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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/11/2017 - Museums Bayham Pon 6 �o lj 7 MUSEUMS BAYHAM BOARD L4jS MINUTES Bayham Municipal Office, Trackless Lounge 56169 Heritage Line, Straffordville October 11th, 2017, at 7:00 pm Present: Chair- Bev Hickey, Vice Chair- Chuck Buchanan, Bob Graham, Ron Bradfield Ally Shelly, Lynda Millard, and Albert White Bayham Staff Resource: Margaret Underhill Regrets: Jeff Robinson, Matt Schafer 1. Call to Order Chair Bev Hickey called the meeting to order at 7:02 Wednesday October 11th, 2017. 2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest Ron Bradfield expresses his concern for his conflict of interest in item 8.(d) List of Purchased Marine Artifacts on the agenda 3. Review of Items not on Agenda None 4. Announcements None 5. Delegations None 6. Minutes (a) Motion to adopt minutes of August 9th, 2017 Museums Bayham meeting as presented. Meeting Date: September 13, 2017- No Quorum Moved by Chuck Buchanan, seconded Albert White, to accept minutes. All in Favour. (c) CHIC Liquid Vinyl International Ltd.-email offer a Canadian liquid vinyl supplier from British Columbia (item deferred from August 9, 2017 meeting) Margaret reports that CHIC is still very interested in providing it's supplies to paint the Lighthouse, the company will cover all costs. Samples of paint chips and photos of the Lighthouse must be sent to CHIC to colour match. Colour may not match perfectly. CHIC is looking forward to a long term relationship with a Canadian heritage institution. Chuck Buchanan and Albert White will retrieve paint samples and photographs to send to CHIC. Motion was made to confirm work arrangement with CHIC and order the required materials. Moved by Chuck Buchanan, seconded by Albert White. All in Favour. (d) List of Purchased Marine Artifacts (M. Verbrugge's Marine Collection) as provided by R. Bradfield (item list without costs deferred from August 9, 2017 meeting) Margaret reports that there is currently no budget to purchase artifacts. Any budgetary changes will need to be approved by Council before items are purchased. Board members discussed options and decided that the items should be left for curator Jennifer Beauchamp to review and report back after determining the relevance to the collection. Motion was made to defer decisions on items to curator. Moved by Albert White, seconded by Chuck Buchanan. All in Favour. 9. New Business (a) Vent Replacement at the top of the Lighthouse — C. Buchanan Storm previously blew the vent off of the Lighthouse, was replaced with a stationary vent. A turbine vent is needed to help circulate the air flow and block pests. Ron Bradfield estimates a cost of approximately $60.00-70.00 and may be able to replace vent. Margaret will look into suppliers and prices. Bev Hickey will look into prices at various hardware stores. Vent replacement will be arranged Spring 2018. Measurements may be required. Motion for direction made by Chuck Buchanan, seconded by Albert White. All in Favour (b) Cover the Lifeboat Bev Hickey and Bob Graham will arrange a day to meet at the museum to cover the lifeboat. Chuck Buchanan will acquire the bungee cords needed to secure the cover. (c) EON Meeting Sep 7/17—verbal update and information from attendee Chuck Buchanan Chuck Buchanan reports that the E.O.N group had been concerned with why there seems to be a lack of participation from the Norfolk museums. Chuck recently had been invited to attend a meeting of a Haldimand-Norfolk Curators'Association where they explained that most Norfolk County institutions felt that most meetings were too far to attend making membership fees inconvenient. E.O.N members have discussed holding less meetings with 2-3 meetings, plus workshops a year and elected to drop liability insurance on the barn quilts as term for them has ended and it is an added expense. The curator from Fanshawe Pioneer Village gave a presentation on deaccessioning process and emphasized the importance of having proper storage and using artifacts for exhibits and educational collections. 10. Finances (Budget) None 11. Other Business (a) Ron Bradfield inquired about the total number of visitors for the 2017 season. Margaret Underhill will provide 2017 season totals at the next meeting. (b) Albert White inquired about the removal of the trees at the Marine Museum. Margaret Underhill advises the Board members that the tree removal is in consideration in the 2018 yard maintenance budget. 12) Motion to Adjourn The next meeting will be held on a Wednesday, November 8th, 2017. Motion made by Ron Bradfield to adjourn at 7:55, seconded by Al. White. All in F./tit ur. Date: '• /1) . i td . Ally Shelly, etary LAO • i Bev Hickey, Chair