PETERSON
AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
FOUNDATION
0900 Monday 26 February 2018
Broadmoor Hangar Meeting room
0900 CALL TO ORDER -
Called to order at 0903.
Attendees: Gail
Whalen(DAFC), Jeff Nash (Deputy DAFC), Dick Burns, Jim Henderson, Glyn Howells,
Phyllis Howells, Bruce Long, Ron McClelland, Errol Reiner, Ron Solomon, Alex
Fightmaster, Mike Miller
OLD BUSINESS
Management Review
1.
29 January minutes approved
2.
Treasurer Long discussed financials as of Jan 31, 2018. YTD income $716. Jan income $716, expenses $1,983,
Cost of Goods sold $224, Net ($1511), Cash $92,486, Operations $53,662, BH
renovation account $38,497, includes $10,000 from Air Show Committee donation.
3.
This is Bruce
Long’s final year as Treasurer. Need replacement. He will stay on to train. Bruce is coordinating a meeting with the
potential new Treasurer.
4.
2018
Volunteer hours. Down
from 2017 due to winter hours and Museum being closed
for 31 days during 2017. Two visitor reviews from January 18,
both reviews were 5 stars. Museum has a 4.8 out of 5.0 rating overall by visitors.
MONTH |
VOLUNTEER |
VISITORS |
WEB SITE |
FACEBOOK |
|
HOURS |
HITS |
REACHES |
|
Jan 2018 |
612 |
697 |
1891 |
10,072 |
Jan 2017 |
735 |
962 |
2,095 |
11,864 |
|
-123 |
-265 |
-204 |
-1792 |
5.
Website: Our web traffic continues
to be down. In order to increase it, Ron
is going to initiate a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) effort to make our web
site more attractive and to provide more information for the web traffic. PAFB led the referrals with 50%.
6.
Curator update
a. Chuck and
Gail met with the 21st Space Wing Commander and did an initial walk
through of the Museum. Col Moore wants
to have another visit and bring along his CE folks to see what they can do to
upgrade/update the Museum. Additional
funding would be required from the 21st Space Wing.
b. The first
funding request has been submitted.
c. While our
funding request to repair and paint five more hail damaged aircraft has been
approved, the dispersion of funds has not happened yet.
d. Working on
improving the landscaping by moving trees/plants and doing some trimming. Offered to donate some trees to the Family
Camp.
e. Need “all hands” support for the NORAD 60th anniversary event on Saturday 12
May. Scheduled time to be confirmed.
f.
Winter hours remain in effect until March 30th. However, we may need to change some days
depending on school spring breaks.
g. Discussed
“trip advisor” input from visitors.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. TASK. Obtain approval from the
BOD to use Operations funds to fix the EC-121 doors and hatches. Repair and paint the access stairs at the
same time. (Whalen, Long)
2. TASK. Schedule Museum walk through with Col Moore
and CE (Whalen).
3. TASK. Obtain approval to hire a
re-model company to fixed/removed/repaired (Whalen/Long).
4. Saturday
scheduling issues discussed. TASK. Glyn to provide draft email for
consideration. Already provided with
calendar for DOCENT signup.
5. TASK. Due to current
environment, all DOCENTS need to review Force Protection plans, memorize
building numbers and street locations, Security Police # is 556-4000 (DOCENTS).
6. Museum video
is being updated. 21st SW
Public Affairs is doing several segments/interviews on the Museum, be prepared
to be interviewed.
7. Discussed
setting up a Space Foundation tour of their facility.
8. Discussed
getting a picture taken with the “Flag of Excellence” surrounded by DOCENTS.
9. Discussed
having DOCENTS send out copies of the Museum newsletter to friends, etc. once
it has been approved/published.
10. Museum time
sheet needs to be changed to include email addresses and whether the signee
would like to see the newsletter.
Meeting Adjourned at 10:30