SUBJECT: Minutes of Peterson Air & Space Museum
Foundation Staff Meeting, 0901hrs,
25 August 2014
ATTENDEES: Austin, Dave, CMSgt,
USAF (Ret) ; Brown, John, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Burns, Dick, USA (Vet); Fox,
Jimmie, Capt.,
USAF (Ret); Grier, John,
MSgt USAF (Ret); Harris, Jim, SMSgt USAF (Ret); Henderson, Jim, Secretary;
Long, Bruce, SMSgt, USAF (Ret), Treasurer;
McClelland, Ron, Maj., USAF (Ret);
Miller, Mike, Lt. Col, USAF (Ret); Moyer, Norm, SMSgt, USAF (Ret); Pfennig,
Tonya, USA (Vet); Silber, Carl; Solomon, Ron, USAF (Vet); Whalen, Gail, DAFC.
OPENING REMARKS: Meeting called to order
by Henderson
1.
OLD BUSINESS:
-
Management Review;
a.
Minutes Approval:
(Henderson)
-
28 July 14 Meeting Minutes reviewed.
b.
Financial Review (Long):
- Financials at 31 July 14 reviewed.
·
Cash
on hand $44,931; YTD Jul 31 Operating Income $14,256, YTD Jul 31 Operating
Expense $17,061.
·
Gift
Shop items sale proceeds at Regional Airshow were $1,982, net of sales tax.
c.
Accessions, Volunteer Hours & Visitors
Numbers (Henderson):
-
Volunteer
Hours: 5,811 YTD Jul 14 v 5,232 YTD Jul 13
-
Visitors:
14,056 YTD Jul 14 v 9,083 YTD Jul 13
-
d. Web Site (McClelland):
-
Website Hits (& GOS): 21,479 YTD Aug
14 v 15,358 YTD Aug 13
-
Facebook
views: 15,185 YTD Aug 14
-
Note:
The ADC Galaxy of Stars is no longer isolated on the website. So
historical GOS numbers have been incorporated into the website hits
number.
d.
Open Items:
-None
2. NEW BUSINESS
Curator Update
·
Airshow
Hotwash:
Lively
discussion of the very successful Pikes Peak Regional Airshow.
Next time, we need a bigger booth (20’ x 20’ instead of 10’ x 20’). Estimates of the financial results are not
yet available, but expectations are for low proceeds for PASM.
·
The
STEM Fair was also a success. Estimated
attendance was 3,200 v. and estimated 2,000 last year. The Challenger Center’s volunteer staff
worked hard. Several PASM docents were
on hand to safeguard museum exhibits and do tours for visitors.
·
There
are several projects in mind for the City Hangar in the fall.
·
PASM
will have personnel available for the Right Start base orientation program for
new assignees to the PAFB. A good way to
spread the word about the museum.
·
NOTE: The museum will be closed on Friday,
September 5, 2014
Credit
Card Terminal Training
Bruce Long conducted an orientation/training
session on the new credit card terminal in the Gift Shop. The manual was previously sent to all
docents.
Open Discussion
None
Meeting
adjourned 1045
hrs.
3.
NEXT MEETING:
29 September 14, 0900 hrs in the museum meeting room.
James H
Henderson
Secretary