HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Museum Of Science And History Advisory Committee - 03/05/2009 RECEIVED
MAR 2 7 2009
MINUTES
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
Advisory Committee Meeting
March 5, 2009
The Museum Advisory Committee met in the Museum's DeDietrich Conference Room at
Noon on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Members Present: Margaret Bolick, Robert
Hatherill, Kathy Juneau, Shannon Madden, and Jim Moloney.
Upon motion by Jim Moloney and seconded by Kathy Juneau, the minutes of the January
8, 2008 meeting were approved as presented.
Business:
a. Upon motion by Jim Moloney and seconded by Kathy Juneau the Committee
unanimously approved the deaccession of:
- For transfer to Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures:
281 Asian(Indian) Cultural objects
- Due to poor condition, excessive redundancy, or no longer within Museum
mission:
157 Sam Frank Purchase objects(toys,political pieces, purses, costume jewelry)
60 Toys
68 Womens/Mens Costume Jewelry
457 Miscellaneous items including 388 lapel pins
Plus assorted other objects
b. Upon motion by Margaret Bolick and seconded by Robert Hatherill the Committee
unanimously approved a motion to concur with the appointment by the Museum Director
of Jose Medina as Adjunct Curator of Anthropology for the period June 1, 2009 to July 1,
2010. There is no commitment of compensation with this appointment. Mr. Medina is a
Ph.D. student at the Universidad Iberonamerica in Mexico City doing research on Lipan
Apache ethno-history and ethnology in south Texas. Mr. Medina will be supervised both
here and at Texas A &M University—Corpus Christi by Museum Archeologist Dr.
Robert Drolet.
c.With the new carpenter on board progress is being made on the repairs to Pinta. It
remains open for public tours while work proceeds. The Consul General for Spain in
Houston determined that it was not possible to get the repairs to Nina done by the
planned May deadline so he has postponed the trip to Houston by the ship until early next
year. He is working on a response to matters that will be included in the Memorandum of
Understanding.
d. Fiscal year attendance was down 8%through February. Paid attendance was down
almost 16%. Many revenue sources such as sales tax are projected to decline which are
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of greater concern than Museum attendance revenue. As a result, tt is expected that the
Museum budget will necessarily be reduced next fiscal year along with other City
departments.
e. Staff reports
Position vacancies have recently been filled. New employees are filling the Collection
Manager, Registrar, Carpenter, and (2) Tour Guide positions. Only recently the Science
Educator position was filled. The Preparator and one of the three Tour Guide positions
will be left vacant as a cost saving measure. The vacancies, some of which were long
teen, have enabled the Museum to amass a significant salary savings this fiscal year.
A new rack card has been printed with underwriting by the Friends of the Museum. We
have continued our marketing collaboration with the Art Museum.
Copies of a report on the accomplishments of the Texas Tropical Trail Region were
distributed. Museum Director Rick Stryker is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the
TTTR.
The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m. RECEIVED
MAR 2 7 2009
CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE