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AGENDA
Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting
Musser Learning Lab | Oklahoma History Center
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Wednesday, January 24, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
No public comment is permitted

  1. Call to order - President Duke Ligon
    1. Compliance with Open Meeting Act
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Roll call - Trait Thompson
  4. Possible discussion, revision, and vote to approve the minutes of the October 25, 2023, quarterly meeting
  5. Presentation of service pin (Rory Montgomery - 40 years) - Trait Thompson
  6. Treasurer’s report - Donna Sharpe
  7. Executive Director’s report - Trait Thompson
    1. Review of budget projections and expenditures from the 2nd quarter (October 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023)
    2. Legislative update
    3. Update on planning for the 200th anniversary of Fort Gibson and Fort Towson
    4. Update on American Alliance of Museums Accreditation for Oklahoma History Center Museum
    5. Update on the transition to Lucidea collection software
    6. Update on the OHS Strategic Planning Retreat
    7. Above and Beyond recipients for November and January
  8. Update on State Historic Preservation Office - Lynda Ozan
  9. Update on OKPOP - Jake Krumwiede
  10. Discussion and possible action on the following:
    1. OHS Code of Ethics - Karen Whitecotton
    2. OHCM Collections Management Policy - Karen Whitecotton
    3. OHS Badge Policy - LaChelle Westfahl
  11. Discussion and possible action on changing the Oklahoma History Center Museum organizational division structure - Leon Natker
  12. Discussion and possible action on amending the OHS Bylaws - Trait Thompson
  13. Discussion and possible action on moving the 2024 meeting of the membership from April 20 to May 4 - Trait Thompson
  14. Discussion and possible action on the sale or transfer of selected Oklahoma Historical Society sites to the National Parks Service - Trait Thompson
  15. Appointments to the Will Rogers Memorial Museum Foundation Board - Duke Ligon
  16. Board member appointment (Michael Birdsong) to board committees - Duke Ligon
  17. Discussion and possible action of final selection of grant awardees for the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program - Nicole Harvey
  18. Discussion and possible action on new rules recommended for adoption for the Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail Grant Program – Gabby Hosek
  19. Discussion and possible action on amended rules recommended for adoption for the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program – Nicole Harvey
  20. Discussion and possible action to enter into Executive Session under 25 O.S. § 307 (B)(1) for the purpose of discussing the annual performance review for employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society
    1. Vote to enter Executive Session
    2. Vote to return to Open Session
    3. Possible action on matters discussed in Executive Session
  21. Introduction of new staff members
    1. Director of Communications - Jessica Brogdon
    2. Editor of Publications - Anna Davis
    3. Director of Museums and Historic Sites - Chantry Banks
    4. State Historian - Dr. Matthew Pearce
  22. New business (No new business may be brought before the board if known about or could have reasonably been foreseen prior to the posting of the notice and agenda) 25 O.S. 2011, §311 (A)(10)
  23. Announcements (Please note that the proposed announcements must be sent to President Ligon or Dayna Robinson no later than 48 hours in advance of meeting for inclusion on the agenda)
  24. Adjournment

Note: The board may discuss, vote to approve, vote to disapprove, vote to table, change the sequence of any agenda item, or decide not to discuss any item on the agenda.