O’Fallon Museum Board – Meeting Minutes November 2023

O’Fallon Museum Board

Minutes

November 12, 2023

Present Absent Toni Reetz, Trustee Curt Williams, Chairman

Linda Rost, Secretary Ken Griffith, Trustee

Melissa Rost, Curator

Convene: 

The meeting was called to order by Toni at 2:15 pm at the O’Fallon Museum metal building.

Public Comment:  Time limit 10 minutes per subject.

Minutes: Read by trustees. 

Linda made a motion to approve minutes and Toni seconded. Minutes approved.

Discussion of Curator’s Report

• Blackfeet Tipi exhibit – take down the week of Thanksgiving and send back to Billings in a trunk.
  • From Western Heritage Center – dropoff is unknown
• The 5th and 6th grade teachers contacted her about the tipis.
• Night at the Museum – $347 from dinner; deposited $1000 from donation box plus stew.
• Lots of food leftover – need to have a meal with Historical Society. – January 21, 2024
• Trick or treat – Boo bags and leftover crafts – about 120 people stop, even with bad weather. 
• BEK News – Mary Graner from ND
  • Filmed a segment  for an episode of “My Hometown.”
  • Interviewed Melissa, Randy Hanson, and Mike Madler for a Baker segment
  • Separate Deadwood Stage Coach segment with Mike Madler – Melissa paid personally
  • May do a museum segment ($2500) if they return to do a Wibaux segment.
  • Did a 30 second commercial for $1000 or $1500.
  • To make up for this cost, did not advertise in the Lincoln Marketing brochure for $750.
• Visit SEMT – Did a board orientation
  • Retreat was rescheduled for December in MC instead of Oct. 25. – museum was closed that day, but Melissa got back early and someone stopped by.
• Senior programming
  • October dress rehearsal of Elizabeth Scott
  • Holiday baking theme – November
  • Go back in January
  • Maybe invite people from the Villa to talk with 6th graders about their Christmas traditions
• Veterans’s day – Programming with 6th graders
  • Presentation about local veterans, watched Caleb Rost’s video of Terry Cameron
  • One student had his great-grandpa’s WWII letters and said he should type them up to use for the museum.
• Maintenance
  • Roy aired up tires before NATM.
  • List for Derrick DeHaan to do maintenance.
• New accessions
  • Traci is logging them in Past Perfect
  • New printing press.
• Historical Society grant has been submitted.
• Upcoming:
  • Christmas in the Park – train and lights; ornaments to hand out
  • Museum: Christmas past; PTA: Christmas present; SMART: Christmas future
• Attendance: September 58; October 276; FB post reach 4607 and post engagement 1625.

New Business

• Accessions – Those voted yes are indicated. Toni made a motion and Linda seconded. Motion passed.
  • Rolph Tunby – Suitcase and recipe book – YES
  • Jan Singer – sewing machine, radios, phonograph – NO
  • Phebus – tractor – YES

Next Meeting: January 21, 2024

Adjournment: 2:55 pm 

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s\ Curt Williams, Chairman     s\ Recording Secretary, Linda Rost, Trustee