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MINUTES OF THE CROSBY PROPERTY COMMITTEE
DATE: Thursday, May 25, 2023
TIME: 1:00 PM
PLACE: Town Hall
PARTICIPANTS: Diana Lamb (Chair), Adam Kibbe, Richard Archer,
Peter Lombardi, Cindy Bingham (via Zoom)
Agenda Items
1. Call to Order - Chair Diana Lamb called the meeting to order at 1:00
PM.
2. Declaration of a Quorum - Diana declared that a quorum is pre-
sent.
3. Meeting Participation Statement - Diana read the participation
statement.
4. Recording Statement - Diana read the recording statement.
5. Approve Old Minutes - A motion to approve the April 2023 minutes
was made, seconded and approved unanimously. There were no
public comments.
6. Property Manager's Report
a. Richard showed the poster for the Crosby Family Fun Day to be
held on June 17th on the lawn at the mansion, with parking in the
lower lot.
b. Paid professional performers will rotate events throughout the
day and will include magicians, jugglers, aerialists and members
from the Payomet Performing Arts center as well as an alum of
Ringling Bros. and kids from the Nauset School.
c. $10 cash at the gate admits a carful up to 6 people and there will
be lawn games, prizes, and hopefully even a face-cutout photo-op
display of Albert & Matilda Crosby.
d. Beverages and pre-packaged snacks will be available for purchase.
e. Advertising has begun via Brewster community groups, Facebook
and other platforms.
f. The poster will be distributed to popular area venues such as the
Chocolate Sparrow, Friends Market and the Post Office.
g. Peter will talk with Mike Gradone, the Recreation Director, about
the possibility of distributing the poster via school groups.
h. Tables and chairs for Function Room events will be ordered
imminently.
i. The Nauset Garden Club "Art in Bloom" event will take place at
the mansion on the 9t" & 10th of June, and there is a possibility
they will resume their Christmas event in 2024.
j. The 2023 season wedding allowance is fully booked and some
have even been turned away (one in October due to a conflict
with the Haunted Mansion event. 2 are already booked for 2024
— one for June 9t", another in August/September.
k. The grounds are in pretty good shape and the mowers will soon
be serviced professionally.
I. Process on implementing mini splits for the Function Room are
still being held up by one non-responsive party. Nevertheless
there is still some hope of having this work done before the first
wedding on July 29.
m.Cottages are in final prep and almost ready for the season.
n. The DPW is scheduled to trench on 6/15 for lighting for the stairs
up from the lower lot.
o. The first Open House is schedule for Sunday July 2nd
7. Friends of Crosby Report
p. Weekly Tuesday work days with the Friends are ongoing including
cleaning, painting and repairs.
q. Richard, Gayle and Adam will look into what level of
refurbishment might be possible (visual, if perhaps not functional)
to at least one line of the old call system.
r. A volunteer drive is set for June 3rd.
s. Archival materials are being reviewed and sorted with an eye
towards bolstering displays throughout the mansion.
t. Video archive interviews with a professional videographer have
begun, started with Bill Secor and Tom Hanley. The plan is to get
footage from as many remaining original Friends as possible as
well as the newer people, to be edited into a visual and oral
record.
u. Richard plans to try to track down a recorded interview with Dr.
Spargo (editor's note -- founder/director of Camp Seascape
weight loss camp in the 1970's) of which he has been made
aware.
8. New Business - none
9. Next Meeting — June 22, 2023 at 1 PM at the Town Hall
10. Adjournment - The motion passed at about 1:30.
Respectfully submitted, Adam S. Kibbe