HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 04/30/2015 CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY ADVISORY BOARD
Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM
Museum Conference Room, 1900 N Chaparral Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
MEETING MINUTES
1) Call to Order: 12:33 by Jonda
2) Roll Call
a. Present: Steve Arnold, Cary Kay Perales,Jonda Halcomb,Amanda Leal
b. Non-voting:Anita Eisenhauer
c. Absent: O.K. Smith, Scott Sutherland,Wes Pierson
d. Staff present: Carol Rhetmeyer,Jillian Becquet and Arlene Medrano (Staff Liaison)
3) Welcome New Members (Steve Arnold &Anita Eisenhauer)
4) Adoption of minutes
a. Motion by Cary, 2nd by Amanda. All in favor. Passed
5) Public Comment- None
6) Deaccession
a. See attached April 2015 Deaccession Proposal
b. Motion by Cary, 2nd by Amanda. All in favor. Passed.
7) Museum Director's Updates:
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• Mother's Day Dollar Day on Saturday prior • Booth at Fiesta de La Flor-sold $3,000 in
to Mother's Day. Expecting large group. Museum merchandise.
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• Will a Lemonade Stand for Lemonade Day. • Cover to be installed over Kaboom
Proceeds will be given to the Museum as playground.
camp scholarships.
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• Expecting 1,300 kids at summer camps • Received $60K in scholarship funds for
over 11 weeks camps from Flint Hills Resources and Coastal
Bend Community Foundation.
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• Director's Circle Membership Level • Moving forward with Children's Science
Center after receiving funding. Should be
complete by end of November.
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• Have organizations buy camp scholarships.
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8) Museum Attendance numbers
School group attendance doubled since last year.
General Museum attendance also up. Anticipate reaching 100 000 students b end of year.
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Membership is up. Food sales are up.
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9) Follow-Up on Committees
a. Carol recommended a date for a kick-off to get interested people together
b. Jonda called off the commitment list from January's minutes. Carol asked that the list be
emailed again for follow-up.
c. Cary-spoke with Jodi Erichson who works with PSP's (students from TAMU-CC who are
in the pre-student teaching phase) and possibly making it a requirement for them to
volunteer at the Museum in the Education department.
d. The Board settled on June 2nd at 12:00 at the Museum as the day to invite all interested
sub-committee chairs to convene.
i. Invite as many people as possible.
ii. Goal is to have people sign up for committees (sign-up sheets should be
provided).
iii. The MAB will provide descriptions on committees.
iv. Each MAB member should invite his or her contacts individually then send a
total RSVP number to Carol by June 1St so that she may make lunch
arrangements.
10) Four Non-Voting,Advisory Members
a. Send applicants for new non-voting members email to new committee members and
resend to all MAB members.
b. MAB members should ask individuals they know who are interested in being non-voting
members to submit a resume or biographical information to a MAB members so that
the board can review.
c. Send your recommendations to board members in preparation of the June 2nd Special
Meeting.
11) Further Engagement of Advisory Board
a. Item covered through discussion of adding non-voting members and sub-committees
12) Items on Next Agenda
a. Next regular meeting scheduled for Thursday,July 2nd at 12:00 PM at Museum
b. Follow-up on committees
c. Make decision on 4 non-voting advisory members
d. Information on Doc McGregor Gala
e. Specific Attendance Number
f. Deaccession
13) Adjournment
a. Special Meeting (Committee Development)to be held June 2nd at 12:00 PM at Museum
b. Motion by Steve, 2nd by Cary and Amanda. All in favor. Passed. Adjourned at 1:04 PM.