August 2024 Minutes

City of Chandler — Executive (2024-09-03)

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Meeting Minutes 
Chandler Museum Foundation  
Executive Subcommittee  
Regular Meeting 
 
August 5, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. 
Chandler Museum, Saguaro Room 
300 S. Chandler Village Drive, Chandler, AZ 
 
 
Call to Order 
The meeting was called to order by Joan Clark at 1:08 p.m. 
 
Roll Call 
Board Member Attendance 
 
 
 
Staff Attendance 
Joan Clark, Vice-Chair 
 
Jody Crago, Museum Manager  
Rich Feely, Treasurer 
 
 
 
Absent 
Barbara Meyerson, Chair  
 
Unscheduled Public Appearances 
None. 
 
Consent Agenda  
1. June 3, 2024, Museum Foundation Executive Subcommittee Meeting Minutes 
• Rich Feely made a motion to approve the meeting minutes of the Museum 
Foundation Executive Subcommittee Meeting from June 3, 2024, with changes 
discussed.  
• Joan Clark seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (2-0). The minutes 
were approved as written.  
 
Action Item 
2. Recommend Sunsetting the Strategic Planning Subcommittee 
• Joan Clark made a motion to recommend the sunsetting of the strategic planning 
subcommittee.

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• Rich Feely seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (2-0).  
 
 
Briefing 
3. Review Museum Foundation Board Attendance Record 
• The Foundation’s policy states that members must attend 75% of the meetings. The 
policy does not specific if that 75% is counted after excused absences or if it includes 
excused and unexcused absences.  
• Albert been absent for six out of the ten meetings. 
• The policy states that the President can call a board member who has not attended 
at least 75% of the meetings, and ask that they resign, because from their attendance 
record, it seems they cannot make the necessary time commitments to the board. 
Previously, Barbara called Adam when his attendance was low and then his 
attendance improved. 
• It is recommended that Barabara or Jody call Albert to discuss the attendance policy, 
if she has not already.  
• The attendance policy will be reviewed in brief at the next regular meeting of the 
Museum Foundation. 
4. Review Questions for Museum Foundation Board Member Candidates 
• The application to be on any board has a series of question. Barbara developed the 
questions in part from the questions that the CCA board is asked. 
• There has been previous discussion that the board needs specific talents. There 
should be a question that addresses the skillsets that potential board members will 
bring. The question should be phrased around knowledge and experience so that 
the answers are not literal. 
5. Review Draft of Museum Foundation’s “Case for Support” 
• Barbara drafted the case for support. It will be an important reference for board 
members, helping them to feel comfortable advocating for the museum. 
• The document will be updated with missing information, copy edited, reviewed one 
more time and then sent to potential graphic design contractors. There is a designer 
that the museum frequently works with, who Jody will contact, and another individual 
who Joan will contact. The document will be designed to be used digitally. 
• Joan will email Barbara with questions about the document’s missing information. 
6. Discussion/Plans for Possible Fundraising Events 
• Barbara and Joan discussed the idea of fundraising for the Japanese Internment 
Camp barrack building at the Gila River Reservation. It is a good idea, but not 
something that the Foundation can take on. 
• Rich will call Bill Staples to let him know that the museum is about two years away 
from having a site that the barrack can be moved to, and the board is not in a state 
to fundraise for this initiative.

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• The board is establishing the Friends of the Chandler Museum. It will be a $50 
membership. Benefits will be a sticker, recognition on a poster at the museum, 
invitations to special events, and a newsletter. This will be presented at the next 
board meeting. Jody will ask IT to establish a general email for the Foundation and 
that would go to a Square site. There will be a processing fee. Create a button on 
Square that is just Friends of the Museum. 
• The November OAD event and inviting board members and Friends of the Chandler 
Museum was discussed. 
7. Discuss Foundation Marketing Plan Proposal [submitted by Idea Workgroup] 
• Comprehensive proposal. Jacki and Calvenea will be acknowledged and thanked for 
their work at the next board meeting. 
• Previously asked to look at the foundation web presence on the city site and on 
Square. It was part of our strategic plan to enhance that marketing. The website is in 
the process of being built. 
• Digital marketing progress is a direct result of the marketing plan proposal. 
8. Review Idea Workgroup Research on Henrys and Monarchs non-profit groups 
• This information is good research, and the Executive Subcommittee will thank Jacki 
and Calvenea for collecting and putting together the information. 
9. Review Agenda for Next Museum Foundation Board Meeting 
• Attendance Policy 
• November Fundraising Initiative 
• November Membership Event 
• Report on Foundation Marketing Plan 
 
Member Comments 
None. 
 
Member Announcements 
None. 
 
Calendar 
10. The next Museum Foundation Regular Meeting will be held on August 19, 2024, at 5:30 
p.m., at the Chandler Museum, Saguaro Room, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive, in Chandler, 
Arizona. 
 
11. The next Executive Subcommittee Meeting will be held on September 2, 2024, at 1:00 
p.m., at the Chandler Museum, Saguaro Room, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive, in Chandler, 
Arizona.

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Adjourn 
With no other business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 2:48 p.m. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barbara Meyerson, Chair   
 
 
 
Jody Crago, Staff Liaison