Cortes Island Museum AGM

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - The Cortes Island Museum had their AGM on March 30th.

“We had  52 people come out despite a really nice gardening day. You could see people having conversations and lots of hugs.  Nice to see everybody out after the winter. Coffee and treats were available, a nice wide selection of home baked goods. So it's like the social atmosphere was really positive,” explained Melanie Boyle, Managing Director of the Cortes Island Museum.

“The museum AGM business meeting takes maybe half an hour and then Iris Steigemann gave a really wonderful visual presentation of her travels in Greenland. Donations are up and membership is up, so we're very pleased about  those facts.” 

Cortes Currents: How many members do you have now?

Melanie Boyle: “When  our fiscal year report came out 310, but I know between the time we printed the documents and the meeting we had more than that. So it's well over 300 this year.”

Cortes Currents: Which is impressive on an island whose adult population was just over 900 in the last census. What about your donations? 

Melanie Boyle: “The donations were good and we have to just do our final tallies. With the museum, it's a donation of time or money. We don't set a minimum donation and we do find that works really well. Some people contribute their efforts in other ways.”  

Cortes Currents: What's coming up this year?