HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 02/03/2017 CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, February 3, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Museum Conference Room, 1900 N Chaparral Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order: 12:03 PM by Jonda Holcomb
Roll Call:
Present: Jonda Halcomb, Scott Sutherland, E. Jay Ellington, Amanda Leal, Steve Arnold,
Amanda teal, Cary Perales
Absent: Sonia Castillo, Ruben Rocha, Anita Eisenhauer
A. Adoption of Minutes from January 11th 2017
a. Motion to Approve was Seconded and Unanimously Accepted
B. Public Comment
a. None
C. Museum Director's Updates
a. Water leaks from December didn't force the museum to close. Christmas at the
museum still took place with over 300 children attending despite the citywide
water ban being in effect.
b. Although only 300 people attended Christmas at the Museum over $1,500 profit
was received
c. New Years eve event was very widely publicized and resulted in 1,100
attendance. The Museum received numerous donations from local organizations
including: Chuy's, Whataburger, Lexington, P.F. Changs,
d. Year end attendance numbers increased by 16% from 75,913 in 2015 to 90,297
in 2016.
e. The month of January 2017 saw an increase of 33% not including a popular wine
event.
f. Museum Director researched costs for hiring an outside firm to put together a
strategic plan. General costs are $35k to $65k depending on how thorough staff
would like the plan to be.
i. Question: Can staff undertake the Strategic Plan without using
consultants? Yes, staff can undertake this project Director has been
compiling templates for strategic plans Master Planning will ultimately
require outside assistance from consultants
g. Staff developed a survey which should go public in the coming months.
i. Question: do we want to keep the survey localized to museum visitors or
expand it to the entire community? A facebook,page is being developed,
but having the local media Involved would assist greatly. Members of the
advisory board should also circulate the survey.
ii. Board members reviewed the questions in the survey and offered
suggestions
Z. Motion to accept the survey and a//ow for it to go public
was seconded and unanimously accepted
D. Action Items
a. The Advisory committee entertained a few modifications to their ordinance.
Advisory members discussed changes including expanding membership to
include other fields such as the general business community, STEM in addition to
increasing membership from 8 members to 9.
i. Motion to modify the board's membership to increase
membership from 8 to 9 voting members, eliminating all non-
voting positions and requiring members to be from the
following;2 nominated by the friends of the museum, 2 from
k-12, Z from higher education, and 3 community advocates At
least Z member should have a background in STEM and one
member should ha ve a background in History, Motion was
seconded and unanimously accepted,
b. Board members also discussed changing the frequency of their meetings.
Meetings were suggested to be held monthly or every other month. The board
felt that meeting every other month.
i. Motion to hold Advisory board meetings every other month on
the first Thursday of each month was seconded and
unanimously accepted Next museum meeting will be held on April
13t" as the museum has a conflict on April 6t"
c. Board members elected officers
i. Motion to nominate Jonda Halcomb as Chair and Scott
Sutherland as vice chair were seconded and unanimously
accepted,
E. Items for next agenda include Master Planning, Short Term & Long Term Goals,
Strategic Planning, By law Ordinance Revisions & Considerations.
F. Adjourn @ 12:58