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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 2009 MEETING OF THE OSHKOSH PUBLIC MUSEUM BOARD (The minutes were approved at the Dec. 3, 2009 board meeting) The regular November meeting of the Oshkosh Public Museum Board was held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in the Lecture Room of the Museum. Board President Carol Fenrich called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. The roll was taken: Present: Absent: Mrs. Fenrich Mr. Becker Mrs. Kujawa Ms. Drew Mr. Metz Ms. Moldenhauer Mr. Rego Mr. Winkler Also present: Museum Director Brad Larson, Assistant Michael Breza, Leadership Oshkosh representative Steve Vickman and Brenda Hauber recording the minutes. There were no Citizen Statements. The minutes of the October 1, 2009 museum board meeting were read. Ron Metz moved that the minutes be approved. Eugene Winkler seconded the motion. There being no discussion, Mrs. Fenrich called for the roll call vote which went as follows: In favor: Opposed: Fenrich None Kujawa Metz Moldenhauer Rego Winkler With the vote unanimous in favor the motion was passed. The minutes of the October 1, 2009 museum board meeting were approved. The November bill listing was then read. Eugene Winkler moved that the bill listing be approved for payment. Ron Metz seconded the motion. A brief discussion followed. At the conclusion of the discussion, Mrs. Fenrich called for the roll call vote: In favor: Opposed: Fenrich None Kujawa Metz Moldenhauer Rego Winkler The roll call vote was unanimous in favor and the motion was passed. The November 2009 bill listing was approved for payment. Mrs. Fenrich then asked Mr. Larson to present his Director’s Report. Mr. Larson began by reporting that 7,000 people attended the Public Enemies exhibit, which was below our estimate of 10,000. Most of the borrowed artifacts have been returned to their owners. Staff are now installing the next exhibit “Homemade Holidays” which opens on December 5. The next item on the agenda was the 2010 budget. The operating budget review by the council was straightforward. The next review will be on November 17 when the council will look at the operating and the Capital Improvement budgets. The revenue estimate for 2010 is $124,000 which reflects a decrease from the $143,000 that was estimated for 2009. It does include anticipated revenue from the Jan Brett traveling exhibit. Mr. Larson noted that at the January meeting, Megan Del Debbio and Mike Breza would report on the marketing efforts for the Jan Brett exhibit as well as explain the exhibit. With no line increases we will again have to supplement the budget from other funds. th Mr. Larson then went on to discuss the November 12 anniversary event preparations. He noted that we still needed one volunteer board member to greet the visitors. Carol Kujawa volunteered. The DVD of the fly-through of the proposed expansion should be ready for that evening and each member will receive one. The DVD will also be broadcast on public access channels. th Donation cards for the 100 anniversary continue to come in. Close to the end of the year, a check will be cut for our Endowment Fund at the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation reflecting the donations to the Endowment Fund. Mr. Metz then asked to discuss the quarterly reports from the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation for the period of June to September, 2009. It was explained that since this was not noted on the agenda the discussion would have to wait until the December meeting. In the future the quarterly reports will be automatically on the agenda. With no further business before the board, Ron Metz moved that the meeting adjourn. Rick Rego seconded the motion. The voice vote went as follows: In favor: Opposed: Fenrich None Kujawa Metz Moldenhauer Rego Winkler With the vote unanimous in favor, the motion to adjourn was passed. The meeting was adjourned at 4:23 p.m.