Most Recent Minutes

October 20, 2025

PRESENT: Alan Jones, Griffin Jones, Mark Obbie, Beth Thomas, Seth Thomas, Deirdre Crofton, Brooke Finley, Tracey Howe. Special Guest: Steve Petrone, S Bristol resident

CALL TO ORDER: Tracey called the meeting to order at 6:38pm

MINUTES: Approved minutes Zoom meeting on O10/8/25 and 9/15/25.

Beth motioned to approve, 2nd Griffin. All agreed. Moved

TREASURER REPORT: Dave sent Treasurer Report by email in his absence

Tracey motioned to approve, 2nd Griffin. All agreed. Moved

SECRETARY REPORT: Secretary position still open, Brooke will continue taking minutes. We need a Membership & Fundraising Chair.

PRESIDENT REPORT: Status of funding request from the T/o South Bristol pending

BLDGS & GRNDS: Bldg permit pending. Domenic & Daughters submitted insurance. Cost was reduced from 37.5k to 25k with revisions. Down payment submitted, work will start once the permit has been approved by T/o Bristol

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Mark will promote Wreaths Across America. Newsletter change proposed: The member benefit is the mailed hard copy, the listserv folks will also get a digital copy. Griffin will help Mark on the subscribers list. Barn Quilt Trail has a new barn quilt business in Bristol, Mark is working with this local team to update the map and may do barn quilt classes here- $500 to submit to this project. Story about Nancy Lane’s painting about the Fletcher Barn story about the family owned by the barn. TY Beth & Seth for loan

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Codding Mill, option for historical district in Bristol, need Town buy-in due to municipal restrictions. Grant opportunities? Geneseo scholars & Morgan Chapter may do archeological digs, next summer? Seneca village behind the dump with native American sites to add to the historic district, need to take cultural & political challenges into consideration. Dave to present this at Nov. meeting.

Estimate for 9.6k by JT Wight for parking lot by the Grange- to continue to talk about in Nov

FUNDRAISING: Potentially recruiting folks with larger ticket donations. Potentially do a matching gift. Doing charity watch registration or another third party validation could help.

PROGRAMS: 250th Bristol freedom fest summer ‘26 with the T/o Canandaigua. Colonial Day add to Bristol Fun Days 6/13-14. Beth to create “Little Switzerland” presentation about ski resort areas in Bristol, may partner with Naples on Hunt Hollow. Beth & Tracey to de-ascension irrelevant items to our local history- approved by the board for them to make independent decisions. Approved by board, to order sandwich board sign for the “Save the Past. Save the Glass” 75k window repair (Sponsor a Pane for 10k) fundraiser- to include stories about the names in the windows- Beth to send pictures of windows to Mark and to add in that the Jones Family, the Town of Bristol, etc.

NEW BUSINESS: Dickens Wader paintings to do a show but unsure about insuring these paintings with the building. Homework; review bylaws for final review at our Nov. meeting. Meeting Adjourned: 8:31pm.