The Heritage League of Pierce County is pleased to announce the winners of our 2019 social media boost opportunity!
Out of the pool of applicants, the four randomly chosen winners are:
#1 – Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion
#2 – Dupont Historical Museum
#3 – Knights of Pythias, Commencement Lodge #7
#4 – Historic Fort Steilacoom
Congratulations!
Each of the organizations above will receive one week of content for their Instagram and Facebook accounts, produced by Grit City Magazine.
*Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion will be featured one week in March,
*Dupont Historical Society one week in June,
*Knights of Pythias one week in September, and
*Historic Fort Steilacoom one week in December.
For the organizations listed above, please send the name and e-mail of your social media coordinator to contact.heritageleague@gmail.com and we will put you in touch with the Grit City Magazine team. The HLPC board will be happy to help facilitate, but the content will be worked out directly with a representative from each of the four organizations and Grit City Magazine.
We hope to see you all at our Annual Meeting on February 2nd, where Sara and Sierra of Grit City Magazine will be doing our keynote talk and providing all our member organizations with some tips and tricks for reaching (and keeping) a vibrant social media audience.
Congratulations once again to our social media sponsorship recipients!
Best wishes,
HLPC Board ...
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The 2019 legislative session begins on Monday, January 14, 2019 and concludes on April 28, 2019. The first meeting of Heritage Caucus is on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
We are accepting proposals for presentations during the regular meetings of the Heritage Caucus, on Wednesdays at 7:00 AM in Room ABC in the Cherberg Building. Senator Honeyford and Representative Tharinger serve as co-chairmen of Heritage Caucus.
As a reminder, presentations are scheduled for 15 minutes or less, and recommended to fit into one of the following prioritized categories:
1. Immediate policy issues; pending legislation; current initiatives
2. Relevant or upcoming policy issues; proposed future legislation or initiatives
3. Overviews of state funded and heritage organization activities (current exhibits, programs, etc.)
Please keep in mind that this is a long session with many issues coming before the caucus. We will be reserving caucus time for discussions related to the budget and other important legislation.
The caucus staff will do their best to accommodate all requests.
Please provide the following information in your proposal, and send via email:
1. Presentation title
2. Names, titles, and organizational affiliation of presenters
3. A detailed outline of your presentation, including its priority category from the list above
4. Your Technological needs (available on site: microphone, computer, internet access, projector, and screen)
5. A list of all state legislators in your district, (app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/ )
6. Your first and second choices for speaking dates.
Please send your speaking requests to Susan Rohrer at susan.rohrer@wshs.wa.gov, all requests will be responded to as soon as possible. Speakers will be contacted to finalize scheduling their presentations.
With the first Heritage Caucus coming up, we will be reviewing the list of pre-filed bills that may be of interest to the Caucus. If you know of any pending legislation that may be of interest to the group, please send information to Glenda Carino so she can track them.
Everyone is welcome to be added to Heritage Caucus email list. Please email your name and email address to Susan Rohrer. Please forward this letter to anyone who might be interested. Thank you!
We look forward to seeing you in January.
Thank you,
Susan Rohrer
253-798-5919
susan.rohrer@wshs.wa.gov
Washington State Historical Society
Glenda Carino,
360-586-8093
Glend.carino@arts.wa.gov
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