Moving Day for PALMCOP at the South Carolina Archives January 28, 2012
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PALMCOP Board members proved their worth as movers and shakers on Friday, January 27th when they moved a U-Haul’s amount of PALMCOP materials out of the South Carolina Archives Building to a secured climate-controlled storage facility off Farrow Road. The move from the archives to the storage facility was done to provide PALMCOP organization members with 24 hour/7 days per week/365 days per year accessibility to emergency disaster recovery materials, and, to eliminate the South Carolina Archives role as an independent third party agent accountable and responsible for storage and maintenance of PALMCOP-owned materials.
“This is the type of sweat equity that pays off in the long run,” said DebbieLee Landi, Chair of PALMCOP. “The South Carolina Archives has been a great supporter of our activities, but this move makes it much easier for us to get immediate access to our disaster recovery supplies in the event of an emergency.”
Escorted and assisted by State Archives employees, PALMCOP Board members used hand trucks, dollys, carts, and a pallet mover to relocate three office supply cabinets and disaster-recovery workshop, promotional, conference, and other PALMCOP-related materials during the all-day move. The Board members who participated in the work day included DebbieLee Landi, Chair; Robert Ryals, Vice-Chair; Heather South, Treasurer; Sara Arnold, District 1 Representative; Autumn Marie Johnson, District 2 Representative; Jennifer Bingham, District 3 Representative; and, Ruth Kilgallon, District 9 Representative.
Thank you all for doing yeomen’s work. It is a comfort to know that PALMCOP has safeguarded its role to help protect our state’s historic resources by advocating preservation and emergency preparedness in our cultural heritage organizations. I am glad to know that the PALMCOP emergency supplies will still be available should we ever need them in Beaufort. I will update our emergency plan to remove any mention of the SCDAH as an intermediary to PALMCOP should an emergency arrive.