Tagline Contest – Help Us Create a Slogan that Speaks for HCN

Calling all creative minds: Have you ever seen a commercial or heard a company slogan and thought, “I can do better than that!”? Well, this is your opportunity! HCN needs a tagline that will capture the attention of readers, volunteers, and donors; a few words that represent our personality and the impact we are making in the world. See if you can stir emotion or create a call to action. Who better to capture the essence of HCN than our regular readers?

Guidelines for the Tagline Contest:

• Entries should contain between two and ten words
• Entries should be descriptive (communicate HCN’s mission) and emotional (convey a specific tone or feeling about HCN and its brand)
• Contestants can submit multiple entries
• Be unique, thoughtful, and witty!
  

Examples of famous taglines: A Diamond is Forever. Just Do It. The Ultimate Driving Machine. All the news that’s fit to print. It’s everywhere you want to be. Email your brilliant entries to info@heritageconservation.net by October 15, 2008. Be sure to include your contact information so we can notify the winner.

The HCN staff is eagerly anticipating all of your ideas, and we hope to announce our new tagline, and the contest winner’s name, in the next edition of Update. The tagline will be used on HCN’s website and in all marketing materials, and the winner will receive a limited edition t-shirt with HCN’s logo - and new tagline!

HCN’s Preservation Partners

Meet Andy deGruchy

Having devoted his life’s work to the appropriate care and maintenance of historic masonry, Andy deGruchy is just about the best friend an old stone structure could have, not to mention an excellent instructor who energizes and entertains volunteers as they give their all to a project.

We first met Andy in 2006 when he approached us about helping to restore the Weisel Bridge. The way Andy recounts the story, it was pure alphabetical order that caused the manager of the Weisel Youth Hostel to contact him in a desperate effort to get some assistance with the crumbling bridge just outside his door. Fortunately Andy knew of HCN and offered his services as the technical expert for workshop at the site, saving the bridge in the process. Andy has led an HCN workshop every summer since, last year at the Jean [Jacob] Hasbrouck House in New Paltz, New York, and this year at the Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx.

Next year he’ll be leading an innovative workshop at the Speaker’s House in Trappe, Pennsylvania, where we will be training young masons in the art of masonry conservation - thereby preserving not only the building, but also the trade. We’re privileged to have found such a valuable partner in Andy who shares our passion for historic preservation, and look forward to continuing to work together in the years ahead.

Workshop Spotlight

Rebuilding Lives in Armenia: City Center Recovery and Conservation Efforts
Gyumri, Armenia, June 27 - July 9, 2009

HCN volunteers will also be tackling masonry at our workshop in Gyumri, Armenia in summer of 2009. It’s not too early to sign up for this exciting cross-cultural opportunity! We will be repairing one of the hundreds of distinctive Armenian Belle Epoch masonry buildings in the city center, which is still slowly recovering from the effects of a massive earthquake in 1988. HCN is working with the local organization Historic Armenian Houses on a long-term project to show that restoration is not only possible but also makes more economic and ecological sense than demolition and reconstruction. Learn more!

Volunteer Vacations: Good News for Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Preservation is the greenest type of building around, and our workshop participants can be proud of themselves for working to keep building materials out of landfills, keeping centuries-old craft traditions alive, and contributing to sustainable economic development like heritage tourism. But can the good they do offset the environmental cost of getting to the workshop sites? If you’re tossing and turning at night debating whether to travel to Kenya with us next year, know that volunteering is one of the recommended ways to reduce the impact of your travel addiction. Purchasing carbon offsets is another strategy. Readers can check out Sustainable Travel International for other ideas.

More Masonry Training for Professionals

16th International Course on Stone Conservation - Venice, Italy

This course, scheduled for April 16 - July 3, 2009, is designed for professionals involved in the conservation of historic stone structures and artifacts. The primary goal of the course is to improve the practice of stone conservation internationally. As such, participants will gain a holistic understanding of the deterioration of stone, disseminating effective conservation methodologies, and ensuring a practical understanding of appropriate repair methods and long-term management strategies.

Through lectures, discussions, laboratory sessions, demonstrations, site visits and field exercises, participants will discuss and engage in current state of the art methodologies as they pertain to all phases of stone conservation. The application deadline is September 14, 2008. Complete course description and application information for this and other ICCROM courses are available at www.iccrom.org.

Conference Calendar

Barn Fest
September 26-20, 2008, Goessel/Hillsboro, Kansas USA

A gathering of barn owners and all who value barns; organized by the Kansas Barn Alliance. For information see www.kansasbarnalliance.org.

Moving Forward, Looking Back: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Heritage Conservation
October 13-17, 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Join the Association for Preservation Technology International as it marks its 40th Anniversary. The conference celebrates not only the membership profile of APT but the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of heritage conservation/historic preservation approaches over the last four decades. Focus will be on two sub-themes: Sustainable Heritage Conservation and Conservation Technology and Philosophy. For information see www.apti.org/conferences/2008/.

Convergence of Interests: Oral History in the Digital Age
October 15-19, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Annual meeting of the Oral History Association, which seeks to bring together all persons interested in oral history as a way of collecting and interpreting human memories to foster knowledge and human dignity. For information see http://alpha.dickinson.edu/oha.

Preservation in Progress: National Preservation Conference
October 21-25, 2008, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

The National Preservation Conference is the premier preservation conference in the United States for professionals in preservation and allied fields, dedicated volunteers, and serious supporters. If you are dedicated to protecting historic resources in your community, want to strengthen your professional network, or meet new partners in the fight for preservation, this conference will send you home with newfound energy, rededicated to your mission and knowing you have strong allies in the battle to save our heritage. For information see www.nthpconference.org.

Industrial Heritage 2008: Third European Contact Weekend for Industrial Heritage Volunteers and Associations
October 24-26, 2008, Barcelona and Terrassa, Spain

Coordinated by E-FAITH, the European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage, to promote contacts and co-operation between volunteers and non profit organizations that are engaged in the research, the preservation, the interpretation and/or the presentation of the industrial and technical heritage. For information see www.e-faith.org.

Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association
Annual Conference
October 30 - November 2, 2008, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Annual conference of a group dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multidisciplinary manifestations including American Studies, Art, Built Environment and Architecture, Fashion, Appearance and Material Culture, Latino/a Studies, Native American Studies, Popular Literary Landscapes, and Rock & Roll. For information see www.mapaca.net.

On the Waterfront Conference: Culture, Heritage and Regeneration of Port Cities
November 19-21, 2008, Liverpool, UK

This conference explores the future of port cities in order to best protect the integrity of historic ports while ensuring their distinctiveness, emphasizing the role heritage plays in regeneration, tourism and how cities have utilized redundant areas to fashion vibrant and diverse places where creativity has flourished alongside economic resurgence. For information see www.english-heritage.org.uk/onthewaterfront.

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