Larry, You have put a lot of thought into this, and I also would like to see the certification idea revived. I had shared some Ideas with Katherine Dill back in November 2002, and we discussed the idea briefly on this list in February 2003. You have taken the idea a little further with your idea of the "governing body" to determine the "standards", "performance objectives" and "testing" required to be a "Certified Cemetery Restorationist". One thing I did not see in your ideas (unless I missed it) is determining who will be the "qualified instructors" to teach this certification program, something else the governing body will need to determine standards for. I have been involved in Fire Service Education and Certification for quite a few years now, and have some ideas on the education end of the certification process that I think will help, and would very much like to be involved in this again if you get enough interest from the group to make this a reality. I have done presentations on a small scale locally with a powerpoint presentation on local cemeteries showing various groups some of the "do's and don'ts" of cemetery cleanup and restoration. I would love to be more involved on the teaching part of cemetery restoration. Ernie (I also changed the "Subject:" line of this topic, since we have drifted from "A novel way to raise money for a cemetery" to "Certified Cemetery Restorationist") At 10:15 PM 10/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Not too long ago there was some discussion of creating some sort of >certification for cemetery restorationists. This idea, however, didn't seem >to really catch on. I would like to bring this issue back into play. > > >What do you all think? I think something like this would provide the tools >for those involved in cemetery restoration to improve their efforts. Keep >your eye on the big picture. We need to stay focused on the actual results >achieved. Will this help achieve a high standard of quality in the >restoration of the cemeteries? I believe strongly that it would. > >Larry Tippin >Putnam County Coordinator > >--

Good morning all, I'm with you Ernie, If I remember right, INPCRP folks talked about this whole thing with Jeannie/DHPA a couple of years ago. And she didn't see our point. But there is a big line we cross with what were doing by resetting these old monuments. Sooner of later we all have to disturb the ground somewhat to reset or find the missing pieces. The very thing that law protects. Something I guess the DHPA or probably any other Historical Society won't want to govern for a Certificate. It could become a legal issue when things go wrong. So who really should be the one handing out these Certifications? Who can/should step up to that challenge? My question is why dose anyone need this now? I was asking for this 4 years ago. I guess as long as I'm working under a trustee's permission I'm doing exactly what I wanted to do anyway. Repair these wonderful old family monuments and restore the cemeteries in my county. So I guess I don't need a certificate to do this. And most of us on this list are doing this as a hobby to save our history anyway. I'm hearing that there are several out there for big money. Maybe they need this. Credibility is something we all earn in our communities. And that is better that an certificate anyway. Shoo, I better go get more coffee. Lots of good discussion going this week. Happy Sunday. L.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie & Connie Lasley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP]"Certified Cemetery Restorationist". > Larry, > > You have put a lot of thought into this, and I also would like to see the > certification idea revived. I had shared some Ideas with Katherine Dill > back in November 2002, and we discussed the idea briefly on this list in > February 2003. You have taken the idea a little further with your idea > of > the "governing body" to determine the "standards", "performance > objectives" and "testing" required to be a "Certified Cemetery > Restorationist". > > One thing I did not see in your ideas (unless I missed it) is determining > who will be the "qualified instructors" to teach this certification > program, something else the governing body will need to determine > standards > for. I have been involved in Fire Service Education and Certification > for > quite a few years now, and have some ideas on the education end of the > certification process that I think will help, and would very much like to > be involved in this again if you get enough interest from the group to > make > this a reality. I have done presentations on a small scale locally with a > powerpoint presentation on local cemeteries showing various groups some of > the "do's and don'ts" of cemetery cleanup and restoration. I would love > to be more involved on the teaching part of cemetery restoration. > > Ernie > > (I also changed the "Subject:" line of this topic, since we have drifted > from "A novel way to raise money for a cemetery" to "Certified Cemetery > Restorationist") > > > > At 10:15 PM 10/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Not too long ago there was some discussion of creating some sort of > >certification for cemetery restorationists. This idea, however, didn't > >seem > >to really catch on. I would like to bring this issue back into play. > > > > > >What do you all think? I think something like this would provide the > >tools > >for those involved in cemetery restoration to improve their efforts. Keep > >your eye on the big picture. We need to stay focused on the actual > >results > >achieved. Will this help achieve a high standard of quality in the > >restoration of the cemeteries? I believe strongly that it would. > > > >Larry Tippin > >Putnam County Coordinator > > > >-- > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > INPCRP State Coordinator: Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > > http://www.inpcrp.org > >