SUBJECT:  Minutes of Peterson Air & Space Museum Foundation Staff Meeting, 0901hrs,

27 October 2014

 

ATTENDEES:  Austin, Dave, CMSgt, USAF (Ret) ; Brown, John, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Burns, Dick, USA (Vet); Grier, John, MSgt USAF (Ret); Harris, Jim, SMSgt USAF (Ret); Miller, Mike, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Pfennig, Tonya, USA (Vet); Nash, Jeff, DAFC, Deputy Director.

 

OPENING REMARKS:  Meeting called to order by John Brown

 

1.      OLD BUSINESS:

-          Management Review;

a.      Minutes Approval: (Brown)

-          29 September 14 Meeting Minutes reviewed.

b.       Financial Review ( None available)

c.     Volunteer Hours & Visitors Numbers (Brown):

-          Volunteer Hours: 7,298 YTD Sep 14 v 6,488 YTD Sep 13 (12.5% incr)

-          Visitors: 20,497 YTD Sep 14 v 15,252 YTD Sep 13 (34% incr).   

 

d.      Web Site, FB (Brown):

-          Website Hits (& GOS): 24,937 YTD  Oct 14 v 19,043YTD Oct 13(31% incr)   

-          Facebook views: 18,109 YTD Sep 14                       

e.  Open Items:

-          None

 

2.      NEW BUSINESS

-          Curator Update (Nash)

-          Reviewed the current painting work on 7 planes

                 

-          Open Discussion

-          Burns announced that gift shop stock re-order has been sent in.

-          Pfennig has received the new computer and scanner for archieves work.

-          Austin pointed out that many items in the gift shop have had their signage improved.

-          There will be no John-John-Gus party in November this year.

           

Meeting adjourned 0930 hrs.

 

3.       NEXT MEETING:

 

                        24 November 2014, 0900 hrs in the museum meeting room.

 

James H Henderson (and thanks to John Brown for covering for me)

Secretary