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Annual Report on 2004-5 to the Members

Good evening. I’m Terry Placek and I’m the Vice President of the Board of Trustees. It’s my job tonight give you a report on the Fairlington Historical Society’s work in the past year… and our plans for this year.

 

Volunteers and Committees

But, before I talk about projects and accomplishments, I want to talk about the people who made them possible… and about the Society’s members and volunteers, especially:

  • Margaret Williams and Wendy Deker , who co-chaired the 2005 Home and Garden Tour
  • The more than 80 volunteers who made the 2005 Home and Garden Tour the success that it was
  • Stephanie Greenwald, who continued to give us her remarkable talents as a graphic designer and created:
    • All of the artwork for the Home and Garden Tour
    • The program book
    • The tour banners
  • Barbara Ballow, who filmed and edited our first DVD vignette on the 4 th of July Parade
  • Greg Hetzler , who saw the 4 th of July Parade DVD and gave us the wonderful idea of sending it as a holiday greeting to all of our neighbors serving overseas
  • Margie Zlotowitz , who did our very first oral history interview this summer.

All of you contributed enormously to our accomplishments this year… thank you all very much.

 

Annual Program Report

  • February –First Oral History Training
    • 17 people trained to do oral history interviews by
      • Judy Knudson, Arlington Public Library
      • Sara Collins, her predecessor in the Virginia Roo
  • March – New Resident Letter
    • For now, a letter from us welcoming new neighbors to the Historic District and introducing FHS
    • Perhaps one day, a ‘new resident package’
  • April –Organization of the ‘Voices of Fairlington Committee’
    • Working on oral histories
    • As well as development of a DVD on Fairlington past and present
    • And other neighborhood history activity
  • May –Home and Garden Tour
    • 666 tickets sold
    • A very well received event
    • With a special tour for homeowners whose homes were on the tour and a reception for homeowners and all of the more than 80 volunteers who made the tour possible
    • Receipts of a little over $14,000 in ticket sales, sponsorships, and contributions
    • Expenses of just over $6,000 on printing, banners, tour day reception and post tour reception for homeowners and volunteers
    • Made just over $8,300
  • July –First Oral History Interview
    • Margie Zlotowitz interviewed her 90 year old uncle who lived here as a young Navy officer during WWII
  • Also in July – First Videotaping – 4 th of July Parade
    • Filmmaker Barbara Ballow taped and edited a marvelous 5 minute vignette
    • We’ll show it after the meeting…
  • September –DVDs for our Neighbors Overseas
    • Greg Hetzler gave us the idea
    • We’re planning to send the DVD of the 4 th of July parade to Fairlingtonians serving overseas as a holiday greeting
  • Ongoing Work
    • Two display cases… this year including Fairlington’s ad in a mid-70’s Playboy
    • Representation on the Boundary Stone Group

     

What’s Coming Up?

  • First group oral history – February – original owners
  • Development of the DVD on Fairlington, past and present
  • Planning for the 2007 Home and Garden Tour
  • Much, much more

Thank you all…