Museum board discusses absence policy, museum traffic, events

The board of the Hill County museum Monday discussed, among several issues, setting a firm policy on what constitutes an excused versus an unexcused absence for its members.

Board member Raela Hulett had raised the issue at the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Board's March meeting, noting that board members lose their position after three unexcused absences but no policy was in place defining an excused absence.

Board member Judi Dritshulas said it is important to have a policy in place — with a small board, if several members miss a meeting it could fail to have a quorum and...