2011-2012 KCHC MEMBERS & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE composed of all the officers and committee chairpersons shall assist the Chairman in the formation of policy, long-range planning and progress direction.  It shall act as nominating committee to fill the officers’ positions.

            Chair – Mary Kate Benge
            Vice-Chair – Betty Brown
            Secretary – Jamie Laywell
            Treasurer – Johnny Countryman
            Poor Farm Chair – Jeff Baska
            Historic Markers and Research Committee Chair – Pat Raymond
            Historical Preservation Chair – Charlene Orr
            Historical Appreciation Chair – Susan Roberts

FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE composed of the Commission’s four officers, shall determine what Commission expenditures will be for the year and prepare a budget.  The Committee may authorize routine expenditures not requiring the membership’s vote.
            Chairman – Mary Kate Benge
            Vice – Chair – Betty Brown
            Secretary – Jamie Laywell
            Treasurer – Johnny Countryman

“POOR FARM” MUSEUM COMMITTEE shall serve as the Directorate of the “Poor Farm: Living History Park and Museum and oversee the function of that entity for KCHC.
            Chair- Jeff Baska
            Johnny Countryman
            Ralph Davis
            Crissy Stephens-Meador
            George York

HISTORICAL MARKERS AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE shall conduct research in the history of structures, places and people, nominating appropriate structures and sites for state historical markers.  This Committee shall also conduct periodic surveys of all official markers in Kaufman County.  This committee also handles the historic cemetery designations. (Currently they are working on the GPS cemetery project.)
            Chair - Pat Raymond
            Betty Brown
            Horace Flatt
Elizabeth Grubbs
Judy McSpadden

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE shall coordinate and encourage the work of all entities in Kaufman County engaged in the preservation of historic buildings and sites; of historic artifacts; of photographs, paintings, drawings, books, newspapers, written records and other documents, and of the spoken word.  This committee oversees KCHC’s involvement in Texas Archeology Month in October.
            Chair – Charlene Orr
            Jean Ann Ables-Flatt
            Wendy Manning
            Crissy Stephens-Meador

HISTORICAL APPRECIATION COMMITTEE shall publicize the Commission’s work through news media, books and articles for publication, speeches, slide programs, exhibits, tours and any other appropriate means, working with schools, civic organizations, chambers of commerce and municipal governments and others in the effort to evoke in our citizens an awareness of our historical, cultural and ethnic heritage.  This committee helps with the publication of the quarterly newsletter “Yesterday’s News” and works closely with the Historical Preservation Committee on the Texas Archeology Month celebration and Ghost Walk.

            Chair – Susan Roberts
            Co-Chair - Margaret Briggs
            Ginger Davis
            Jamie Laywell