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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM BOARD MINUTES <br />March 10, 2015 <br /> <br />Present Museum Staff Present <br />David Barnhart Margie Haupt, Arts & Culture Director <br />Chuck Wilson Toni Kinsman, Sr. Office Specialist <br />Surekha (Sue) Acharya <br />Dorothy Fadakar (A 4:03) <br />Bud Minton (A 4:05) <br />Elio Palacios, Jr. <br />Mary Hughes <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:00p.m. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />1. The minutes from February 10, 2015 were approved. <br />Motion: C. Wilson <br />Second: S. Acharya <br />Ayes: All <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN’S REPORT <br />It was announced that Board member Holly Redfern resigned due to family obligations. There is now a <br />City wide vacancy. <br />2. Museum Board Officer Position Elections <br />The following were nominated and accepted their appointment as Board officers: <br />Chair- Chuck Wilson <br />Vice Chair- Elio Palacios <br />No other nominations were presented. <br />A unanimous motion for approval took place to elect the new officers. <br /> <br />3. Discussion of Museum Board Meeting Date <br /> It was determined that the Museum Board meeting would remain on Tuesdays. <br /> <br />REPORT ON MUSEUM OPERATIONS <br />4. Arts and Cultural Affairs Division (ACAD) update <br /> <br />The written report was included with the Board packet. M. Haupt reported art was purchased <br />through the Riverside Art Museum’s Off the Wall event for City Libraries. The Fox Foundation’s <br />Red Carpet event went well. The Riverside Film festival will have its opening night at the Box on <br />rdth <br />April 3. The Air Show is scheduled for March 28. The Salute to Veteran’s parade downtown and <br />th <br />a Museum Insect event will both occur on April 18. The Museum’s newest traveling exhibit from <br />the Smithsonian, I Want the Wide American Earth is now open Fridays through Sundays 12-4pm. <br />The exhibit features banner panels and the objects are all from the Museum’s collections. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS <br />No action items at this time. <br /> <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />5. RMM Collections Committee- <br /> no report <br /> <br />6. Budget/ Development Committee- <br />B. Minton reported that Museum Senior Analyst Ann Lovell <br />gave a snapshot of what was submitted to Finance. The Museum was granted $855,000 to fill staffing <br />