1981

Incorporation and a Growing California Collection

Members elected Joan Greenwald president on January 21, and the board set sales for March, June and September. The March 21 sale, stocked in part by a donation from the Lucile Van Wormer family, raised $401. On March 25 the board voted unanimously to incorporate. In June it set a yearly process for the Belasco memorial fund: each June the president, treasurer and librarian would recommend its uses. Dorothy Howard opened her garden for the Libations benefit on August 15. The California Collection neared 200 volumes, and in October the board reported matching gifts to it from Isolde Whitney and Carol Tanner. On November 20 the state filed the articles of incorporation, which named four initial directors. Bill Malone did the legal work, and Jack Belasco paid the costs. The December sale earned $505.91.

Drawn from: Joan Greenwald elected president — Review report; Board minutes approving incorporation work; Board minutes defining memorial-fund distribution process; June newsletter on sale proceeds and Californiana; Board minutes on gifts, memorial interest and incorporation; Certified articles of incorporation; November newsletter announcing incorporation; Board minutes on year-end support and memorial sale.

Summary written by Claude from this year's records, for review by the board. Read every year.