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I think Ms. Bacon is correct – GangGang and others don’t need Newfields to promote art and inclusion. The longer their self-inflicted PR scenario unfolds, the more distrust this sows, the more the institution will suffer and innocent employees will be caught in the middle. The adage “perception is reality” comes to mind, and the perception that the decision-makers have pushed out others that may be different than the “core, white audience” sure does seem to be what actually is going on.
I agree. Thank you for putting it so well. Perception is reality, indeed.
Newfields seemed to be doing well until the DEI people took charge and
made everything all about race.
+1 keith
The Board of Trustees’ Chairperson is a Black woman. The Board of Trustees has two other Black woman, three Black men, and an Asian woman as members. And, the newly hired Director of the art museum is also a Black woman. The overall employee body is also diverse. For whatever reason, and perhaps purely as a result of private personal reasons, Dr. Burnette left. But, given the remaining diverse leadership of Newfields, I hardly think the message is the museum is only for a “core, white audience.”
A correction to my comments: There are actually four Black men on the Board of Trustees, not three. And, there are two Asian women on the Board, not one.
In other words, you will never be able to capitalized the letter “b” enough, nor bring in enough different skin tones, nor jump through any number of hoops, to appease the perpetually aggrieved.
LOL–it’s so hard not to hide Schadenfreude as the diversity deanlets get hoisted by their own petards. It’s sad that this is doing so much damage to venerated institutions all across the country, but that was the intent all along. The perpetually aggrieved are less interested in equity and inclusion and more committed to drag everything down to their level.
Lauren B.
+1
Well said.
It’s sll all out race and bringing down standards to new lows.
It’s a pity that they were so “knee-jerk” at the very beginning of this mess. The job posting was not very worded very well, but I have a hunch it was never meant to offend anyone. And yet, here we are.
(rolls eyes)
+1 gloria
The reality is that some (but certainly not all) of the financial terms of Dr.Burnette’s departure must be disclosed on a Schedule J attached to Newfields tax Form 990. That is a public document for all to see. So, at least her severance arrangement will become public knowledge as soon as this year’s Form 990 is filed.
Which, with an automatic extension, could be about a year after her departure.
Except, it does *not* have to be labeled as severance. It will merely be listed as whatever she was paid for the year as compensation, so there is no way to determine from the tax filing if she was let go or voluntarily left.
And, even if she voluntarily left, she may have still negotiated in her contract that she was entitled to receive a part or all of her annual bonus or some other separation payment—this is common with many executive employment contracts.
Question 4a of Schedule J Form 990 specifically asks if she received a severance payment and if answered yes, the Schedule must include name and the amount of the severance payment. So, while the reasons for severance are not disclosed, the amounts related to it must be separately disclosed.
The Newfields board has 27 members *remaining* after multiple resignations? That’s a legislature, not a board. But mainly: If the IMA had never gone down the DEI-driven “whiteness = wrongness” path, none of this mess would have occurred. The job posting that started this whole kerfuffle had nothing wrong with it at all. Never apologize to people who seek your destruction.
The Board of Governors is *not* the Board of Trustees. There were two resignations from Board of Trustees. These recent four resignations are from the Board of Governors.
The Trustees are the legal fiduciaries of the organization who oversee the operation & policy of Newfields and who hire key executives.
The Board of Governors are an advisory board that acts as a liaison to the community & assists with fundraising, as well as provides a “training ground” for potential Trustees.
Richard S.
+1
Richard S. +1
+1 Richard
This “DEI business” at the museum was/is about including those who had not been included.
Anyone – anyone! – who has actually been a regular visitor at the museum over the years knows that, while we have fantastic collections, art from large populations of the world and our own country were not included. Probably not on purpose but simply due to the personal preferences of those who collected and donated. This needs to be corrected for us to be better informed.
None of us here knows why the former CEO of the campus was fired or resigned. Petty politics, personal reasons, or valid disagreement? We don’t know. Whether or not we believe some people are protesting prematurely, the fact remains that the IMA/Newfields has a PR nightmare that is affecting fundraising and reputation, both locally and nationally.
I’m shocked that a local crisis PR firm has apparently not been engaged to handle this.
This “DEI business” at the museum was/is about including those who previously had not been included.
Anyone – anyone! – who has actually been a regular visitor at the museum over the years knows that, while we have fantastic collections, art from large populations of the world and our own country were not included. Probably not on purpose but simply due to the personal preferences of those who collected and donated. This needs to be corrected for us to be better informed.
None of us here knows why the former CEO of the campus was fired or resigned. Petty politics, personal reasons, or valid disagreement? We don’t know. Whether or not we believe some people are protesting prematurely, the fact remains that the IMA/Newfields has a PR nightmare that is affecting fundraising and reputation, both locally and nationally.
I’m shocked that a local crisis PR firm has apparently not been engaged to handle this.
27 trustees and 22 governors?! No wonder there’s chaos…. Too many cooks in the kitchen.
Come on Newfields! Get your act together, and take care of our beloved center of art, and all things beautiful except obviously, the humans who are running it.