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SEPTEMBER 2008 MINUTES 12 September - Denver, Colorado Board Meeting
Board members present:
Anna Domitrovic,
Virgil Lueth, Jean DeMouthe, Jeff Post, The meeting was called to
order a 1:35 pm by President Virgil Lueth. He went t Domitrovic summarized the
treasurer's report. DeMouthe said that the
Tucson case in 2009 should be in keeping with the show theme of
"mineral
oddities." Suggestions were made for subjects, including parallel growth,
inclusions, phantoms, and twins. Possible lectures for the
Tucson program were discussed, including collection goals & motivation (private,
university, museum, private museums). Lueth reported that Earl
Verbeek has volunteered to work on a best practices document for radioactive
specimens. Several people remarked that we already have a statement about this
on the web site (note: there are actually 2 documents, one by Marc Wilson and
one by Ginny Mast). It was suggested that the
next best practices document be devoted to locality information, and the
standardization of information and database fields. Domitrovic inquired about
the results of last year's grant award; we should ask for a report. The meeting was adjourned
at 2:00 pm.
General Meeting The meeting was called to
order by president Virgil Lueth at 2:04 pm. Introductions followed. There were
31 people present, representing 22 institutions, from 9 different countries. The minutes from the
previous meeting in Tucson were read and approved unanimously. Anna Domitrovic gave the
treasurer's report and reminded members about their dues and the web site. There
is currently $1,196.48 in the checking account, and $6,799.50 in the money
market savings account. The M&M6 reception hosted by SMMP cost $1,700. George Harlow asked about
projected income and outgo. Domitrovic said that the drains on our accounts are
things like the MM6 reception, dues for several organisms with which we are
affiliated, and the occasional grants. Domitrovic reported that
there are 150 names in the directory, only 61 of which are current with their
dues. She encouraged people to check the online roster for its accuracy and to
see if they owe dues. Harlow suggested it might be a good idea to contact those
(former) members who are behind in their dues. Kampf commented that
previous problems with dues paying, particularly from non-US members, should
have been mitigated by the establishment of the SMMP PayPal account. He
suggested that perhaps a lot of members are not aware that they can pay this
way. Collection/Curatorial
Committee: Nothing to report; asked for input and got no response. Education Committee: Tucson
theme is "mineral oddities", asked for suggestions on the SMMP case. Nobody
spoke up. The Jamie Newman suggested that
the Tucson program be on a discussion of what motivates collectors, how they set
their priorities, and how this affects museum collections. A panel was
suggested, to contain one each: private collector, mineral dealer, museum (maybe
several curators from different types or sizes of museums). Lueth reported that there
are now two best practices documents posted on the web site. He asked for
volunteers to produce more simple publications like these, about one page in
size. Mary Johnson suggested one on deaccession, but Earl Verbeek stated his
concern regarding the lack of uniformity in specimen locality information and
suggested that SMMP might establish a set of standards. Lueth asked for
volunteers who wanted to work on this project to contact him (Lueth). Kampf encouraged members to
use the list server to communicate with questions or comments for other SMMP
members. It is not open to the public and so cannot be polluted by
advertisements or solicitations. DeMouthe displayed a copy
of the journal Collection Forum and
suggested it as a venue for publishing collection-related papers. The meeting was adjourned
at 2:34 pm. Respectfully submitted, |
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