HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 08/06/2015 CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY ADVISORY BOARD
Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM
Museum Conference Room, 1900 N Chaparral Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
MEETING MINUTES
1) Call to Order: 12:01 by Scott Sutherland
2) Roll Call
a. Present: Steve Arnold, Cary Kay Perales, Amanda Leal, Anita Eisenhauer, Carol
Rhetmeyer, Jillian Becquet and Arlene Medrano
b. Absent: Jonda Halcomb
3) Adoption of minutes
a. Motion by Arnold, 2nd by Cary. All in favor. Passed
4) Public Comment- None
5) Welcome new member Sonia Castillo Plemons
6) Deaccession
a. Museum has an internal (not lending library) that contains many books (190)
that are not relevant to the current museum collection. Books were purchased
with Museum or Auxiliary funds from an old library that no longer needed the
books.
b. Motion to have Jillian go over the list of books with Steve Arnold, who
is a book collector, then have books donated by Steve, 2nd by Cary. All
in favor. Passed.
7) Museum Director's Updates:
a. In early development stages of converting the 5,000 sq. ft. library into a STEM
preschool. The school would have its own entrance at the back of the Museum.
Carol had success with this in Chicago.
i. Anita- wants to ensure History is included in the STEM pre-school
curriculum.
b. The Museum will be the local host for the Texas Association of Museums for the
first time in 23 yrs.
c. The Children's Science Center will be gutted after Doc McGregor Gala on
September 12th. All new items are prefabricated and project will be complete at
the end of February 2016.
d. This Saturday is the End of Summer Bash.
e. August 18th is the first event in the distinguished lecture series
i. Science of Tap (a program geared towards Millennials) has a sponsor
ii. General Lecture Series- History based. Attracts more mature crowd.
1. Part of Directors circle. Has attracted a great group of people.
2. Jerry Woodfield- the only systems engineer for the Apollo 13
Mission. Has been with NASA for 50 years. Will give lecture at
7PM Tuesday the 18th of August. $15 ticket. Open to the public.
f. Finishing Whataburger display today
g. Adding an interactive music garden in front of the Museum
8) Museum Attendance numbers
a. Overall attendance is up.
b. Expect to reach 100,000 attendance by the end of the year. Last year's
attendance was 62,000.
c. After Children's Science Center is complete, attendance will increase then level
off.
d. Turner Construction is interested in helping the Museum develop and fund an
outdoor water park.
e. Major prospective funders for the 1- 2.5 million dollar naming rights to the
Science Center are; HEB, Valero, Flint Hills, and Citgo.
f. The Museum recruiting for a seasoned, smart, and polished individual to manage
marketing and sales.
g. The Museum donated 300 museum passes for teachers who attended the Tech
to Teach Conference.
h. Taking all photos and making small books by different topics and themes and
selling them in the store. Want to complete a major archive. Funding by Ed
Rochelle Grant and a verbal pledge of 500K for this project.
9) Presence of City official- a City official does not need to present for the meetings to take
place. The Chair may delegate the role of note-taker to any board member. Wes's role
on the board is advisory.
10)Follow-Up on Committees
• Ruben Rocha, Social Studies specialist for CCISD- start internships for
teachers to help with events. He volunteered to help with McGregor photo
book. Candidate to Chair the Doc McGregor Book Committee.
• Metro Prep students
• One set of four new members.
o Carol will write the memo to the Mayor.
11)Four Non-Voting, Advisory Members- discussed under Follow-Up on Committees.
12)Information on Doc McGregor Gala
• Will take place September 12t". $150 VIP tickets.
13)Items on Next Agenda
a. Deaccession
b. Resend the list of potential committee Chairs
c. Four Non-voting, Advisory Members
d. Director's Update
14)Adjournment
a. Motion by Amanda to meet the first Tuesday of every quarter 1St by
Cary, 2nd by Steve Arnold. All in favor. Passed.
b. Motion to adjourn by Cary, 2nd by Amanda. All in favor. Passed.