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Director's Report January 2013 18 December 7:30 am Rotary Board meeting that concentrated on Centennial Project in Howard Park. Decided not to go forward and concentrate on building up the endowment in the local foundation. Prepared and mailed approved COAs. Began Office clean out. After hours networking at Green Drinks at the Conservatories in Potawatomi Park. 19 December Massive clean out of out of date material in the files. Todd Zeiger came over to copy some material on the Rushton Apartments. Prepared the RME-COA for the in-kind chimney work on the Kizer House for Indiana Landmarks. Contacted Kim Bowman concerning vacant building on Hill and LaSalle and put interested parties in contact with John Hoban (338-7730). 20 December Staff met with Melissa Paulson from the Mendoza School of Business at Notre Dame to inquire about her course in entrepreneurship and to see if out Preservation Trades initiative would be a suitable candidate for her students to create a business plan. She will e-mail the paperwork to the Office. Staff Christmas luncheon at the LaSalle Grill. Continued with file clean out and reorganization. 21 December We all survived the Mayan meltdown! General Office work. Spoke with former South Bend resident and Studebaker Car Club member, Keith Wilson. He saw Elicia's post on Facebook about the survey books for sale. Interested in purchasing one of each and having them shipped to Georgia. While he was up for the Studebaker meet he did say he spoke with Don Napoli about the Avon! And asked him to at least save the terra cotta. Also shared a website for historic photographs and prints called www.Shorpy.com 24-25 December OFFICE CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS 26 December Continued with file clean out and Office reorganization. Luncheon Meeting with Kim Bowman on East Bank and Hoban House and other Hoban properties. 27 December Continued with clean out of files. 28 December Arranged meeting with Charlie Horner at Local Landmark Emmaus Church for 31 December about the doors. Met with Francisco Gonzales and arranged a meeting for 2 January for Staff to evaluate the condition of his wood siding that he would like to side over. Contacted Larry Meteiver to prepare 2013 Contract for Steve Szaday. Received word that the Commissioners will fund the HPC icon for the L.L. Low's tax system. 30 December Conversation with Michael Lykoudis, Dean of the Architecture School at Notre Dame after Church about the concept of a Preservation Trades Program. He is open to the idea and said that they were considering a Master's Degree in Preservation.