Meeting Name: Metropolitan Museum Board Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/30/2017 4:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: MUSEUM CONFERENCE ROOM
Special Meeting
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17-3452 1This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any items within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Museum Board. Not available
17-3517 2Board Chair Report Not available
17-3518 3Riverside Museum Associates Not available
17-3523 4Museum Director recruitment: Interviews have concluded and an offer has been made to a candidate. Once the employment contract has been signed, an announcement/press release will be issued. Not available
17-3524 5Arts and Culture Division will move back under the Community and Economic Development Department effective November 01, 2017. Not available
17-3526 6Museum Saturday Docent Program Update- Of the 77 interested candidates, 53 were forwarded on to the application/Live Scan step. (44 were interviewed and 9 were not interviewed, but forwarded to the application/Live Scan step due to prior experience with Museum staff/Museum). Of the 53 contacted for the application/Live Scan step, 43 volunteers have completed the Municipal Volunteer Application. Pending Live Scan approval, they will be eligible to attend the trainings. 12 will not be proceeding with the process (6 did not complete the Municipal Volunteer Application and 6 declined to continue with the docent program.) Candidates were contacted 3 times to remind them to complete the Municipal Volunteer Application– emails were sent on 10/6/17, 10/13/17 and 10/26/17. As of 11/15/17, twenty of forty-one candidates had not cleared the City’s required Live Scan background check. The deadline for Live Scans to be conducted is 12/1/17. Once all the Live Scan checks have cleared, we will proceed with the training. The Museum will send out the new training schedule by mid- December 2017. A Not available
17-3527 7Improved exterior lighting around the Main Museum building will be added to improve security. The work is expected to be completed in November. Not available
17-3529 8The response letter (attached) from the American Alliance of Museums, regarding our progress report for re-accreditation, was received on November 7, 2017. Not available
17-3525 9Approval of Minutes- October 11, 2017 Not available
17-3519 10Utilize Measure Z Contingency Fund of $2M and $1.3M of Measure Z Allocation for Riverside Metropolitan Museum, to Construct a City Archive in the New Main Library Not available
17-3520 11Update on Riverside Metropolitan Museum (RMM) 2018 Exhibition "Uncovering Ancient Mexico: The Mystery of Tlatilco" in Partnership with Riverside Art Museum (RAM) Not available
17-3537 12Loan of Harada Family Objects from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum (RMM) Collection to the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) to Complement RAM's February 2018 Wendy Maruyama Exhibits “E.O. 9066” and “The Tag Project” Not available
17-3521 13Reaccreditation Effort Regarding Moving Collections out of the Museum Basement Not available
17-3522 14Harada House Documentation Plan Not available
17-3530 15Annual Designation of Nominating Committee and Election of Officers for Chairperson and Vice-Chair for 2018 Not available
17-3531 16Extension of Loan to La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Not available
17-3538 17Loan of Tlatilco Objects from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum (RMM) Collection to the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) for the RMM 2018 Exhibition “UNCOVERING ANCIENT MEXICO: THE MYSTERY OF TLATILCO” at RAM Not available
17-3539 18Approve Loan of Tlatilco Objects from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, for the Riverside Metropolitan Museum 2018 Exhibition “UNCOVERING ANCIENT MEXICO: THE MYSTERY OF TLATILCO” at the Riverside Art Museum Not available
17-3540 19Approve Loan of Tlatilco Objects from the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution for the Riverside Metropolitan Museum 2018 Exhibition “UNCOVERING ANCIENT MEXICO: THE MYSTERY OF TLATILCO” at the Riverside Art Museum Not available
17-3532 20Accession of Winnowing Machine Not available
17-3533 21Deaccession of Winnowing Machine Not available
17-3534 22Harada House Project Committee Not available
17-3536 23FY2017/18 Monthly Budget Update Not available
17-3541 24Exhibitions Committee Not available
17-3535 25Collections Committee Not available
17-3542 26Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings attended by Riverside Metropolitan Museum Board Members Not available
17-3543 27Items for future Riverside Metropolitan Museum Board consideration as requested by Board Members Not available
17-3544 28Adjournment Not available