Meeting Information

I.

Calling of the Meeting to Order - Diane B. Wilsey, President

II.

Calling of the Roll

Trustees:

Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
Belva Davis, Vice President/Civic Affairs and Audience Development
Richard P. Essey
George Hecksher
J. Burgess Jamieson
Diane B. Lloyd-Butler, Vice President/Marketing and Communications
Nion T. McEvoy
J. Alec Merriam, Vice President
Robert P. Morrow III, Vice President/Finance
Marianne H. Peterson
Shelagh Rohlen, Vice President/Annual Support
Lonna Wais
Diane B. Wilsey, President

There will be an opportunity for public comment on each agenda item.

III.

Report of the President - Diane B. Wilsey

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Minutes of the October 18, 2001 Meeting of the Board of Trustees (See Appendix A - Draft Minutes)

Action

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve November 30, 2001 Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation to Accept Works of Art Acquired through Purchase and Donation as Gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation, Approve

Two Resolutions Clarifying the Use of the Achenbach Endowment Fund; Approve a Resolution to Transfer Twenty-six Plaster Casts Primarily from the Parthenon Frieze and Reproductions of Greek Free- standing Sculpture to the University of California at Berkeley; and Approve the Works of Art Recommended for First Step Deaccessioning

(See Appendix B - Report of the November 30, 2001 Acquisitions Committee)

1. Purchases - Acceptance of Gifts of Works of Art from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation

2. Gifts Offered to the Museums

3. Two Resolutions Clarifying the Use of the Achenbach Endowment Fund

4. Resolution to Transfer Twenty-six Plaster Casts Primarily from the Parthenon Frieze and Reproductions of Greek Free-standing Sculpture to the University of California at Berkeley

5. First Step Deaccessioning

6. Purchases Reported for the Record

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby approve the November 30, 2001 report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation including accepting the works of art acquired through purchase and donation as gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; approving the two resolutions clarifying the use of the Achenbach Endowment Fund; approving the resolution to transfer twenty-six plaster casts primarily from the Parthenon frieze and reproductions of Greek free-standing sculpture to the University of California at Berkeley; and approving of the works of art recommended for first step deaccessioning.

Action

C. Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Director of Museums to Accept Year End Gifts of Art

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums

San Francisco, upon the recommendation of the Chair of the Acquisitions Committee, does hereby authorize the Director of Museums (or his designee) to accept gifts of art offered to The Fine Arts Museums Foundation and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from November 30, 2001 (last Acquisitions Committee meeting) through December 31, 2001, if in his (or his designee’s) judgment, he deems it acceptable after consultation with first the appropriate staff curator, or the Acquisitions Committee Chair, or Board President, if available, before the time by which he or his designee has to accept the offer of the gift; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Director of Museums shall report to

the Boards of Trustees of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation and the Fine Arts

Museums of San Francisco at their next meetings, the gifts of art accepted during this period.

Action

D. Consideration and Possible Action to Change the Date of the January 2002 Meeting of the Board of Trustees from January 10, 2002 to January 31, 2002

RESOLVED, That in order to accommodate the City review and approval process for the revisions to the Final Environmental Impact Report of the Proposed de Young Museum Project, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco does hereby change the date of the January 2002 meeting of the Board of Trustees from January 10, 2002 to January 31, 2002, with the time and location remaining the same, namely 3:00 p.m., in the Board Room of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco.

Action

E. Report on the December 6, 2001 Public Hearing Before the

San Francisco Planning Commission Regarding the Revisions to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed de Young Museum Project Pertaining to the Height of the Education Tower and to Some Aspects of the Analysis of the Impact on Historic Resources

(See Appendix - Revisions to Final Environmental Impact Report for the New de Young Museum, San Francisco Planning Department, 1999-455E)

Discussion

F. Report on Recent Developments Regarding the Plans to Build a New de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Discussion

G. Other Information Items

Discussion

IV.

Director’s Report - Harry S. Parker III

A. Resolution Designating the Bequest from the Samuel Untermyer Charitable Remainder Unitrust to the New de Young Museum Fund of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation

WHEREAS, The building of a New de Young Museum in Golden

Gate Park is the highest institutional priority for the Board of Trustees of the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums; and

WHEREAS, On July 13, 2001, Moti B. Virani, Premier Trust and Investment Services of Union Bank of California, informed the Museums that Samuel Untermyer, had named the de Young Museum as a beneficiary to receive ten percent of his Trust assets; and

WHEREAS, A check in the amount of $52,168.35 representing a

ten percent interest in the Samuel Untermyer Charitable Unitrust was received on November 7, 2001; and

WHEREAS, The Director of Museums has recommended that the

$52,168.35 unrestricted bequest from the Samuel Untermyer Charitable Unitrust for the de Young Museum be designated for the New de Young Museum Fund of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco does hereby designate the $52,168.35 from the Samuel Untermyer Charitable Unitrust, and any additional distributions, for the New de Young Museum Fund of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recognizes the generosity of decedent Samuel Untermyer with sincere appreciation.

Action

B. Report on Admission Free Tuesdays for 2001 Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company

Discussion

C. Report on City Budget

1. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Revising the City Budget for Fiscal Year 2001-02

(See Appendix C)

RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco does hereby authorize the President

and the Director of Museums to finalize the Fiscal Year 2001-02 midyear City budget reductions with the Mayor’s Office of Finance; and, be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the tentative reduction is approximately $900,000 of which $300,000 is likely to be a loan from War Memorial Hotel Tax funds set aside for future seismic improvements.

2. Establishment of Economic Stimulus Task Force by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Discussion

Action

Discussion

D. Report on Current and Future Exhibits

1. Report on the Cancellation of the Rockefeller Collection International Tour to Florence, Rome and Bilbao, American Accents 1670-1945, Masterworks from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Scheduling of Mobile, Alabama, Tri-Centennial Celebration

Discussion

Discussion

E. Personnel Report

Discussion

G. Other Informational Items

Discussion

V.

Public Comment

Members of the public may address the Executive Committee on items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Speakers may address the Executive Committee for up to three minutes; the President or the Executive Committee may limit the total comment to thirty minutes.

VI.

Meeting Schedule, Future Events and Current and Future Exhibits (See Appendix D- List of Board and Executive Committee Meetings, Events and Exhibition)

Discussion

VII.

Adjournment - Diane B. Wilsey, President

Action