CRIEFF & STRATHEARN MUSEUM
a registered charity in Scotland: SC 048238

Board of Trustees meeting, Thursday 11th April 2024 at 2:00pm at Old Town Hall Crieff.

Minutes

  1. Welcome and Apologies for Absence:

Present: Ann McIntosh, Chair (AM), Dorothy Jones (DJ), Marnie Gauld (MG), Dave Ferguson (DF), Colin Crawford (CC), Neil Rodan (NR).
Apologies: John Cowie (JC), Ewen Honeyman (EH)

  1. Minutes of the previous meeting were agreed and signed.
  1. Treasurer’s Report £6,733.71 in hand. We have to pay around £90 to Rymour Book / Hog’s Back for books and our electricity supplier will take a direct debit for £306.73.
  1. External Repairs. No information back from the council. We do not know the surname of “Mark” who came to look at all the problems and appeared to understand the urgency of this matter.
  1. Front Door: It will be painted before we open. Unlikely the oak will be done by then but should follow soon after.
  1. Opening Displays Work is ongoing. Lots of cleaning to be done.
  • DF is getting his storyboards prepared at Danscot.
  • CCTV cameras cost around £80 each. Signs needed to warn visitors of their presence.
  • NR to arrange a children’s corner in the upstairs room with old-fashioned wooden toys they can play with hands-on. Bagatelle etc..
  • Idea to get lego legionnaires or the like hidden around the building for children to find.
  • Rory Stewart is available to visit the Museum on 28th May. Some discussion about putting back opening / AGM to coincide but as those dates are already in the public domain it is not practical. But we can still do some kind of reception.
  1. Accessioning. Not much has happened since the last meeting. Unaccessioned items have been placed separate from accessioned items in the cellar. This will have to be an ongoing activity.
  1. Report on meeting with David Campbell and Volunteers. The Board agreed that there were lots of good ideas from David – we just need to decide which ones we can pursue and crucially which we can afford.
  1. Business Plan. CC was beginning to present his business plan when we received an unexpected visit from Cllrs Brock and Donaldson. We showed them around and explained our plans going forward. They were also informed about the lack of action from PKC about the external repairs.

Possible fundraising avenues Gannochy Trust, CLLD etc.

  1. Purchase of stock for selling and equipment required: Cash Box, Receipt book, Donation boxes. NR to look for wooden toys to sell. Budget of £250 agreed for these items. We have the SumUp Card Reader to take card payments.
  1. New Volunteers Update: We need to have specific jobs for volunteers when they come. NR to set up a WhatsApp group for Volunteers. PKAVS has a volunteering page on its website.
  1. Benefits In Kind: MG 20, DJ 21, DF 10, AM 8, NR 20 total 79 hours.
  1. AOCB:
  • Archaeological Society. AM has contacted Colin Carr to the effect that we’d like to help them but not until after we are open.
  • DJ to write an article for the Quair re Founder Members, NR to send a Mailchimp on the same.
  • DF 3 items have been donated / loaned to the Museum of railway memorabilia by Phil Brown.
  • Bobbie Miller has loaned us on long term tickets for Ochtertyre and a membership card for Crieff Academical Society
  • Shona McCulloch has donated some books, kitchen tins etc and has also offered us her postcard collection for scanning.
  • We should put up the sign just before we open otherwise passers by might think we are already open.

Next Meeting: Friday 26th April 14:00 at OTH