The June 2 post cited an online AHS comment that called mineral museum supporters “whiners and moaners”. Widespread dissatisfaction with AHS mismanagement of mineral museum assets has certainly been expressed over the past six years. Was it unreasonable? What do these many “whiners and moaners” want?
Succinctly stated, they want the following:
Preservation of Arizona history: they want to preserve the
historic and functionally restored mining equipment that the AHS abandoned at
15th and Washington St. in Phoenix.
Support for K-12 education: they want to reopen the mineral
museum to over 40,000 children per year
Preservation of the mineral collection: they want the complete collection
to be under the care of a qualified, science based state agency
Support for research: they want the entire mineral collection to
be accessible, in one place, to
researchers
Education for the public: they want to restore a top rated science
museum with a focus on the origin and use of natural resources
The AHS was required, by statute, to continue operating the
mineral museum properly. It chose not to. Why does it now wonder why there is widespread
dissatisfaction?
The very fact that the AHS cannot understand why people are
dissatisfied is reason enough, by itself, to demonstrate that the AHS should
not have control of the mineral museum.
The person wo wrote about the 'whiners and moaners" knows nothing about the Arizona Historical Society. Which makes them ignorant. If as I suspect they are a friend of AHS, or a Board member or a staffer then they are naive as well as stupid. The destruction of the Mineral Museum served no purpose. For whatever reason Dr. Ann Woosley cooked up to do this was insane to say the least. The Board (the ones who still have a spine ) need to fire Dr. Woosley.
ReplyDeleteThe AHS Board is supposed to provide "oversight" to the agency. Don't see a lot of that going on. Do your job Board of Directors.
ReplyDeleteThe AHS is doing such a great job of drawing visitors into the main museum in Tucson that they are going to be closed on Sunday's from now on! Most working taxpayers have Sunday's off. Good call AHS. But with attendance as low as what they get it's no wonder.
ReplyDeleteDick, you do realize that you are confirming the "whiners and moaners" comment with this whiny, moaning post, right?
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that is confirmed is that you know nothing about the Arizona Historical Society.
DeleteHow can someone defend the actions of the director Ann Woosley in this matter? How can someone not understand what a mess they have created and how these actions have endangered the AHS.This person has no clue of what the AHS is supposed to do. In case they did not know the AHS does Arizona History ...not rocks and minerals.
ReplyDeleteIf you do not know anything or are too stupid to understand the situation then I suggest you just be quiet.