Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 2008

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

 

TO:
FROM:	Kathy A. Ahearn
SUBJECT:	Supplemental Charter Application
DATE:	May 13, 2008
STRATEGIC GOAL:	Goal 2
AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

Summary

 

Issue for Decision

             

Approval of supplemental charter application.

 

Reason for Consideration

             

Required by State statute (Education Law section 216).

 

Proposed Handling

             

Discussion and approval in accordance with the recommendation contained in the attached summary.

 

Procedural History

 

N/A       

 

Background Information

 

A supplemental summary recommendation has been prepared involving one charter action.

 

 

 

 

 

Recommendation

             

It is recommended that the Regents approve the application in accordance with the recommendation contained in the attached summary.

 

 

Timetable for Implementation

             

N/A

PROVISIONAL CHARTER

 

No. 1

 

THE MUSEUM AT BETHEL WOODS

 

Bethel, Sullivan County

 

The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to establish and maintain a history and music museum relating to, interpreting, studying, researching, developing, highlighting, gathering, and disseminating information, artifacts, exhibits, and audio-visual and other materials about and concerning the social, political, and cultural events of and around the 1960’s and the legacies of such times and events, including, without limitation, the Cold War, the Race to Space, the Civil Rights Movement, the War in Vietnam and the civil response to it, and the fashions and music of such times including the Woodstock Festival of 1969; to promote inter-generational dialogue about such events and times and their meanings for today and hereafter including through the use of teaching and studies in classrooms located within the museum; to encourage and increase public awareness of these times and the events thereof through the exhibits, artifacts, and displays, personal stories, community outreach and education, the media and other public and cultural events at the local. regional, state, national, and international levels; to preserve the quality of life for residents of Sullivan County and the surrounding region and the State of New York and visitors thereto and to promote the general welfare and improve the cultural life of Sullivan County, the surrounding region, and the State of New York; to the extent permitted by applicable law, to make contributions and donations or grants to charities such as libraries, colleges, cultural, and other tax-exempt charities within Sullivan County and elsewhere; to gather, collect, own, hold, preserve, display and make available for study appropriate historical artifacts, books, manuscripts, papers, photographs, and other records and materials; to encourage the suitable marking of places of historic interest; and to cooperate with county and state officials and historical organizations to collect and preserve materials of countywide and statewide significance.  The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.