ColdenPreservation Committees

  • Programs and Education

    • Responsible for developing suitable programs for membership meetings and public outreach, as well as tours and site visits, exhibits, presentations and displays.
    • Joe Devine (Chair), Lori Van Houten
       
  • Publications and Publicity

    • Responsible for membership newsletter, occasional publications of joint or individual research studies; and press releases and flyers; and for developing and maintaining society website and media relations to promote the society’s activities.
    • JoeDevine, Harold Van Aken, Gail Yeaple (temporarily one committee)
       
  • Archives and Collections

    • Responsible for collecting, cataloging, and storing books, newspapers, photographs, manuscripts, historic objects, and other historical materials belonging to the Society, and for arranging for appropriate conservation and handling.
    • Robin Assenza (Chair), Harold Van Aken, Gail Yeaple
       
  • Fund-raising

    • Responsible for developing and managing activities and events to raise funds to support the society’s programs and activities.
    • (no one has signed up yet!)
       
  • Friends of the Colden Mansion Ruins

    • Responsible for developing and managing the Society’s efforts to raise funds for the development of the Colden Mansion Heritage Park in the Town of Montgomery, and for the preservation of the site.
    • Barbara Kidney (Chair), no others have signed up
       
  • Membership

    • Responsible for membership drives and overseeing membership benefits offered by the society.
    • Joan Buck (Chair)
       
  • Research

    • Responsible for coordinating society’s research projects. Chairs of individual research projects shall constitute the committee and provide reports as necessary at membership meetings.
    • Gail Yeaple (Chair), Harold Van Aken, Joe Devine, Barbara Kidney,  J. Campbell