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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM BOARD MINUTES <br />September 13, 2017 <br />Riverside Metropolitan Museum <br />3580 Mission Inn Avenue — Riverside, CA 92501 <br />Board Members Present <br />Elio Palacios, Jr., Chair <br />Mary Hughes, Vice Chair <br />Todd Carpenter <br />Bergis Jules <br />Rose Monge <br />Chuck Wilson <br />Dawn Gleason <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:OOpm. <br />City Staff Present <br />Alex Nguyen, Asst. City Mgr/Acting Museum Director <br />Ann Lovell, Senior Administrative Analyst <br />Brenda Focht, Museum Curator <br />Toni Kinsman, Senior Office Specialist <br />Lauren Sanchez, Deputy City Attorney <br />Absent <br />Holly Evans <br />Item 1. Approval of Minutes- August 9, 2017 <br />The minutes were approved as written. <br />Motion: C. Wilson <br />Second: M. Hughes <br />Ayes: All <br />BOARD CHAIR REPORT <br />Chair Palacios thanked the Board for their participation on the Board. <br />REPORT ON MUSEUM OPERATIONS <br />Item 2. Museum Director search update- Museum Management Consultants is currently vetting <br />their finalists and will review their shortlist with the City Manager's office the week of <br />September 18, 2017. The next step after that will be to schedule and conduct the interviews. <br />Item 3. Report on leadership visit to the Missouri History Museum will be on the October 2017 <br />Board Agenda. <br />DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS <br />Item 4. Update on Proposed Volunteer Docent Program <br />The criteria for the proposed Saturday docent program was posted on the Museum's website and <br />at end of the business day September 1, 2017, there were 77 applicants. Museum staff will be <br />scheduling interviews as the next step of the process. <br />Item 5. Update on Riverside Metropolitan Museum Archives <br />The American Alliance of Museums re -accreditation report stated that collections stored in the <br />basement needed to be relocated. Archives are currently stored in the basement and plans are in <br />place to move the archival collection out of the basement. Board member B. Jules is assisting <br />