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<br />METROPOLITAN MUSEUM BOARD MINUTES <br />December 15, 2015 <br />REVISED <br />Present Museum Staff Present <br />Chuck Wilson, Chair Sarah S. Mundy, Director <br />Elio Palacios, Jr., Vice Chair Margie Haupt, Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager <br />Surekha (Su) Acharya (A 4:24pm) Brenda Focht, Senior Curator <br /> <br />David Barnhart Toni Kinsman, Senior Office Specialist <br />Dorothy Fadakar <br />Absent <br />Bud Minton <br />Mary Hughes Rose Monge <br />Todd Carpenter <br /> <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:02p.m. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />1. The minutes from November 10, 2015 were approved. <br />Motion: D. Barnhart <br />Second: D. Fadakar <br />Ayes: All <br />- the latest issue of the RMA newsletter featured Museum staff bios. C. Wilson will <br />send a letter on behalf of the RMM Board to retired Curator of Natural History, James Bryant thanking him for <br />his 20 years of service to the Museum. <br />REPORT ON MUSEUM OPERATIONS- M. Haupt reported that the Festival of Lights event is underway with <br />increased revenue from the ice skating rink. Activities for the event stretch from City Hall down to the <br />Convention Center on Main Street. The 2015 Festival of Lights is in top running for the USA Today contest for <br />best Holiday event. <br />DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS <br />2. Revised Museum & Cultural Affairs Mission Statement <br />Approved as written. Motions were made to approve: <br /> <br />1-The revised mission statement for the Riverside Metropolitan Museum <br /> <br />2-The mission statement as included in the 2015 Collections Management Policy that was approved at <br />the November 10, 2015 Board meeting; and <br /> <br />3-The mission statement to be included in the 2015 Code of Ethics that was approved at the November <br />10, 2015 Board meeting. <br />Motion: D. Barnhart <br />Second: M. Hughes <br />Ayes: All <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />3. RMM Board Harada House Project Ad Hoc Committee <br />- no report at this time. <br /> <br />4. RMM Collections Committee- <br /> a report by the Collections Committee was presented and motioned <br />for approval. <br />Motion: M. Hughes <br />Second: B. Minton <br /> <br />