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<br />METROPOLITAN MUSEUM BOARD MINUTES <br />February 9, 2016 <br />Present Museum Staff Present <br />Chuck Wilson, ChairSarah S. Mundy, Director <br />Elio Palacios, Jr., Vice ChairBrenda Focht, Senior Admin. Curator <br />Surekha (Su) AcharyaBob Przeklasa, Assoc. Curator of History <br />David BarnhartToni Kinsman, Senior Office Specialist <br />Rose Monge <br />Absent <br />Bud Minton <br />Mary HughesDorothy Fadakar <br />Todd Carpenter <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:00p.m. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />1. The minutesfrom January 12, 2016were approved with the following clarification: the Museum <br />Institutional Plan is the last core document for submission of the American Alliance of Museums core <br />documents. <br />Motion: B. Minton <br />Second: E. Palacios <br />Ayes: All <br />CHAIRMAN’S REPORT <br />2. Nomination-RMM Board Officer Positions <br />Per the Bylaws, the election of Board officers occurs every March. In lieu of creating a Nominating <br />Committee, the Board motioned to renew the terms for Chair Chuck Wilson and Vice Chair Elio <br />Palacios. <br />Motion: D. Barnhart <br />Second: M. Hughes <br />Ayes: All <br />REPORT ON MUSEUM OPERATIONS <br />3. Museum Collections Inventory Process <br />As requested by the Museum Board, a PowerPoint presentation was given by Associate Curator of <br />History, Bob Przeklasa on the Museum Collections inventory process. Bob reviewed the inventory flow <br />chart on the steps taken for each artifact, starting with checking for an accession number and then <br />verifying its information isin the ARGUS.net database or in the card catalog. <br />DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />RMM Board Harada House Project Ad Hoc Committee <br />-the Committee met and reviewed <br />suggestions for candidates. There are currently more potential candidates than positions on the <br />Committee. The next meeting will be held next week. <br />4. RMM Collections Committee- <br />the Committee met earlier in the afternoon and reviewed potential <br />accessions into the Museum library, permanent collection and teaching collection. Museum staff will be <br />creating documents for a collections acquisition plan,educational plan and conservation plan. <br />Collections forms are currently under revision as wellfor ARGUS.net implementation. <br /> <br />