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<br />METROPOLITAN MUSEUM BOARD MINUTES <br />July 13, 2016 <br /> <br />Present Museum Staff Present <br />Chuck Wilson, Chair Sarah Suverkrup Mundy, Director <br />Elio Palacios, Jr., Vice Chair Brenda Focht, Senior Admin. Curator <br />Jennifer Binkley Toni Kinsman, Senior Office Specialist <br />Holly Evans <br />Dorothy Fadakar <br />Absent <br />Mary Hughes <br />Rose Monge Todd Carpenter <br />Bud Minton <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />1Minutes- May 10, 2016 <br />. <br />The minutes from May 10, 2016 were approved without correction. <br /> Motion: M. Hughes <br /> Second: H. Evans <br />Ayes: All <br /> <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN’S REPORT <br /> <br />REPORT ON MUSEUM OPERATIONS <br />Museum Natural History Consultant Paisley Cato has begun work on the Live Animal Policy as well as <br />working on collections management and meeting with Education staff in preparation for the American Alliance <br />of Museums (AAM) reaccreditation visit. Paisley has served as an AAM reviewer in the past. The AAM visit <br />thth <br />has been scheduled for July 19 and 20. The schedule will consist of interviews with Museum staff, City <br />officials, Board Chair and RMA President. The AAM reviewers will be conducting site visits and assessing <br />governance and Museum policies. <br /> <br />The Museum has a new WRCOG fellowship intern for the next 9 months, Megan Elder who will be working <br />under Margie Haupt. Megan is a recent graduate from Cal Baptist University majoring in sociology and a minor <br />in social justice. <br /> <br />Live Nation has donated $45,000 to the Riverside Museum Associates to be used for the Nature Lab. <br /> <br />The Arts & Cultural Affairs division is already underway with planning for the 2016 Festival of Lights event. <br /> <br />Museum staff will arrange sites tours for the newest Museum Board members. <br /> <br />2. Presentation for Metropolitan Museum Board to Use for Outreach Activities <br />The PowerPoint presentation for the Museum Board to use for outreach as requested was distributed in PDF <br />form in Board packets. R. Monge suggested adding the RMA Multicultural Council into the RMA slide for their <br />Family Village Festival and Day of Inclusion events. Bud Minton showed a presentation he created many years <br />ago to promote RMA membership at the Museum. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS- No items at this time. <br /> <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br /> <br />