MINUTES

MORGANTOWN MUSEUM COMMISSION

AUGUST 18, 2005

· PRESENT: PAMELA BALL, DARYL DEGRIPP, VIRGINIA EVANS, WALLY VENABLE, LARRY SYPOLT, CHRISTY VENHAM AND TERESA MILLER

· NEW MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, TERESA MILLER AND DARYL DEGRIPP INTRODUCED.

· POSSIBLE DONATION OF BEAUMONT GLASS WAS DISCUSSED.

· THE MISSION STATEMENT WAS DISCUSSED. THE COMMISSION VOTED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING MISSION STATEMENT:

“TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND PROMIOTE THE GREATER MORGANTOWN AREA’S PAST FOR IT’S FUTURE.”

· THE MISSION STATEMENT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

· FINANCES AND FUTURE DISPLAYS WERE DISCUSSED.

· THE POSSIBLE MUSEUM SPACE IN THE FORMER TANNER OFFICES WAS DISCUSSED. THERE WILL BE A TOUR OF THIS SPACE ON SATURDAY, AUG. 20^TH, AT 11:00.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

CHRISTY VENHAM