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Home My WebLink About04062021 SMAB MinutesMuseum Advisory Board Tuesday, 5PK8—April 062021 Monroe Hall 400 East First St. Sanford, FL Minutes Attendance: 2#-- pproved Scott Carpenter, Chairperson Pasha Baker, Vice Chairperson [hriSt|naHn||erbach Ryan Handley Sean McCann StephaniePi|k Joyce Qualls (ABSENT) Mike Smith (ABSENT) Commissioner Sheena Britton, City Commission Liaison Brigitte Stephenson, Curator, Staff Liaison Jerry Sullivan, Recreation Manager Buffy Beck, Secretary Call tmorder: Meeting called to order by Brigitte Stephenson at 5:10 Pm Minutes: October 6, 2O2OMuseum Advisory Board November 10,Z020-Programming/Marketing December D,3020-Programming/Marketing December 1O,2O2O'Collections Old Business • Christina HoUerbach moved to approve the Museum Advisory Board minutes. Seconded bvSean McCann. Motion carried. * Motion by Scott Carpenter to approve Marketing/Programming, and Collection's meeting minutes seconded byChristina HV||erbach. Motion carried. * Ms. Stephenson shored information regarding motion within the Florida Legislature that would change the process ofobtaining ownership of abandoned artifacts. If the motion passes, this would bebeneficial tothe Museum. 1 � Docent position — interviews have been completed and g candidate selection was submitted to Human Resources. Awaiting a response from HR. 0 Collections working group accepted and rejected the following items: o Accepted: a post card submitted by Sean McCann and 8 photograph of the Mayfair pool and Mayfair hotel movie premier. oRejected: aframed blueprint of 419 Magnolia Avenue. Due to it being anewer building, the print was givenbackbothe original owner to be hung in their home. A Stenstrom Realty address book, already in the Museum collection. * Discussed the D.A.R.loan, 30 books of meeting minutes and scrapbooks, which are in archival boxes and are not available to the public. Due to the requirement that all items are open tothe public the loan will be given back tothe D.A.R.organization atthe end ofthe|oen. • Also discussed an exhibit for Jackie Ca||n. However, the family member wanted to have full control over the exhibit, a memorial to his mother, and what would be displayed. Therefore, this collection will not be accepted. ° Ms. Baker proposed tu Ms. Stephenson tocontact her office regarding dual exhibition onJackie Cg||o. ~ Ms' Baker also spoke about the collection policy and hos asked that Ms. Stephenson stay within the scope of the collections policy. Ms. Stephenson stated that the Collections group isworking toaccept only items that have adirect history with the City of Sanford. • The mnarketino/pnogrannrninQgroup hos been working on a new brochure ad logo. A draft has been created, Ms. Stephenson asked the board to review and provide any comments and/or suggestions. New Business Election of Officers ~ Mr. Ryan Handley was nominated as Chairperson and Christina Ho||erbach was nominated as Vice -Chairperson. * Nomination was approved byall board members. 0 The working groups will continue as they are. YouTmbeChanmeU 2 w Discuss whether the Museum should have its own channel or a sub -channel. VVmMdng with K8s, Lisa Holder to determine the best way to use You Tube in order to post segmented presentations and/or short videos about the history of Sanford. * Ms. Baker suggested that the Museum have their own YouTube channel, however she is not sure of any policy that the City has for videos. Although, if the Museum cannot have their own YouTube channel, continue to use the current social media, Faceboohand |nstagrano,with videos and reels. � Recently created a "Mayfair" golf history exhibit. w Georgetown was recently placed on the Historical registry. Ms. Stephenson is working with Julie Scofield to help share this information with the public. Ms. HoUerbach iSworking with Ms. Scofield on getting a Main Street grant that will help both Goldsboro and the commercial Historic District. * Ms. Stephenson would like to discuss ideas to celebrate the Museums 65m anniversary atthe next board meeting. w Label for the cornerstone for the old City Hall. The label would include information onhow the building was built aswell aothe Forrest Lake scandal. � N1S. Stephenson would like to revamp the ZVra Neale Hurston exhibit. As well as create an exhibit about Bvira Garner, who wrote on similar topics as Zora Neale Hurston. � Historic Preservation month "Sanford Saves." Photos of items that are over SOyears o!d. Some of these images will be kept at the Museum, which will assist when citizens ask about photos ofhistorical items. � Commissioner Britton, asked how would a citizen/resident know that an item might be historical? Ms. Stephenson suggested speaking to Julie Scofield of the Historic Preservation Society who would be able to assist in determining whether or not an item would beconsidered historical. Meeting Adjourned: 6Pm 3