2020-12-21 HPC Subcommittee HISTORIC PRESERVATION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
City Council Chambers, 33 East Broadway Avenue Meridian, Idaho
Monday, December 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM
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Agenda
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____ Blaine Johnston, President
____ Jacy Nary
____ Brian Fitzgerald
____ Josh Evarts, Vice President
APPROVAL OF MINUTES [ACTION ITEM]
1. Minutes from November 17, 2020 Subcommittee Meeting
NEW BUSINESS [ACTION ITEMS]
2. Create Strategic Transition Plan for History of Meridian Idaho Facebook Group
3. Plan Content for Initial Facebook Group Takeover
FUTURE MEETING TOPICS / DISCUSSION
NEXT MEETING: TBD
ADJOURNMENT
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIAL MEDIA
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
Parks and Recreation Conference Room, 33 East Broadway Avenue Ste 206 Meridian,
Idaho
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 4:30 PM
MINUTES
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Meeting called to order at 4:50pm
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_x___ Blaine Johnston, President
_x___ Josh Evarts, Vice President
_x___ Jacy Nary
_x___ Brian Fitzgerald
NEW BUSINESS [ACTION ITEMS]
1. Discuss Possible Partnership and Next Steps with Robert Mortensen of History of
Meridian Idaho Facebook Group
The Subcommittee is interested in partnering with the History of Meridian Idaho Facebook
group in order to maximize reach. The current administrator of the group, Robert
Mortenson joined the meeting to discuss further. R. Mortenson asked about the group’s
ability to delete comments or off topic posts and he would like more information about the
intentions of the City.
B. Johnston and J. Evarts explain that the Commission intends to use social media to expand
awareness of the Commission, develop content that is relatable to participants, and to
facilitate learning about local history. The Commission sees social media as a primary way
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of reaching the community. R. Mortenson stated that he is interested in sharing
administrative rights with the Subcommittee in order to grow the Facebook group and
have assistance in content creation.
Through discussion, the Subcommittee decided that it would be best if each commissioner
create a new profile with “Commissioner” in the title, for most effective posting and
commissioner participation,. This will delineate the commissioner’s personal profile from
their position as a City commissioner and give the commissioners some authority when
posting on the group page. The commissioner profiles will have administrative access.
J. Evarts proposed that himself and J. Nary go into the Historical Society archives about
once a month, prepare content for 8-10 posts, and post the content throughout the month.
The Subcommittee plans on acting as storytellers for Meridian history in an effort to record
and preserve the knowledge that the Historical Society holds, especially Meridian’s
historian, Lila Hill. The Facebook Group will facilitate the transition of knowledge as the
Historical Society phases out. The Subcommittee and R. Mortenson agreed to this proposal.
R. Mortenson also mentioned that he is okay with not being an admin and releasing the
rights to the City, however, the Subcommittee stated they would rather partner with the
group.
In moving forward, J. Nary volunteered to do a tutorial for commissioners on how to create
a new Facebook profile. The Subcommittee would like to ask Shandy Lam to provide
technical training, and A. Belnap will establish the terms of service for entrance into the
group. The Subcommittee will report back to the Commission and prepare to transition to
the History of Meridian Idaho Facebook group around the first of the year.
FUTURE MEETING TOPICS / DISCUSSION
ADJOURNMENT
J. Nary made motion for approval, seconded by B. Fitzgerald
All ayes
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