SUBJECT: Peterson Air & Space Museum Foundation Staff Meeting, 0900hrs 27 Aug 2010

ATTENDEES: Wes Clark, M/Gen USAF (Ret); Ed Weaver, CMSgt USAF (Ret) Secretary/Treasurer; Gail Whalen, DAFC, Museum Director; Dick Burns, E-5 USA (Vet); Charlie McCarthy, Col, USAF (Ret); Jack McKinney, CMSGT USAF (Ret); Ron Solomon, Col, USAF (Ret); John Brown, Lt Col USAF (Ret); Paul Brown, MSGT USAF (Ret); Jane Newman, DAFC, Ret; John Grier, MSgt USAF (Ret); John Cawood, Lt Col USAF (Ret); Frank Stampf, Col, USAF (Ret); Ron McClelland, Major, USAF (Ret); Erv Smalley, SMGT, USAF (Ret); Jim Bowden; and Ginger

OPENING REMARKS: CLARK called the meeting to order in the Conference Room.

1. OLD BUSINESS:

A. Management Review;

(1) Minutes Approval:

- 30 Jul10 Minutes reviewed and approved.

(2) Financial Review (Weaver):

- As of 30 Jul 10

- Cash Available: $28,187

- Income to date: $15,557

- Expenditures: $11,456

(3) Accessions, Volunteer Hours &Visitors Numbers (Weaver):

- As of 30 Jul 10

- 49 Accessions during CY 2010

- 4,764 Volunteer hours during CY 2010

- 12,938 Visitors during CY 2010

(4) Web Site (Smalley & McClelland):

- 137,948 hits as of 30 Jul 10

- Posted pictures of Concert in the Park & Adopt-A-Plane/Missile cleaning

- Created a new Foundation web site-Air Defense Galaxy of Stars

- Cost is 48 dollars for 2 years

- Posted on line 14 Aug-already has 650 hits

- Effort started 5 Years ago

- KUDOs to Jack McKinney, Erv Smalley, and Ron McClelland (Web Master)

(5) Restoration Work (Weaver)

- Terry Galbreath doing well after surgery and still working on the F-5

- Still looking for help.

(6) Concert in the Park (Whalen):

- Saturday, 7 Aug 10 in the Air Park.

- Cost to the Foundation was 1,004 dollars.

- Served food for 150-200 people.

- KUDOs to all who helped.

- After Action Review was conducted (After the Staff Meeting).

- Recommendation of the Working Group-discontinue the event.

- Too much effort-too little people

- Look at a new event to replace Concert in the Park.

2. NEW BUSINESS:

A. Curator Update (Whalen)):

- F-101 will be moved and painted after 28 Sep 10.

- 21 CES is helping turn in to DRMO and number of large items.

- Have obtained an M-12 trainer. KUDOs Monte Watts

- Oral History program going very well.

- Emergency funds obtained to replace the outer roof shell of the Old City Hangar. Work will begin 1 Sep 10. Hangar will be closed during repair work. ECD: 30 days.

- New Lt Peterson Exhibit almost complete

B. OPEN DISCUSSION:

- John Cawood reported that a new POW-MIA exhibit is about to open at the Pioneers Museum.

3. CLOSING REMARKS:

Next Meeting:

(1) 0900hrs, 24 Sept 2010, Broadmoor Conference Room.

EDWARD W. WEAVER, CMSGT, USAF

Secretary & Treasurer