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
