O’Fallon Museum Board – Meeting Minutes September 2024

O’Fallon Museum Board

Minutes

September 4, 2024

Present Absent

Toni Reetz, Trustee

Linda Rost, Secretary

Melissa Rost, Curator

Curt Williams, Chairman

Ken Griffith, Trustee Cheyanne Dame, Trustee

Convene: 

The meeting was called to order by Curt at 4:35 pm at the O’Fallon Museum metal building.

Public Comment:  Time limit 10 minutes per subject.

Minutes: Read by trustees. 

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

Accessions: (Motion to accept made by Curt and Toni seconded.)

• Ed Lawler – Has boxes of items and says they can’t be discarded. Was donated a while ago.
  • Ledgers – monthly – Keep one ledger
  • Binder of Lawler Drug records
  • Pharmacy notes
  • Chemicals
  • Labels of drugs
  • He can take what he wants but then the museum gets the rest, on the condition that the museum can do what we want with it.

Discussion of Curator’s Report:

• PAR update – done
• AARP Baker History Walk Grant
  • Eight stops – will debut Sept. 28
  • Need standing posts for signs
  • There are 11 benches from Fairgrounds (only temporary), only need 8.
    • Benches would have to be shoveled out in the winter.
    • Signs are temporary and not attached to the concrete
    • New permanent ones that are sponsored – Should they be year round?
  • Baker Furniture – use a Bobcat to clear snow – worried about fence. 
  • Plan  – put out signs and benches, then maybe store them after Halloween.
  • Maybe store benches in pocket park.
• LEGO Contest
  • Kevin Braun helped judge
  • Will use for LEGO Fridays
• Mrs. Nevers – Enrichment Fridays on early outs
  • Kids pick activities
  • 6th graders did Homesteading programming – there was no help. Only Melissa was working. There were also visitors. 
  • 20 kids from grades 2-6 do ice cream floats – there was no help. Only Melissa was working. There were also visitors.
• Regional meeting – seven people signed up from three museums.
  • Cancel due to lack of participants? No – Linda will come!
• Reimagining Rural in MC
• Montana Nonprofic Association in Baker
• Resigned from Visit SEMT Board – recommended Vaughn take Melissa’s place
• Linda will write a letter the commission about the activities that will be discontinued due to lack of help approved by the commission, then send a text when it’s done.

New Business:

Next Meeting: 

Adjournment: 

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