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Laconia Historical · 05-30-2008, 08:20 AM

Thanks so much for your replies thus far. We've been an organization since 1951. We've had the current name for 10 years when in 1998 the Laconia Historical Society and Laconia Museum Society merged. There's a general thought that if your own staff and board stumble over the name, then perhaps the general public does. 16 syllables can be quite a mouthful. We'd most likely keep it as our legal name, but is there a more user-friendly name to use for the public? Of course, there's also the question of what we'd like to be in the future as we begin to do our next 10-yr plan. Right now, we have offices in the public library (we also host our programs and exhibits there) and a storage facility elsewhere in town. If we work towards having our own building in the future, what would we like it to be (not that we'd ever end our partnership with the library)? What does the public perceive as a need in Laconia-- another local historical society, another museum, or a combination of the two?

05-30-2008, 08:20 AM	#5
Laconia Historical Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Laconia Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Lhms Thanks so much for your replies thus far. We've been an organization since 1951. We've had the current name for 10 years when in 1998 the Laconia Historical Society and Laconia Museum Society merged. There's a general thought that if your own staff and board stumble over the name, then perhaps the general public does. 16 syllables can be quite a mouthful. We'd most likely keep it as our legal name, but is there a more user-friendly name to use for the public? Of course, there's also the question of what we'd like to be in the future as we begin to do our next 10-yr plan. Right now, we have offices in the public library (we also host our programs and exhibits there) and a storage facility elsewhere in town. If we work towards having our own building in the future, what would we like it to be (not that we'd ever end our partnership with the library)? What does the public perceive as a need in Laconia-- another local historical society, another museum, or a combination of the two?