SUBJECT: Minutes of
25 April
2014
ATTENDEES: Austin, Dave, CMSgt, USAF (Ret); Brown, John, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Burns,
Dick, USA (Vet);
Fox, Jimmie, Maj., USAF (Ret);
Grier,
John, MSgt USAF (Ret); Henderson, Jim, Secretary; Horne, Al, USAF (Vet); Kleveno, Al,
USN (Vet); Long, Bruce, SMSgt, USAF
(Ret), Treasurer; McClelland, Ron,
Maj., USAF (Ret); Miller, Mike, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Silber, Carl;
Solomon, Ron, USAF (Vet).
OPENING
REMARKS: Meeting called to order
by
1.
OLD
BUSINESS:
-
Management
Review;
a.
Minutes Approval:
(
-
28 Mar 14 Meeting
Minutes reviewed.
b.
Financial Review
(Long):
-
Financials
at 31 Mar 14 reviewed.
·
Cash on hand $46,291,
Mar Operating Income $1,530, Feb Operating Expense $2,056
c.
Accessions, Volunteer Hours &
Visitors Numbers (Whalen):
- Volunteer Hours: 2,126 YTD Mar 14 v
2,267 YTD Mar 13
- Visitors: 2,610 YTD Mar 14 v 2,272 YTD
Mar 13
- Facebook
views: 2,339 Apr 14 v 1,491 Mar 14
- d. Web Site (McClelland):
- Website
Hits: 7,952 YTD Apr 14 v 5,469 YTD Apr 13
- GOS
hits: 956 YTD Apr 14 v 717 YTD Apr 13
- Temporary version of
new website is available, but has only front page.
e. Open Items:
-
Internet expected to be
available soon in BH and Terminal – contractor has been
sick
-
Terry Galbreath says those who want F-4 pics please email
him.
-
2.
NEW BUSINESS
-
Curator
Update
A calendar of summer events will be posted and sent to volunteers, highlighting STEM ROCKS, airshow, military ceremony use¸ etc.
We cannot have staff
meetings at a time that closes the museum during the 9am – 4pm time frame Tues.
thru Fri. Monday
mornings or after 4 pm under consideration.
Still working on microphone problems with camera(s)
for docent videos.
May
have to close the museum on Saturdays due to lack of docents.
All docents are
requested not to park in the lot in front of the museum. Please park in the lost
adjacent to the Broadmoor Hangar.
2012 Volunteer Service
Awards
Director Whalen passed
out the 2012 awards to those present.
The 2013 awards were presented at the Volunteer Appreciation Day
Ceremony.
Open
Discussion
A computer has been
purchased for the theater in the City Hangar to replace the DVD player. It will handle all of our videos and
operate like the other computers with the touch screen control. Also for classroom use
in the theater.
Col. Shaw, 21SW
Commander, was at the Volunteer Appreciation Day Ceremony and offered support
for the BH renovation effort.
Reminder: get
instruction if you’re the one to turn off lights in the City
Hangar.
The parking lot revision
and landscaping relative to the BH renovation can be done independently of work
in the hangar.
The Air Force
Thunderbirds will be here for AFA graduation, 28 May.
Meeting adjourned
1030
hrs.
3.
NEXT MEETING:
Date and time to be
determined.
James H Henderson
Secretary