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REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 5:30 PM
Parks and Recreation Department, 1341 Nipomo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Kathi Settle
ROLL CALL: Vice Chair Toni Kincaid, Commissioners Chuck Crotser, Bob Gordon, Bryant
Mills, Eva Ulz and Susan Updegrove
Exofficio Committee Member James Papp
PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, the public is invited to address the Committee on items that are not on the
agenda but are of interest to the public and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Jack House Committee. The
Committee may not discuss or take action on issues that are not on the agenda other than to briefly respond to
statements made or questions raised, or to ask staff to follow up on such issues.
1. Consideration of the Minutes of Regular Meeting on November 16, 2016 (Settle) – 5 minutes
2. Consideration of November 2016 and December 2016 Financial Reports (Settle) – 5 minutes
3. Adoption of 2017-19 Advisory Body Goals (Mudgett) – 10 minutes
4. Approval of Changes in Presentation of the Nanny’s Room to a Luggage Room (Darnell) – 20 minutes
5. Presentation of Blue Star Museum program (Darnell) – 10 minutes
6. Discussion of dining room and master bedroom drapery (Kincaid) – 10 minutes
7. Staff Report for Parks and Recreation Updates (Setterlund) – 5 minutes
8. Friends of the Jack House Updates (Papp) – 10 minutes
9. Sub-Committee Reports (Settle) – 10 minutes
a. Strategic Planning (Crotser, Settle, Ulz)
b. Collections, Use & Handling Policy (Settle, Ulz, Darnell, Sorvetti)
10. Member Comments/Communications/Reports (Committee) – 5 minutes
Adjourn to Next Regular Scheduled Meeting on February 8, 2017 at 5:30PM at Parks
and Recreation (1341 Nipomo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA.).
APPEALS: Administrative decisions by the Jack House Commission may be appealed to the City Council in
accordance with the appeal procedure set forth in Chapter 1.20 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code.
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Special Meeting- Ludwick Community Center
864 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis Obispo
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Kathi Settle
ROLL CALL: Vice Chair Toni Kincaid, Commissioners Bob Gordon, Chuck
Crotser, Bryant Mills, Eva Ulz, Susan Updegrove
TARDY: Exofficio Committee Member James Papp
STAFF: Melissa Mudgett, Recreation Manager; Dave Setterlund, Recreation
Supervisor; Liz Jacobs, Recreation Specialist
Consent Agenda
1.Consideration of the Minutes of Regular Meeting on October 12, 2016
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KINCAID, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
UPDEGROVE, CARRIED 6-0 to approve the minutes of the Jack House Committee for the meeting
of September 14, 2016 as amended.
Amendments:
Page 3, Public Comment #6: Section of carriage house storage shed discussion should be removed
Page 4, #12: Capitalize “Sons of the Golden West”
AYES:Settle, Kincaid, Crotser, Gordon, Mills, Updegrove
NOES:
ABSTAIN:Ulz
ABSENT:
2.Consideration of September financials 2016 Financial Reports
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER KINCAID, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
GORDON, CARRIED 6-1 to approve the September 2016 financial reports as amended.
AYES:Settle, Kincaid, Gordon, Mills, Updegrove, Ulz
NOES:Crotser
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
Jack House Committee
MINUTES
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2
Public Hearings / Business Items
3.Approval of the Cancellation of the December 14, 2016 Regular Meeting of the Jack House
Committee (Settle) – 5 Minutes
Public Comments:
None
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER UPDEGROVE, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
ULZ, CARRIED 7-0 to approve the Cancellation of the December 14, 2016 Regular Meeting of the
Jack House Committee.
AYES: Settle, Kincaid, Crotser Gordon, Mills, Updegrove, Ulz
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
4.Approval to Waive Fees for the December 18, 2016 Special Tour (Papp) – 10 Minutes
Member Papp: discussed the arrangement for the special Jack House tour and added that it is a good
opportunity to introduce more people to the Jack House. There may be thirty people in attendance on
the tour.
Member Crotser: commended the action and suggested adding a donations jar to the house.
Public Comments:
None
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CROTSER, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
UPDEGROVE, CARRIED 7-0 to approve to Waive Fees for the December 18, 2016 Special Tour.
AYES: Settle, Kincaid, Crotser Gordon, Mills, Updegrove, Ulz
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
5.Discussion of 2017-2019 Jack House Committee Advisory Body Goals (Settle) – 35 Minutes
Recreation Manager Melissa Mudgett prefaced the discussion, detailing the nature of the Jack House
Committee Advisory Body Goals. Mudgett also shared the Parks and Recreation Commission’s
goals for the 17-19 fiscal years to give the committee members an outline of an acceptable proposal.
After discussion, Committee Members decided that the finalized and prioritized list of objectives are
as follows:
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1. Major planning effort including:
a.Historic Structures Report
b.Strategic Plan
c. Interpretative Plan
In support of CHC’s Cost benefit analysis
2.Non-historic Facility improvements including:
a.Arbor restoration/demolition
b.Onsite Storage
3. Historic restoration of the Carriage House
4.Inventory and catalog collection
Public Comments:
None
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER CROTSER, SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER
UPDEGROVE, CARRIED 7-0 to approve the 2017-2019 Jack House Committee Advisory Body
Goals.
AYES: Settle, Kincaid, Crotser Gordon, Mills, Updegrove, Ulz
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Meeting adjourned at 5:33pm to Next Scheduled Special Meeting on January
11, 2016 at 5:30pm
The City of San Luis Obispo is committed to including the disabled in all of its services,
programs, and activities. Please contact the Clerk or staff liaison prior to the meeting if you
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APPEALS: Administrative decisions by the Jack House Commission may be appealed to the City Council in
accordance with the appeal procedure set forth in Chapter 1.20 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code.
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2016-17 Fiscal Year
Reporting Date:12/1/16
Accounting Periods:5
NOVEMBER 2016
Verified By:Dave Setterlund, Community Services Supervisor
Melissa C. Mudgett, Recreation Manager
14,262.69$
Acct 625-3901
BUDGET
REVENUES
COLLECTED TO-
DATE
REVENUES
AVAILABLE
Jack House Revenues (Fund 625) $ - $ 1,583.41
Jack House Expenditures (Fund 625)
for Construction and Operating
Materials
$ - (550.00)
BUDGET EXPENSES TO-
DATE
AVAILABLE BUDGET
REMAINING
Total Expenditures
(through October 31, 2016)
City Fund-100 Parks & Recreation (to
be used for JH Promotions) $ 10,500 $ 552.00 9,948.00$
JACK HOUSE Accounting
Monthly Account Reporting of Revenues and Expenditures
JACK HOUSE FUND BALANCE
Jack House Account Summary
REVENUES (From July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
(Note: Dates are when posted by Finance Dept., not dates of transaction)
EXPENDITURES (From July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
1,033.41$
Parks & Recreation Promotions Account Summary
2016-17
(through to October 31, 2016)
ACCOUNT SUMMARY
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JACK HOUSE Accounting
$ 1,583.41
$ -
$ - $ 550.00
$ - Sub-Total: $ 550.00
$ -
$ - $ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
Sub-Total Sales Revenue: $ -
625.58120 – JH Revenue (Tours)
$ -
$ 1,583.41
Sub-Total Interest Earned:
$ 1,583.41
625.58100 – Food Sales Non-Taxable
Sub-Total Non-Taxable Revenue:
No Activity
Ending Revenue Balance (October 31, 2016)
(Includes Accrued Interest. Does not include Petty Cash)
TOTAL JACK HOUSE FUND REVENUE
89140.7789 Cost of Materials for Resale
TOTAL JACK HOUSE FUND EXPENDITURES
Ending Expenditure Balance (October 31, 2016)
(Matching Finance Plus)
Sub-Total Tours Revenue:
Sub-Total Donations:
625.58110 – Merchandise Sales Taxable (Gift Shop)
No Activity
625.47010 – Other Contributions (Donations)
625.42760 – Interest on Investments
BALANCE
Jack House Fund REVENUES (IN)
Fund 625
Revenues Collected from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
No Activity
No Activity
Jack House Fund EXPENDITURES (OUT)
Account 625-89140
BALANCE $ 550.00
Expenditures (through July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
89140.7227 Contract Services
Spokes
Jack House Account - FULL DETAIL
$ 550.00
No ActivityNo Activity
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JACK HOUSE Accounting
STARTING BALANCE $ 10,500.00
REMAINING BALANCE $ 9,948.00
60280.7244 Promotions
$ -
$ -
$ 552.00
(as of October 31, 2016)
$ 552.00 TOTAL EXPENDED TO-DATE
Account 100.60280.7244
No Activity
Total Expenditures:
Expenditures (from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017)
Jack House Promotions City General Funds - EXPENDITURES
Parks & Recreation Promotions Account - FULL DETAIL
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2016-17 Fiscal Year
Reporting Date:01/11/17
Accounting Periods:6
December 2016
Verified By:Dave Setterlund, Community Services Supervisor
Melissa C. Mudgett, Recreation Manager
14,262.69$
Acct 625-3901
BUDGET
REVENUES
COLLECTED TO-
DATE
REVENUES
AVAILABLE
Jack House Revenues (Fund 625) $ - $ 1,583.43
Jack House Expenditures (Fund 625)
for Construction and Operating
Materials
$ - (971.79)
BUDGET EXPENSES TO-
DATE
AVAILABLE BUDGET
REMAINING
Total Expenditures
(through Dec. 31, 2016)
City Fund-100 Parks & Recreation (to
be used for JH Promotions) $ 10,500 $ 2,551.42 7,948.58$
JACK HOUSE Accounting
Monthly Account Reporting of Revenues and Expenditures
JACK HOUSE FUND BALANCE
Jack House Account Summary
REVENUES (From July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
(Note: Dates are when posted by Finance Dept., not dates of transaction)
EXPENDITURES (From July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
611.64$
Parks & Recreation Promotions Account Summary
2016-17
(through to Dec. 31, 2016)
ACCOUNT SUMMARY
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JACK HOUSE Accounting
$ 1,583.43
$ -
$ - $ 421.79
$ - Sub-Total: $ 971.79
$ -
$ - $ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
Sub-Total Sales Revenue: $ -
625.58120 – JH Revenue (Tours)
$ -
$ -
Sub-Total Interest Earned:
$ 1,583.43
625.58100 – Food Sales Non-Taxable
Sub-Total Non-Taxable Revenue:
No Activity
89140.7789 Cost of Materials for Resale
TOTAL JACK HOUSE FUND EXPENDITURES
Ending Expenditure Balance (October 31, 2016)
(Matching Finance Plus)
Sub-Total Tours Revenue:
Sub-Total Donations:
625.47010 – Other Contributions (Donations)
625.42760 – Interest on Investments
BALANCE
Jack House Fund REVENUES (IN)
Fund 625
Revenues Collected from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
625.58110 – Merchandise Sales Taxable (Gift Shop)
Ending Revenue Balance (October 31, 2016)
(Includes Accrued Interest. Does not include Petty Cash)
No Activity
TOTAL JACK HOUSE FUND REVENUE
No Activity
No Activity
Jack House Fund EXPENDITURES (OUT)
Account 625-89140
BALANCE $ 971.79
Expenditures (through July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)
89140.7227 Contract Services
Docent Dinner - Food Stuffs
Jack House Account - FULL DETAIL
$ 971.79
No Activity
2-5
JACK HOUSE Accounting
STARTING BALANCE $ 10,500.00
REMAINING BALANCE $ 7,948.58
60280.7244 Promotions
New Times-
$ 745.74
$ 432.00
New Times- $ 236.00
US Bank- Docent Dinner $ 19.95
US Bank-Docent Dinner $ 25.66
US Bank-Docent Dinner $ 43.15
US Bank- Docent Dinner $ 70.15
US Bank-Docent Dinner $ 85.31
US Bank-Docent Dinner $ 100.00
$ 1,757.96
$ -
$ 2,551.42
(as of October 31, 2016)
$ 2,551.42 TOTAL EXPENDED TO-DATE
Account 100.60280.7244
James Papp (39 Reciepts)
Total Expenditures:
Expenditures (from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017)
sub. Total
New Times-
Jack House Promotions City General Funds - EXPENDITURES
Parks & Recreation Promotions Account - FULL DETAIL
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Jack House Committee Proposed Advisory Body Goals
for Council’s consideration in developing the 2017-19 Financial Plan.
Goals for the 2017-19 Financial Plan
1.Provide for the historic preservation and public enjoyment of the Jack House and
Garden through strategic planning efforts including:
a.A Historic Structure Report (HSR) to give the City guidance in the
treatment of this National Register property in accordance with Secretary
of Interior Standards. An HSR serves as the primary planning document
used in decision-making about preservation, rehabilitation, restoration,
and reconstruction treatments and as a guide for budgeting future work.
b.A Strategic Plan to develop an effective balance between public use and
preservation of the botanical, structural, and interior collections over
time.
c.A Long Range Interpretive Plan (LRIP) to enhance the education and
understanding of visitors to the house and garden.
d.A strategic cost-benefit analysis of maintenance, rehabilitation, and use
for city-owned historic buildings as proposed in the Cultural Heritage
Committee’s 2017-19 Advisory Body Goals.
2.Commit funding for improvements to the non-historic structures, including
storage, in the Jack Garden including:
a.Carriage House Pergola Restoration or Demolition
b.Storage
3.Fund restoration of the Jack Carriage House, one of the three oldest wood
structures in the City, to Secretary of Interior Standards in order to qualify it for
nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and make it accessible and
educational to the public in a variety of uses.
4.Fund inventory and digital cataloging of the botanical, structural, and interior
collections of the Jack House and Garden to ensure against loss and make the
information available to scholars and the public, in accordance with the original
grant deed and Parks and Recreation's mission of creating community through
people, parks, and programs.
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Nanny’s
Room
Paint
and
Wallpaper
Layers
A
small
fragment
of
efflorescent
plaster
recently
fell
from
the
Nanny’s
Room
wall,
revealing,
with
analysis,
four
layers
of
wallpaper
on
up
to
three
layers
of
paint
and/or
glaze.
•The
areas
that
appear
in
the
wallpaper
photographs
below
are
tiny,
less
than
an
inch
square,
so
wallpaper
samples
may
represent
the
background
of
a
larger
pattern.
•There
appear
to
be
three
distinct
layers
of
color,
consistent
with
calcimine
in
their
appearance,
texture,
and
water
solubility
but
inconsistent
in
that
calcimine
forms
a
notoriously
unstable
support
for
noncalcimine
paints
and
wallpaper.
It
is
possible
the
first
layer
is
the
calcimine
documented
in
the
initial
1881
interior
painting.
•The
multiplicity
of
finishes
suggests
the
Jacks
went
through
numerous
redecorations
both
before
and
after
introducing
wallpaper.
•The
services
of
a
professional
finishes
analyst
would
be
desirable
to
define
the
content
of
the
paints
and
date
the
layers
of
wallpaper,
as
well
as
date
the
ceiling
and
crown
border
papers,
which
do
not
resemble
any
of
those
on
the
lower
wall.
Accession
photographs
of
objects
in
the
Jack
House
in
the
late
1970s
or
early
1980s
suggest
that
only
three
rooms
were
wallpapered
when
the
house
was
acquired
by
the
city:
the
Nanny’s
Room,
the
Master
Bedroom,
and
the
Parlor
(the
last
shown
papered
in
the
only
interior
photographs
of
the
house
we
have
available,
from
1961).
Unfortunately,
the
wallpapers
in
the
Master
Bedroom
and
Parlor,
which
might
have
revealed
as
much
information
as
those
in
the
Nanny’s
Room,
appear
to
have
been
stripped
rather
than
covered
and
neither
preserved
nor
recorded,
leaving
us
without
a
record
of
how
many
layers
there
were
or
what
they
consisted
of.
Ideally,
professional
finish
analysis
of
those
and
other
walls
can
uncover
fragments
of
earlier
painted
layers
in
cracks
near
baseboards,
etc.,
possibly
the
original
calcimine.
It’s
worth
mentioning
in
this
context
that
by
1961
the
Jacks
had
also
covered
the
interior
woodwork
with
white
paint
(the
exterior
front
door
was
still
natural
wood
until
the
1990s).
The
door
leading
to
the
Master
Bedroom
from
the
linen
closet
area
(presumably
the
original
bathroom
before
the
circa
1887
pushout)
is
the
single
unpainted
original
door,
revealing
the
faux
black
walnut
graining
that
the
Tribune
on
10
September
1881
wrote
was
“the
finest
ever
done
in
this
county
and
can
scarcely
be
excelled
anywhere.”
The
next
time
you’re
in
the
house,
take
a
look
at
it
in
a
good
light
for
a
sense
of
the
extraordinary
nineteenth-‐century
artistry
currently
obscured
with
paint.
Professional
finishes
analysis
for
the
woodwork
would
also
be
useful
for
conservation
or
restoration
decisions.
—James
Papp,
Jack
House
Docent
President,
11
January
2017
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Fourth
wallpaper
layer,
currently
exposed.
This
is
an
interstitial
background
to
a
floral
design.
Second
wallpaper
layer
with
no
visible
pattern
Third
paint
layer
Third
wallpaper
layer
with
faint
vertical
stripes
First
wallpaper
layer
with
gilding
Second
paint
layer
Third
wallpaper
layer,
edge,
with
letters
PAT
(PATTERN?)
First
paint
layer
on
plaster
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5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
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JACK
HOUSE
AND
GARDEN
2016
REPORT
Jack
House
Docents
and
Friends
of
the
Jack
House
The
Jack
House
embarked
on
significant
changes
in
2016,
enhancing
content
for
a
greater
variety
of
audiences
and
being
rewarded
with
a
doubling
of
visitors
over
2015.
We
1.expanded
the
house’s
public
hours
by
more
than
50
percent
2. dramatically
raised
the
house
and
garden’s
community
profile
and
diversified
their
visitors
by
participating
in
Art
after
Dark
3.articulated
our
educational
message
into
exhibitions,
publications,
concerts,
talks,
dramatic
performances,
and
sports
and
other
participatory
activities
4.reached
out
to
more
groups,
from
walking
tours
to
YMCA
camp,
for
special
events
5.expanded
offsite
talks
and
exhibitions
6.restored
the
house’s
19th-‐century
profile
following
Secretary
of
Interior
Standards
7.protected
the
interior
collection
during
construction
and
began
the
first
global
inventory
in
20
years
and
first
condition
reporting
in
40
years
8.took
steps
to
address
humidity
and
light
and
improve
object
handling
and
display
9.carried
out
a
global
enrichment
of
our
key
document,
the
docent
handbook
10. revolutionized
our
understanding
of
the
house
and
garden
with
new
research
Jack
House
exhibit,
See
History
Here,
County
Board
of
Supervisors
Offices,
Jan.–Mar.
2016
Increase
in
Public
Hours
In
2015,
the
Jack
House
had
87
public
hours;
in
2016,
135,
up
by
55
percent.
Art
after
Dark
added
30
hours;
a
further
18
Sunday
hours
came
from
an
earlier
opening
in
April,
later
closing
in
December,
and
opening
on
Thanksgiving
weekend,
which
turned
out
to
be
our
biggest
day
of
the
year
with
a
hundred
visitors.
Increase
in
Attendance
The
house
added
over
a
thousand
visitors
in
2016,
with
attendance
growing
from
913
to
1,920.
There
were
600
visitors
for
Art
after
Dark,
479
on
Sundays,
33
for
Saturday
programs,
and
818
on
special
tours:
a
110
percent
overall
rise.
Art
after
Dark
attendance
varied
widely
(67,
76,
48,
30,
75,
67,
72,
78,
46,
and
41),
and
no
trend
emerged
favoring
any
type
of
event.
The
highest
attendance
was
for
an
evening
of
garden-‐related
participatory
activities
that
few
participated
in
(a
scavenger
6-1
2
hunt);
the
second
for
an
exhibition
combining
art,
history,
and
do-‐it-‐yourself
craft
(Victorian
Valentines);
the
third
for
a
decorative
arts
exhibition
(The
Art
We
Eat
On);
the
fourth
for
an
exhibition
of
contemporary
cowboy
photography.
Angela
Tahti,
ARTS
Obispo
executive
director,
at
AAD
garden
scavenger
hunt
The
third
and
fourth
lowest
attendance
were
for
history
exhibitions
(the
SLO
Street
Railway
and
Portraits
of
the
Jack
House),
suggesting
a
preference
for
art,
but
the
most
poorly
attended
events
were
art
exhibitions
(Caricatures
and
Grotesques
and
The
Nineteenth-‐
Century
Landscape).
A
significant
impetus
for
many
visitors
was
simply
seeing
the
house.
Shows
of
historic
fine
or
decorative
art
are
an
uncontested
niche
for
the
Jack
House
in
San
Luis
and
a
direct
promotion
of
the
property’s
mission
to
“enhance
and
celebrate
its
place
in
the
historical
development
of
San
Luis
Obispo”
and
serve
as
“an
example
of
a
Victorian
vintage
residence.”
Group
shows
by
contemporary
artists,
however,
are
the
stock-‐in-‐trade
of
Art
after
Dark,
and
a
mixture
of
them
is
likely
to
significantly
increase
our
attraction.
The
Dallidet
Adobe’’s
contemporary
plein-‐air
show
brought
AAD
attendance
of
over
300
in
a
single
evening—half
the
Jack
House’s
yearlong
AAD
numbers.
And
exhibitions,
in
contrast
to
one-‐night
events,
bring
in
visitors
for
as
long
as
the
exhibition
is
up,
usually
three
months,
increasing
Sunday
attendance.
Sundays
Sunday
visitors
were
up
28
percent,
from
374
to
479.
The
5
holiday
Sunday
attendance
drivers
of
Mother’s
Day,
Halloween,
and
Christmas
showed
a
29
percent
decrease
from
2015’s
257
to
2016’s
184.
Mother’s
Day
(premiering
The
Art
We
Eat
On)
was
up
by
40
percent,
from
70
to
98.
Christmas
Sundays
were
up
by
42
percent,
from
38
to
54,
but
public
Christmas
hours
were
concentrated
to
Sundays
because
of
2015’s
dismal
Saturday
attendance
of
3.6
visitors
per
hour.
Thus
public
Christmas
visitors
were
down
10
percent
overall,
though
occupying
half
the
time
and
thus
increasing
festive
density
(at
9
visitors
per
hour).
Halloween
Sundays
were
down
79
percent,
from
133
to
32.
Halloween
numbers
had,
in
recent
years,
been
driven
by
an
audience
of
children
and
their
parents
not
attracted
by
the
Jack
House
mission.
Dimly
lighting,
decorating,
and
adding
scenarios
to
the
house
6-2
3
prevented
mission-‐attracted
visitors
(still
numerous
in
October)
from
fully
experiencing
it
and
also
caused
risk
and
damage
to
the
collection.
Unanimously,
docent
meetings
felt
there
were
better
alternatives.
The
original
plan
for
2016
was
a
Victorian
Halloween
festival
outdoors
(which
would,
in
any
event,
have
been
rained
out).
The
fallback
was
a
talk
on
witches
and
a
performance
of
authentic
Victorian
ghost
stories
on
Saturday
evenings
(attracting
21),
both
partially
reprised
Sunday
afternoons.
The
ghost
stories
brought
an
audience
of
14
but
a
subsequent
full-‐page
review
in
the
New
Times.
Improving
Halloween
numbers
with
an
outdoor
event
attractive
to
families
yet
mission-‐driven
remains
a
goal
for
2017.
Nonholiday
Sunday
attendance
rose
from
117
to
295,
a
252
percent
increase.
The
increase
of
open
Sundays
from
22
to
28
means
average
attendance
per
day
increased
at
a
lower
rate,
doubling
from
5.3
to
10.5.
Even
disambiguating
the
unusual
attendance
for
the
Thanksgiving
weekend
open
house
in
honor
of
Betty
Stockton,
nonholiday
Sunday
attendance
was
up
36
percent,
from
5.3
to
7.2
visitors.
In
June–July
2016,
with
articles
in
the
Tribune
and
SLO
City
News
on
the
Art
We
Eat
On,
attendance
reached
an
average
of
19
for
5
weeks,
2.6
times
the
annual
mean.
October
numbers,
outside
Halloween,
were
slightly
above
average;
May,
slightly
below;
April,
August,
September,
and
November
(apart
from
the
Stockton
open
house)
well
below.
Regular
attendance,
so
docents
are
not
idle,
is
key
to
morale.
Without
visitors,
docents
don’t
want
to
open
the
house
regularly.
Without
regular
opening,
we
lose
our
visitors.
Increasing
visitors
on
nonholiday
Sundays
has
been
an
incremental
business,
including
exhibitions
that
bring
their
own
set
of
visitors
(as
well
as
weekly
calendar
notices
in
the
press);
cross-‐promotion
with
the
Dallidet,
which
shares
our
Sunday
hours;
and
going
out
to
the
garden
or
sidewalk
and
encouraging
people
to
come
in.
The
Art
We
Eat
On:
500
Years
of
Tableware,
May–July,
2016
Further
incremental
improvements
should
come
from
• designing
activities
specifically
for
our
weak
periods.
6-3
4
•attracting
more
people
to
the
Jack
Garden
•improving
outdoor
interpretive
and
publicity
signage
• more
frequent
and
regular
opening
hours
Lack
of
convenient
opening
hours
is
the
most
common
explanation
for
nonattendance.
Spontaneous
admission
of
families
or
tourists
who
happen
to
be
in
the
Jack
Garden
at
the
same
time
as
the
docent
president
frequently
exceeds
Sunday
attendance
in
a
single
group.
Sunday
openings—on
a
day
when
many
vacationers
travel—may
not
be
ideal
for
visitors.
Being
open
a
majority
of
the
week
would
probably
increase
our
attendance
exponentially
rather
than
proportionately
(e.g.,
a
minimum
of
15
weekly
opening
hours
is
required
for
listing
in
Sunset
and
Westways),
but
this
would
require
professional
staff.
Saturday
evening
openings
for
Christmas
were
decreased
to
1
but
augmented
by
2
Halloween
evening
openings.
All
3
evenings
were
2-‐hour
special
events
(1
talk
and
2
dramatic
readings
with
tours
or
refreshments).
With
the
same
hours
and
new
content,
Saturday
attendance
rose
from
22
to
33.
YMCA
Day
Camp
in
the
Jack
Garden,
July
2016
Special
Events
and
Private
Tours
Private
attendance
rose
from
517
in
2015
to
818
in
2016,
a
58
percent
increase.
Groups
included
the
school
classes
of
previous
years,
but
we
also
reached
out
to
Las
Brisas
and
The
Villages
retirement
communities,
California
Retired
Teachers
Association,
YMCA
day
camp,
docents
at
other
museums,
church
and
social
groups,
the
countywide
History
Network
and
Docent
Network,
and
Joe
Morris’s
walking
tours.
The
number
includes
some
experimental
off-‐calendar
tours
open
to
the
public
(e.g.,
of
the
garden
and
outbuildings),
as
well
as
spontaneous
admission
of
families
and
groups
of
tourists
at
off-‐hours.
The
power
of
networked
attendance
is
shown
in
comparing
2016’s
Christmas
attendance
to
2015’s.
Public
2016
Christmas
attendance
was
down
10
percent—from
60
to
54—but
a
reception
for
the
History
Network
(51
visitors),
a
Christmas
Eve
6-4
5
reading
of
A
Visit
from
St.
Nicholas
and
A
Christmas
Carol
(14),
and
visits
from
a
private
group
(10),
Joe
Morris’s
walking
tour
(25),
Hearst
Castle
staff
(2),
and
a
random
family
(6)
brought
those
numbers
to
162,
a
272
percent
increase.
Reworking
the
exhibition
for
January’s
Art
after
Dark
as
Deconstructing
Christmas
is
likely
to
take
us
over
200.
Visitors
enjoy
folk
songs
and
cowboy
photography,
Art
after
Dark,
August
2016.
Development
of
On-‐Site
Programs
In
2016
the
Jack
House
premiered
•7
shows
of
fine,
decorative,
and
popular
art
(including
Old
Master
French
and
English
Portrait
Drawings,
The
Permanent
Revolution
of
the
Nineteenth-‐Century
Landscape,
April
Fools:
Grotesques
and
Caricatures,
The
Cowboy
Photography
of
Richard
Field
Levine,
The
Library
of
a
Ranching
Family,
The
Art
We
Eat
On:
Five
Centuries
of
Tableware,
and
The
Art
of
Love:
Victorian
Valentines)
•3
history
exhibitions
(Portraits
of
the
Jack
House,
The
Brief
Life
and
Early
Death
of
the
San
Luis
Obispo
Street
Railway,
and
An
1880s
California
Christmas)
•2
parlor
concerts
(The
Wavebreakers
folk
songs
and
Christmas
songs)
• 2
talks
(The
Wickedest
Little
Girl
in
the
History
of
America
and
How
the
Victorians
Reinvented
Christmas)
• 4
concert
talks
(piano
history,
patriotic
songs
for
July
4
weekend,
a
Railroad
Song
Singalong
for
the
Central
Coast
Railroad
Festival,
and
A
Victorian
Christmas,)
•2
dramatic
readings
(True
Ghost
Stories
from
Augustus
Hare
and
A
Christmas
Carol)
•and
3
participatory
and
social
activities
(Valentine-‐making,
a
Jack
Garden
scavenger
hunt,
and
an
ice
cream
social)
We
displayed
over
300
loan
works
from
Cal
Poly
Special
Collections,
the
History
Center
of
San
Luis
Obispo
County,
the
Hearst
Corporation,
6
private
collectors,
and
1
contemporary
6-5
6
artist.
We
also
received
invaluable
technical
assistance
and
equipment
loans
from
the
History
Center
and
Cal
Poly.
As
part
of
the
exhibitions,
we
showed
and
interpreted
dozens
of
items
from
the
permanent
collection,
some
that
had
been
tucked
away
and
others
that
had
remained
on
display
without
context,
from
the
Qing
dynasty
lotus
bowl
to
the
aesthetic
movement
cupboard,
the
Port
Orford
cedar,
and
Otto
Bacher’s
tonalist
engraving
of
the
Bridge
of
Sighs.
Garden
and
Outbuilding
Tours
Renewed
research
on
the
Jack
Garden
and
its
botanical
collection—including
the
rediscovery
and
reinterpretation
of
an
1880s
photograph—led
to
the
restoration
of
the
garden
tour.
We
plan
for
this
to
become
a
regular
feature
and
are
working
with
Joe
Morris,
Matt
Ritter,
and
others.
Publications
For
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Volunteer
Appreciation
dinner,
we
published
a
1,000-‐word
self-‐guided
tour
with
3
photographs
that
can
be
dispensed
from
brochure-‐holders
in
the
Jack
Garden.
For
An
1880s
California
Christmas
we
published
a
2,400-‐word
booklet
with
7
illustrations
on
the
nineteenth-‐century
history
of
Christmas
in
Europe,
America,
California,
and
San
Luis
Obispo
in
particular,
also
making
a
PDF
available
online.
As
well,
we
distributed
recipes
from
the
Jack
Family
cookbooks,
along
with
the
cookies
the
recipes
make.
Fine
as
our
volunteer
programs
this
year
have
been,
our
ideal
should
be
2015’s
Phoebe
Hearst
musicale,
which
used
volunteers
to
sell
tickets
to
a
first-‐rate
professional
program.
Monarch
Grove
students
recreate
the
circa
1900
pose
on
the
steps
in
May.
So
do
Las
Brisas
residents
in
July.
Development
of
Off-‐Site
Programs
Jack
House
docents
in
2016
spoke
about
the
house,
family,
and
related
history
and
led
activities
at
Lifelong
Learners,
Las
Brisas
and
The
Villages
retirement
communities,
Old
Mission
School,
Monarch
Grove
Elementary,
the
San
Luis
Obispo
Railroad
Museum,
San
Luis
Obispo
Farmers’
Market,
and
the
California
Preservation
Conference,
reaching
over
300
listeners
beyond
our
1,920
on-‐site
attendees.
As
a
result,
over
2,200
people
personally
engaged
with
nineteenth-‐century
life
and
the
6-6
7
cowboy
capitalism
of
the
Jacks.
Several
listeners
at
retirement
communities
also
turned
out
to
be
oral
informants
of
the
Jack
Family
and
of
the
city’s
acquisition
of
the
Jack
House.
Exhibitions
At
the
County
Board
of
Supervisors
offices,
the
Jack
House
participated
in
the
See
History
Here
exhibition
for
1
month
and
mounted
The
Jack
Ranch:
History
Doesn’t
Stop
for
6
months,
inaugurating
that
wall
for
history
displays.
The
County
Government
Office’s
main
floor
hosted
a
selection
from
The
Cowboy
Photography
of
Richard
Field
Levine
for
3
months.
Press
Five
detailed
articles
on
an
exhibition,
program,
restoration,
and
recent
discovery
reached
the
readership
of
the
Tribune
weekday
editions
(restoration
of
the
Dining
Room
bay
and
discovery
of
the
1880s
Jack
Garden
photograph),
Sunday
edition
(The
Art
We
Eat
On),
SLO
City
News
(The
Art
We
Eat
On),
and
New
Times
(True
Ghost
Stories
from
Augustus
Hare).
Dave
Congalton
gave
us
two
hours
to
discuss
Jack
House
and
related
history
for
his
radio
audience
in
May
and
December.
The
combined
audience
of
this
outreach
was
over
150,000.
The
Jack
Garden
and
Carriage
House,
late
1880s,
a
rediscovered
and
reinterpreted
image
that
inspired
a
Photos
from
the
Vault
article
by
David
Middlecamp
in
the
Tribune
Next
year
we
hope
to
continue
our
newspaper
and
talk
radio
coverage
while
extending
outreach
to
public
radio
and
a
variety
of
magazines.
Blog
Posts
Art
after
Dark
allowed
us
to
publish
short
illustrated
essays
on
our
exhibitions
and
events
that
stayed
on
the
web
afterwards,
giving
the
house
and
garden
another
means
of
outreach
and
education.
In
2016
we
published
nine
illustrated
blog
posts
of
a
few
hundred
words
each.
Public
Relations
Publicizing
the
house
and
its
programs
has
been
challenging
as
a
result
of
fragmentation
of
media
and
audiences.
Toni
Kincaid’s
survey
of
public
Christmas
attendance
showed
10–20
percent
each
attracted
by
the
New
Times
ad,
New
Times
free
listing,
Tribune
free
listing,
the
internet,
drive
by,
and
word
of
mouth.
In
addition,
some
came
for
the
concerts
and
talk,
some
for
the
decorations,
and
some
simply
to
see
the
house.
6-7
8
The
days
of
a
single
ad
attracting
hundreds
of
people
to
a
single
offering
appear
to
be
over.
Our
display
ads
have
cost
as
much
as
several
hundred
dollars
per
single
visitor
produced.
In
2016
we
concentrated
on
providing
•listings
in
the
Tribune
and
New
Times
and
have
recently
added
slohappenings.com
•current
and
detailed
information
on
the
city’s
Jack
House
web
page
•content
that
can
be
distributed
through
other
platforms
such
as
Facebook
and
Instagram.
Our
best
PR
investment
has
been
Art
after
Dark;
the
Friends’
membership
at
$170
has
brought
us
600
visitors
and
forced
a
revolution
in
programming.
Newspaper
reviews
of
current
programs
seem
to
increase
attendance
but
not
reviews
of
past
programs
or
general
news
articles,
though
these
profile-‐raisers
may
reinforce
later
decisions
to
visit
and
are
themselves
part
of
our
education
program.
We
tried
some
unusual
outreach,
such
as
a
sandwich
board
in
the
Holiday
Parade
and
booths
at
the
Farmers’
Market
and
Expo
at
the
Expo,
which
produced
little
if
any
direct
effect.
Hotels
need
better
information,
and
we
need
a
way
(such
as
coupons)
to
tell
if
our
rack
cards
have
an
effect.
We
should
also
try
posters
for
exhibitions
and
events.
Foundationally,
however,
all
publicity
is
hampered
by
limited
volunteer
hours
for—and
expertise
in—creating
it
and
our
limited
and
irregular
opening
hours.
Successful
Restoration
and
Reconstruction
For
the
first
time,
the
Jack
House
followed
Secretary
of
Interior
standards
for
documentation
in
a
restoration
and
reconstruction
project.
The
1972–73
elevator
shaft
was
removed
and
Master
Bedroom
and
Dining
Room
windows
restored,
relying
on
photographs
from
the
History
Center
and
Jack
House
collections
for
the
one-‐story
height
and
decoration
of
the
bay
and
asymmetric
placement
of
the
window
above
and
basement
vent
below.
The
project,
funded
by
the
city,
Jack
House
Foundation
Family
Trust,
and
Friends
of
the
Jack
House
transformed
both
rooms
and
restored
the
house
not
to
its
original
profile
(the
bay
did
not
exist
before
1888)
but
to
its
nineteenth-‐century
profile,
its
period
of
significance.
Enhanced
Collections
Care
Mitigation
of
the
window
restoration
project’s
effect
on
the
interior
collection
by
moving
and/or
wrapping
over
400
at-‐risk
objects,
ranging
in
size
from
a
button
hook
to
a
two-‐story
bannister,
led
to
a
global
analysis
of
preservation
conditions.
Inventory
and
condition
reporting
are
proceeding
by
object
category.
With
6-8
9
assistance
from
Cal
Poly
Special
Collections,
we
are
also
redigitizing
inventory
records
from
surviving
printouts
(the
electronic
files
having
been
lost).
Works
on
paper,
in
dire
condition,
were
taken
off
display
and
have
now
had
their
specifications
taken
and
been
staged
for
removal
from
their
housing,
photography,
reproduction,
and
archival
rehousing.
Books
and
textiles
also
are
in
urgent
need
of
rehousing.
The
Jack
House
itself
lacks
archival
housing,
such
as
metal
shelves
and
cabinets,
or
room
to
place
such
housing.
Humidity
monitoring
has
shown
wide
swings
into
ranges
that
encourage
mold
growth,
making
a
humidity
control
plan
necessary.
A
blind
has
been
added
to
the
stairway
window
for
light
mitigation.
The
ongoing
crisis
for
the
interior
collection
is
that
while
the
other
three
Jack
collections—botanical,
structural,
and
documentary—have
all
moved
to
care
by
paid
and
vetted
professionals,
the
interior
collection—the
most
complex,
fragile,
and
valuable
collection
of
the
four—has
not.
New
advice
on
object
handling
in
the
docent
handbook
mitigates
but
does
not
solve
this
situation.
Outside,
the
plants
are
increasingly
seen
as
a
historic
botanical
collection,
and
efforts
are
continuing
to
graft
the
garden’s
English
walnut,
which
had
a
30”
diameter
40
years
ago.
The
collection
remains
self-‐insured
or
effectively
(in
absence
of
explicit
agreements)
uninsured,
in
contravention
of
the
grant
deed
and
best
practice.
Lack
of
insurance
also
hampers
outside
loans
to
in-‐house
exhibitions.Grafting
the
Jack
English
walnut
Revision
of
the
Docent
Handbook
A
committee
led
by
docent
Judith
Collins,
MLIS,
who
has
had
a
prominent
career
as
a
reference
librarian
and
consultant,
has
reorganized,
corrected,
and
significantly
augmented
the
information
in
the
Jack
House
Docent
Handbook
to
allow
docents
to
choose
their
own
focused
narratives
from
an
array
of
documented
data.
Research
This
year
has
brought
much
greater
understanding
of
the
botanical,
structural,
and
interior
collections,
through
a
focus
on
exhibitions,
collections
processing,
and
revision
work
on
the
docent
handbook.
Among
the
important
discoveries
• The
Jack
Garden
largely
retains
its
original
1880s
“gardenesque”
design,
as
well
as
a
score
of
plants
from
the
Jack
era
and
at
least
4
from
its
original
period
of
creation
under
Nellie
Jack,
making
it
the
oldest
designed
landscape
in
San
Luis
Obispo.
6-9
10
• The
Carriage
House
predates
the
Jack
House,
is
present
in
the
earliest
photograph
of
San
Luis
Obispo
by
noted
California
photographer
Carleton
Watkins,
and
is
one
of
the
three
earliest
surviving
wooden
structures
in
San
Luis
Obispo.
• The
windows
retained
interior
louvered
shutters
throughout
the
house’s
period
of
significance
and
interpretation
and
as
late
as
1914.
• The
“Nanny’s
Room”
retains
four
distinct
layers
of
wallpaper
and
three
of
paint,
suggesting
a
relatively
rapid
schedule
of
redecoration
and
revealing
early
Jack
choices
in
the
period
of
significance,
in
particular
what
appears
to
be
the
original
calcimine.
• The
Jack
art
includes
a
sophisticated
collection
from
the
Etching
Revival,
acquired
in
part
from
the
historically
significant
San
Francisco
dealer
William
Kingston
Vickery.
•The
Jack
furniture
represents
an
almost
encyclopedic
collection
of
styles
from
the
1830s
through
the
1940s,
including
Grecian
plain
style,
American
Empire,
rococo
revival,
Renaissance
revival,
Eastlake,
aesthetic
movement,
Louis
Quinze
revival,
Directoire
revival,
Regency
revival,
and
Sheraton
revival.
• The
Jack
luggage
reveals
an
1877
journey
by
R.
E.
Jack
back
to
Maine
as
well
as
other
information
about
the
family’s
travels
and
cultural
connections.
• R.
E.
Jack
appears
to
have
avoided
direct
action
at
Gettysburg
but
may
have
been
a
witness
to
the
treating
of
the
wounded
in
the
aftermath.
Docent
Donn
Clarius
describes
the
Jack
Steinway
to
a
church
group.
New
information
on
the
Jack
Garden
and
Carriage
House
suggests
consideration
of
derestoration
to
Secretary
of
Interior
standards
(e.g.,
removal
of
plywood
cladding
from
the
Carriage
House’s
original
redwood
planks)
and
an
amendment
to
the
Jack
House’s
National
Register
nomination
to
extend
the
boundaries
to
the
edge
of
the
garden.
The
Community
Development
Department
has
already
confirmed
that
the
Garden
and
Carriage
6-10
11
House
are
included
in
the
Jack
property’s
Master
Listing
and
thus
protected
under
relevant
city
preservation
regulations
and
the
California
Environmental
Quality
Act.
Physical
data
and
documentation
on
structure,
fabric,
and
treatments
of
the
Jack
House
and
its
outbuildings,
processed
by
professionals
with
the
latest
technology,
will
contribute
to
a
historic
structure
report.
Combining
an
HSR
with
new
information
about
the
Jack
furniture,
art,
and
other
contents
of
the
house
should
form
the
foundation
of
a
furnishings
plan
that
communicates
to
our
visitors
a
complex
and
authentic
view
of
the
life
of
the
Jacks
in
the
property’s
period
of
significance.
As
Hearst
Castle
Historian
Victoria
Kastner
remarked
on
her
recent
visit
to
the
Jack
House
to
research
our
documented
Christmas
decorations,
“Our
audience
is
becoming
more
sophisticated.”
(As
visitors
to
historic/architectural
sites
decline,
the
ones
left
are
increasingly
skewing
to
higher
levels
of
education.1)
The
Jack
House
has
the
resources
to
attract
and
respond
to
a
sophisticated
audience
and
the
responsibility—as
a
historic
house
museum—to
engage
and
accurately
inform
a
less
sophisticated
one.
Enhancing
our
content
in
2016
has
not
only
made
each
visit
to
us
more
insightful
but
has
coincided
with
skyrocketing
attendance.
Whether
more
challenging
content
has
attracted
more
visitors,
but
it
certainly
has
not
driven
them
away.
It
has
also
given
us
something
to
talk
about
in
the
media
and
use
to
connect
with
a
wider
range
of
people’s
interests.
Docent
Work
A
largely
stable
docent
corps
was
able
to
handle
a
55
percent
increase
in
hours
and
110
percent
increase
in
visitors
with
grace
and
effectiveness,
to
a
large
extent
through
the
efforts
of
Pam
Hurd,
who
volunteered
midterm
as
docent
scheduler.
Unlike
most
volunteer-‐run
historic
houses
around
the
county,
the
Jack
House
in
2016
never
had
to
close
during
regular
hours
or
turn
down
a
private
tour.
The
570
hours
docents
spent
on
public
contact
ranged,
individually,
from
1
to
163
hours,
averaging
30
each.
(Service
of
24
hours
per
year
has
traditionally
been
considered
ideal;
12
hours,
the
minimum
for
“good
standing.”)
Of
19
docents
active
during
2016,
7
docented
above
the
30-‐hour
average
and
12
below.
The
5
newest
docent
recruits
(Jamie
Hess,
Donn
Clarius,
Laura
Sorvetti,
James
Papp,
and
Eva
Ulz)
accounted
for
over
50
percent
of
contact
hours.
Our
longest-‐serving
and
2
of
our
longer-‐serving
docents
(Wendy
Stockton,
Pam
Hurd,
and
Marilyn
Darnell)
also
volunteered
above-‐average
hours—in
the
latter
two
cases
almost
twice
the
average.
Three
longer-‐
serving
docents
experienced
health
or
family
crises
in
the
first
half
of
the
year
and
were
back
to
full
service
in
the
second
half.
We
lost
2
core
docents
at
the
end
of
2015;
1
(Toni
Kincaid)
will
be
returning
in
2017
for
limited
availability.
As
well,
3
limited-‐availability
docents
and
1
regular
stopped
volunteering
in
2016.
Docents
also
spent
uncounted
hours
in
researching
and
producing
material
for
exhibitions
and
talks,
rehearsing
for
concerts
and
dramatic
readings,
revising
the
handbook,
studying
for
tours,
consulting
on
best
practices,
processing
the
collection,
processing
records,
cleaning
to
archival
standards,
decorating,
and
preparing
refreshments.
1
Bohne
Silber,
Tim
Triplett,
et
al.,
A
Decade
of
Arts
Engagement:
Findings
from
the
Survey
of
Public
Participation
in
the
Arts,
2001–2012,
NEA
Research
Report
#58
(Washington,
DC:
National
Endowment
for
the
Arts,
2015),
Figure
1–16.
6-11
12
In
2016
we
trained
1
new
docent
(professional
project
manager
Jamie
Hess),
who
has
been
working
double-‐average
hours
since
she
joined
us
in
the
middle
of
the
year.
We
also
have
2
strong
recruits
about
to
start
training,
the
second
of
whom
is
the
former
curator
of
the
1888
Doctor’s
House
Museum
in
Glendale.
A
substantial
majority
of
our
docents
have
been
able
to
use
and
develop
their
professional
and
amateur
skills
in
curating
exhibitions,
playing
concerts,
and
organizing
special
events;
speaking
and
performing;
researching;
revising
the
docent
handbook;
and
processing
and
protecting
the
interior
collection.
We
are
fortunate
to
have
among
the
docents
a
professional
curator,
archivist,
reference
librarian,
historian
and
architectural
historian,
and
musicians,
all
with
applicable
skills
and
experience,
as
well
as
2
docents
who
have
completed
their
Museum
Studies
Certificates.
Docents,
tourists,
and
housed
and
homeless
residents
gather
for
refreshments
and
conversation
in
the
Jack
Garden,
fulfilling
the
Parks
Department
mission
of
“Inspiring
happiness
by
creating
community
through
people,
parks,
programs,
and
open
space.”
Each
of
our
docents
provides
skilled
and
experienced
service.
Each
is
a
human
connection
and
source
of
understanding
for
visitors.
Without
their
work
as
a
team,
the
Jack
House
would,
in
its
current
form,
cease
to
function.
While
our
docent
program
may
continue
to
thrive
in
the
face
of
declining
volunteerism,
it
is
unsustainable
for
volunteers
to
carry
the
responsibility
of
administration,
interpretation,
education,
programming,
public
relations,
public
opening,
and
collection
management
for
a
historic
house
museum
that
is—or
has
shown
the
potential
to
be—one
of
the
county’s
significant
cultural
institutions.
It
not
only
puts
an
undue
burden
and
risk
on
the
volunteers,
it
leaves
underexploited
and
underserved
one
of
the
city’s
most
valuable
and
high-‐profile
resources.
—James
Papp,
president,
Jack
House
Docents;
president,
Friends
of
the
Jack
House
6-12