During the June 21-22 2001 Conference, participants submitted recommendations for the Friends of 1800 preservation tasks and activities, including topics for our next conference in the year 2003. These comments reflect the overall enthusiasm and interests in glbt preservation. We welcome all of you to join us in ensuring that the preservation movement continues to be inclusive and representative of our diverse country.

Here are the results of our Conference questionnaire:
 

GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE CONFERENCE

After attending this Conference, I wonder how many of "us" out there are preservation-minded?

The Conference was a dramatic presentation of queer history.

Good conference, but revise the discussion on interior design to be more appropriate to the rest of the sessions.

CONTENTS AND DELIVERY

Continue to document GLBT sites and seek landmark/National Register Status. Advocate for preservation of specific buildings and/or neighborhoods ­ embrace causes like freeway tear-down, etc. Promote use of Federal Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit, even for non-profits or agencies. Work to help create a memorial to Harvey Milk and other early leaders in the GLBT movement. Coordinate and lend expertise for future conferences on preservation and the GLBT movement (e.g., National Trust).

Provide tape recordings for self-guided tour of City Hall with Harvey Milk in his own words. [Response to tour on City Hall and interpretation of Harvey Milk's assassination.]

Integrate historical research with interpretation of space, and with public policy and planning issues.

Explore the relationship between built environment and our history, identify physical history; big picture, not one building at a time.

Include core women's issues. Consider Smithsonian exhibit.

Focus on theme rather than a city (e.g., maritime history in many cities not just San Francisco).

Expand with home tours in San Francisco. Promote research and volunteers for walking tours.

Recap continues.