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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01052010 SMAB ag & mins t 5, d,olo ninxefi)r • SANFORD MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010 5:15 PM AT THE MUSEUM 520 EAST FIRST STREET AGENDA I. Call Meeting to Order II. Approve Minutes III. Old Business Auto Train Exhibit IV. New Business Endrangered site list Programs for 2010 Goals for 2010 In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the City Clerk at 407.688.5010 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Advice to the public: if a person decides to appeal a decision made with respect to any matter considered at the above meeting or hearing, he or she may need a verbatim record of the proceedings, including the testimony and evidence, which record is not provided by the City of Sanford. (fs 286.0105) • • Sanford Museum Advisory Board Meeting January 5, 2010 5:15 PM Present: Christine Kinlaw Best, Chairman Charlie Carlson Serena Fisher Paul F. Hodgins Grace Marie Stinecipher Stephen Wright Art Woodruff, Commission Liaison Alicia Clarke, Curator Julie Ellenburg, Secretary Anita Falardi, Guest Absent: Patty Swann Valada Flewellyn Meeting was called to order at 5:16PM at the Sanford Museum by Chairman Best. • The minutes of the October 6 meeting were reviewed and approved as written. Old Business Ms. Clarke asked Board Members for advice on the Auto Train exhibit. What started as a small project with one case in the lobby has now turned into an exhibit to fill the lobby. A former Amtrak employee suggested the title be "Apples to Oranges." A photo history of the Auto Train was recently published. Ms. Best recommended speaking to Molly Bush Flueger, who was an original Auto Train hostess in 1975, regarding the exhibit's design since she is an artist and designer. The exhibit ideally would run from February to the end of the year. Mr. Carlson volunteered to help with design. Ms. Clarke gave an update of the status of the shovel used by President Grant at the South Florida RR ground breaking. Ms. Clarke said it was picked up from the Maitland Historical Society and is back on exhibit. Board term limits were discussed briefly. The board discussed vacancies and term changes. Ms. Clarke said she contacted the City Clerk regarding the new rule requiring Board Members be a resident of Sanford and a Seminole County Voter and was told this is correct. Commissioner Woodruff will look into this. Ms. Best said her term as Chairman is ending and asked for recommendations or volunteers. Serena Fisher, Stephen Wright, and Charlie Carlson declined. Item was tabled. III • The board has one vacancy and no candidates. Recommendations for new board members were Bill Kirchhoff and Molly Bush Flueger. Ms. Clarke handed out the new reprint of Leo Molloy's biography of Henry Shelton Sanford. Photos in the book were provided by the Sanford Museum. The text is from 1952. 900 books were printed at a cost of $.90 cents per book. The Historical Society has 100 to be given out to dignities, officials, and guest speakers. The remainder of the books will be sold by the Society at $5 per book. No progress has been made on the placement of the Page Jackson Cemetery memorial due to some confusion over ownership of the land. New Business Kim Nelson with the Museum of Seminole County History contacted Ms. Clarke seeking direction on an endangered list of historic sites. Ms Nelson was directed by Seminole County to come up with a plan for this. Charlie Carlson said he kept a book of all endangered historic sites when he was president of the Seminole County Historical Society. Ms. Clarke asked the board for the best way to assist without having too maintain a list. A recommendation was made to create a form to be available for the public to fill out when a property is suggested. There will be a book signing for Along the Wekiva River on Saturday, January 9th at the museum. She asked for suggestions for programs or book signings. She asked Mr. Carlson about a contact for Ripley's Entertainment to ask for a speaker. Mr. Carlson said he would send Ms. Clarke the contact information. Mr. Carlson also suggested contacting the Daytona Museum of Arts and • Sciences for a guest speaker. Ms. Fisher asked about the Seminole County museum open house on February 20. Ms. Clarke did not have an update on this. The board voted to change meeting times and determined meeting dates for 2010. The meeting dates are April 6 July 6 and October 5 It was recommended meeting times be changed from 5:15PM to 4:30 PM. Grace Marie Stinecipher made a motion to approve and Paul Hodgins seconded. Motion carried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:26PM •