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Museum
& Archives Advisory Committee
City of
Peterborough
November
10, 2011
Draft Minutes Not Approved
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Minutes of a Meeting of Museum & Archives Advisory
Committee Held on November 10, 2011 at Fleming Annex, Museum
The meeting of Museum & Archives
Advisory Committee was called to order at 5:05 p.m. at the Museum, Fleming
Annex.
Present:
Linda
Lumsden
Janice
Millard
Councillor
Pappas, 5:09 p.m.
Morgan
Tamplin
D.
Allan Wood
Nancy
Jackson (Chair)
Gayle
McIntyre, 5:10 p.m.
Cheryl
White
Audrey
Armstrong
Susan Neale, Museum Director,
Peterborough Museum & Archives
Mary
Charles, Archivist, Peterborough Museum and Archives
John
Kennedy, Deputy Clerk
Minutes – September 8, 2011
Moved
by Morgan Tamplin
That the minutes of the Museum &
Archives Advisory Committee meeting held on September 8, 2011 be approved.
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
There
were no disclosures of interest.
Consent Agenda
Museum
Director
Report
MAAC11-013
Peterborough
Museum & Archives: “In the Spotlight”
Mary Charles, Archivist,
Peterborough Museum & Archives made a presentation.
Moved
by Janice
Millard
That the Museum & Archives
Advisory Committee approve the recommendation outlined in Report MAAC11-013
dated November 10, 2011, of the Museum Director, as follows:
That the presentation by the
Peterborough Museum & Archives be received for information.
“CARRIED”
Museum
Director
Report
MAAC11-014
Peterborough
Museum & Archives Report on Activities
Moved
by D. Allan
Wood
That
the Museum & Archives Advisory Committee approve the recommendation
outlined in Report MAAC11-014, dated November 10, 2011, of the Museum Director,
as follows:
That
the Museum Director’s report with respect to the monthly activities of the
Peterborough Museum & Archives for September and October, 2011 be received
for information.
“CARRIED”
Other
Business
Susan Neale, Museum
Director, provided Committee with handouts on the following matters: Updated
copy of the Job Description for the Museum and Archives Advisory Committee
member, Draft 2012 Museum and Archives Budget Highlights, Museum and Archives
Expansion Feasibility Study and the Festive Gathering Invitation, December 8,
2011, Fine Annex.
Moved by Gail McIntyre
That Committee support the
draft 2012 Museum and Archives Budget Highlights as presented by the Museum Director.
“CARRIED”
Nancy Jackson commented on
the City winning the 2011 Ontario Museum Association Award of Excellence for Corporate
Services and the 2011 Prince of Wales Prize.
Moved by Councillor Pappas
That the congratulatory
remarks made by Nancy Jackson on behalf of MAAC be entered into the minutes as
provided in her writ.
“CARRIED”
“MAAC is proud to
acknowledge and celebrate the recent successes of the City of Peterborough and
the Peterborough Museum and Archives and we would like to publicly acknowledge
and thank the following:
The 2011 Ontario Museum Association
Award of Excellence for Corporate Service:
Our Congratulation to the Corporation
of the City of Peterborough for winning this award
that recognizes the outstanding
corporate contribution to the Ontario museum
community by the
Peterborough Museum & Archives for its partnership with the Arts and Heritage
Programs of Fleming College. Our sincere thank you to Gayle Mcintyre, Fleming
College, and Sarah Beam, Bata Shoe Museum, for their generous nomination.
The Prince of Wales Prize for
Municipal Heritage Leadership (2011):
Our congratulations to the
City of Peterborough for winning this award from The Heritage Canada Foundation
which recognizes Peterborough as a Municipality that has
demonstrated a strong and sustained
commitment to the conservation of its historic
places. Our sincere thanks to local
resident and historian Martha Kidd and the
Peterborough Historical Society for
their generous nomination, and our
congratulations to the City of
Peterborough Heritage Resources staff and the staff
of the Peterborough Museum
& Archives. And a special thank you to Gail Mcintyre and Deb Scott of
Fleming College for their letters of support.
Book of Remembrance:
In recognition of Remembrance Day, we
acknowledge with pride, the newly-completed
and beautiful reproduction of the Book
of Remembrance which will be placed on
permanent display in the
foyer of the City of Peterborough. Our sincere thanks to the Cenotaph
Committee of Peterborough, who generously
funded this beautiful reproduction of
the Book of Remembrance.”
Morgan Tamplin inquired
about the status of the Municipal Cultural Plan and Committee discussed MAAC’s
involvement in the process.
Councillor Pappas left the meeting at
6:06 p.m. and returned at 6:07 p.m.
Morgan Tamplin indicated
that he will attend the Canadian Museums Day on Parliament Hill conference on November
29, 2011.
Next Meeting
The Chair indicated the next meeting
is scheduled for January 12, 2012.
Adjournment
Moved
by Linda
Lumsden
John Kennedy
Deputy Clerk
Nancy Jackson
Chair