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September 7, 2006
The Museum Advisory Committee met in the Museum's DeDietrich Conference Room at Noon
on Thursday, June Members Present: Margaret Bolick, Sharon Brower, Cheryl
Gillenwater, Robert Hatherill, Phyllis Riddle, Linda Scott, and Linda Tomo.
Upon motion by Phyllis Riddle and seconded by Sharon Brower, the minutes of the August 3,
2006 meeting were approved as presented. Upon motion by Linda Scott and seconded by Linda
Tomo, the absences of Margaret Bolick and Robert Hatherill was approved for good cause.
Business:
a. The terms of Robert Hatherill, Linda Tomo, Anna Peterson, and Margaret Bolick are expiring
in September. The willingness of Robert Hatherill, Linda Tomo, and Margaret Bolick to serve
additional terms has been forwarded to the Mayor. This still leaves two vacancies. Upon motion
by Margaret Bolick and seconded by Phyllis Riddle, Dr. Jonda Halcomb, and Ms. Nelida Ortiz
were unanimously recommended to the Mayor for appointment.
b. The 4ih Quarter Performance Report(end of the fiscal year) is being prepared for the City
Council's review later this month. Rick Stryker provided a copy of the Museum's departmental
Performance Report and the visitor survey for FY 2005/06. There was a discussion of the
noteworthy points contained in the report and survey.
c. Part of the Texas Heritage Tourism Program involves the evaluation of heritage and cultural
sites within the Texas Tropical Trails Region. A team from the Texas Historical Commission
evaluated 71 facilities in 36 communities in the 20 county Texas Tropical Trail Region including
the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History. They focused on five areas: Tourism
Development, Collections Care and Exhibits, Interpretation, Historic Architecture/Building
Maintenance, and Marketing. In each of these areas they identified the "advantages" of each
facility and made some "recommendations."
In most areas they noted advantages for the Museum of Science and History. In marketing,
however, they made 10 recommendations for improvement. Where relevant, the team noted
Distinguishing Features that made a given facility stand out. The distinguishing feature for the
Museum of Science and History noted by the THC team was the"excellent quality replicas of
Columbus'ships."
d. The City Manager convened a meeting with the design team working on the Bayfront
Improvements and updating the area development plan(Gignac/Sasaki) and Chip Jeffries of
Ralph Appelbaum. Also included were senior City staff members and representatives of the Art
Museum and the American Bank Center. A consensus emerged on the most fruitful direction for
addressing the planning issues in the museum area. Sasaki Associates, who are urban planners,
will develop a concept based on consensus solutions and it will be included in the Appelbaum
Report. It is expected that the visualized concept study will be completed in October.
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e. Rick Stryker reported on the ideas for celebrating the Museum's 50th anniversary that have
come out of the Friends Board meetings: *50th anniversary stationary(labels) *McGregor exhibit
of 25 to 40 images *slide show with hundreds of pictures(look to the past as well as the future)
*a dinner event with heavy hors d'oeuvres and a guest speaker with special treasure hunt and
door prizes *a series of issues presentations (Bob Drolet, Jim Moloney, xeriscape, local authors)
*expanded mailing list, *month long celebration with speakers all year long,
The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m..