Subject: May 2016
From: "hurricane5155" <[email-masked]>
To: "JRB ware" <[email-masked]>, "J Tracy" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Ted Kaufman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:11:41 -0500

VBO - Summary of first visit for JRB Library/ Institute

Cambridge MA

5/9/16

Heather Campion, Jill Medevedow (Director if Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston)

 

Question : will other VP Papers be included

Question ; Who will run the Center /is the Center also a museum?

Need programming and Experimental Learning on site

Need kitchen and facility to host and rent space

Need a great architect == Exhibition Designer to take the lead on this

ü  African American (AA Museum used the “old Guard” – Ralph Applebaum and Assoc. – so did Clinton

ü  ICA used Gallagher & Assoc in MD.

ü  Diller , Scofidio , Renfro – short listed for Obama Library – did Hi-Line in NYC, Eli Broad Museum in LA ,and Lincoln Center

Need physical and digital experience – who will our visitors be?

Do you want HBS vs MIT – fit in, or stand alone designs

Architects have to be briefed to match the Pillars

            Restaurant – good food, not vending machines

            Meeting rooms

            Where will dignitaries be greeted

            Amphitheater- for panels and presentations

            Entrance place for the Blue Ribbon panel/ reception space

            ***Coat room - critical

            General reception area

            Green room for panelists

            Storage

            Pay for admissions? – should it be free?

Space allocation:

            Papers

            Interactive – digital time line of JRB career

            Artifacts – Amtrak Rail Car??

            Experimental points – critical for kids

            Need to plan ahead for school groups – separate entrance?

                        Civic education – big opportunity

Check out:

Bush Library

Newseum, DC

AA

Convention Center in Philly – Rick Stengle as Director

Clinton Library

 

Programming: - material based 

            Exhibitions

            Film festival

            Performances

                        Adult based

                        Kids

                        Outdoors

Human rights panels

Women’s advocacy

Role of CEO: Oversee

            Education

            Physical building

                        Media room

                        JRB office

                        VBO office

                        Private rooms (as in apartment)

            Money/budget – what is the operations budget needed to support this in a given year

            Operations – new money or endowments? (Biden won’t be here so what happens then

            HR

Marketing

Public programs

Publications

IT – Website

Corporate funding for educational programs

Fellowships

Student intern programs

Board Make-up: no more than 18 – need Board participants to raise money

Financial structure:

            What do you pay the University, i.e.?  – how do you partner w/ the University?

            They do maintenance, custodial

Relations with the University are ongoing- change agent/ thought Leader