregon Heritage Conference
Oregon Heritage Commission - (503) 986-0673, Kyle.Jansson@state.or.us
Great Sessions for Historic Cemeteries
Conference details

May 4, 2008 Junction City
Sustaining Memorials: Cemetery Maintenance and Repair 101 10:00am
Sally Donovan and Associates leads a hands-on workshop about marker cleaning, evaluation and leveling.
Sustaining Memorials: Cemetery Maintenance and Repair 102 12:30pm
The next step...includes resetting, making new bases and basic marker repair.
Both sessions are a part of the Oregon Heritage Conference
Conference information

May 6, 2008 1:30pm Eugene
Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries Meeting
The public is invited to learn about the Commission’s work and plans as well as make comment.
Historic Cemeteries Program - Kuri Gill, (503) 986-0685, Kuri.Gill@state.or.us
Commission details

May 7, 2008 Portland
Volunteer Management 201
June Bass, Autumn Ray, Holly Denniston and Nancy Gaston
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

May 18, 2008 Millersburg
Miller Cemetery Clean-up and Meeting
Join us at the corner of  Woods Road and Millersburg Dr., Millersburg. 9:00 till afternoon. Contact ECPOWL@aol.com

May 20, 2008 Portland
501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Clinic
Carol Cheney, TACS Senior Consultant
This hands-on clinic provides a walk through of the 501(c)(3) application process and includes discussion of the most important, difficult and potentially confusing questions.
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

May 2008, Baker County
Baker County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Bob Evans at bobevans@oregontrail.net or (541)5197273
http://www.bakercounty.org
 

May 2008, Sherman County
Sherman County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Orice Klaas at oricek@gmail.com or (541) 565-3844

June
June 4, 2008 Portland
Advanced Grant Strategies
Rick Levine & Kit Gillem
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

June 12 & 13, 2008 Portland
Advanced Nonprofit Accounting
Gary McGee
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

June 19-22, 2008 Amherst, Massachusetts
Annual Conference
Association for Gravestone Studies - http://www.gravestonestudies.org/

June 26, 2008 Portland
Time Management
Cliff Jones
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

June 28, 2008 Jacksonville
Brown Bag Get Together and Workshop with Commissioner Dirk Siedlecki
We will meet in the Jacksonville Cemetery at 9:00am.  We will start off with a small informal  workshop on cleaning and repairing markers. We will break for lunch and informal discussion on topics of  mutual interest and concern regarding our cemeteries. Please bring gloves to wear, a lunch and perhaps a folding chair to sit on. Morning coffee and snacks will be provided along with dessert and bottled water at lunch time.  Please contact Dirk at 541 826-9939 or djsmhs@earthlink.net if you wish to attend.
Directions are as follows: Take Highway 238 into Jacksonville and turn right onto California Street (main street thru downtown) to first stop sign, turn right onto N. Oregon St. proceed down N. Oregon a short distance and entrance to the cemetery will be on your left.

June 2008
Likely Oregon Cultural Trust Grant Due Date!
http://www.culutraltrust.org
 

June 2008, Clackamas County
Clackamas County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Emily Orlando at culturalcolaition@clackamasculturalcoalition.org or (503) 655-0525
http://www.clackamasculturalcoaliton.org
 

July
July 23, 2008 Portland
Good to Great for Your Nonprofit: The Growing Human Resources Paradox
Margaret Barbee PhD.
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

July 2008, Columbia County
Columbia County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Larry Cole at ldcole@charter.net ot 503-728-9854
 

August
August 12, 2008 Portland
Mentoring - Maximize Peer Development
Faith Evans
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

August 12, 2008 Portland
Team Building - Have Fun and Get Results
Faith Evans
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

August 2008, Jackson County
Jackson County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Lyn Godsey at info@Jacksoncountyculturalcoaltion.org or (541)779-2820
http://jacksoncountyculturalcoalition.org
 

September
September 16-17, 2008 Natchitoches, LA
Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training - www.ncptt.nps.gov, (318) 356-7444, debbie_smith@nps.gov
 

September 18, 2008 Portland
501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Clinic
Carol Cheney, TACS Senior Consultant
This hands-on clinic provides a walk through of the 501(c)(3) application process and includes discussion of the most important, difficult and potentially confusing questions.
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

September 26, 2008 Portland
Getting Federal Grants
Michael Wells
 
Technical Assistance for Community Services - www.tacs.org

September 2008, Benton County
Benton County Cultural Coalition Grant letters of intent to apply.
Contact: Walter Frankel at curtwalt@exchangenet.net or (541) 753-6763
http://bentonculture.org

September 2008, Yamhill County
Yamhill County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Barbara Doyle at nomadicteacher@yahoo.com or (503)538-9721
http://www.yamhillcountyculture.org

November
November 2008, Benton County
Benton County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Walter Frankel at curtwalt@exchangenet.net or (541) 753-6763
http://bentonculture.org

November 2008, Clatsop County
Clatsop County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Michael Hinton at chair@clatsopculturalcoalition.org or (503)325-7332
http://www.clatsopculturalcoaliton.org
 

November 2008, Lincoln County
Lincoln County Cultural Coalition Deadline
Contact: Don Niskanen at info@lincolncountyculturalcoalition.org or (541)547-3848
http://www.lincolncountyculturalcoalition.org
 

November 3 - Decemeber 5, 2008 On-Line
Board Development 101
American Association for State and Local History, www.aaslh.org/workshop.htm

December
December 2008, Baker County
Baker County Cultural Coalition Grant Deadline
Contact: Bob Evans at bobevans@oregontrail.net (541) 519-7273
http://www.bakercounty.org
 

Submissions?
If you would like to submit an item for Historic Cemetery Events, please send one line and contact information to Kuri.Gill@state.or.us. Please allow two weeks for submissions to be posted. Submissions must be directly related to Oregon Historic Cemeteries and posting is at the discretion of the Historic Cemeteries Program.

 
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