SUBJECT: Minutes of Peterson Air & Space Museum
Foundation Staff Meeting, 0900hrs,
27 March 2017. Meeting convened in the City Hangar.
ATTENDEES: Austin, Dave; Brown, John; Burns, Dick; Butler,
Brad; Henderson, Jim; McClelland, Ron; Miller, Mike; Mogel, Jake; Moyer, Norm; Silber,
Carl; Reiner, Errol; Yepez, Linda; Whalen, Gail, DAFC, Director; Nash, Jeffery,
DAFC, Deputy Director
Opening Remarks: Meeting
called to order by Henderson at 0905.
No
changes in minutes of 27 February meeting.
No
financials for February yet available.
YTD
28 February volunteer hours 1,407 v 1,618 year earlier; visitor numbers NA,
Website hits 4,647 v 4,541 and Facebook
reaches 18,817 v 74,429.
Interim
Vice-President Brad Butler discussed the Board’s intention to review function
and functionality of the museum operations with a view toward revising the
Board committee structure, which
in turn, affects the fund raising activity for the Broadmoor Hangar renovation. He thanked the volunteer staff for all their
efforts in museum operations.
Curator’s
Update – Whalen
Whalen
thanked Linda Yepez for her efforts in publicizing our docent recruitment
efforts.
Whalen
also commented that we have $400,000 per year scheduled for several years for aircraft
repair after the hail storm last summer.
Whalen
conducted a briefing in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex exhibit covering the
plans for expanding the displays.
Estimated completion date is June, 2017
Meeting
adjourned at 1040 hours.
Next
meeting: 24 April at 0900 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim
Henderson, Secretary.