This post is part of a series of editorials written by Bert Walsh during his tenure as president and past president of the Shasta Historical Society. Readers are advised that his humor is often irreverent and rarely politically correct.
Click here for the table of contents for the entire collection of his editorials.
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Way back on page 3 of the Bylaws, it states that the Board of Directors shall cause to be published an annual summary of activities and finances for the last year.
The activities part is easy. We had meetings, a bus trip, hikes, and opened up the school house at fair time. That's all in the newsletters. We kept the library open and helped people who were trying to find their ancestors or lost gold mines or wanted comments on environmental impacts or wanted to visit. We catalogued books and documents, answered most of the mail, put out the Newsletter and the Covered Wagon, put on Pioneer Plaque ceremonies and washed the dishes. We made photo prints, sold books, located graves, had directors' meetings, interfaced with the museum folk, kept track of the membership and tried to keep track of the money. With all that going on, we didn't really get much work done. Seems like things were simpler before Callie Quint came back to town.
The financial part can be stated simply. For the year ending June 30, 1992, income was $ 19,900. This was primarily from dues, interest and publications sales. We spent $18,238. The big item was printing the 1991 Covered Wagon, The rest was just petty larceny. Considering that as of September we had 542 memberships, we sure turned over a lot of money for a little "rinky dink" outfit.
--BTW
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