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temporary gallery. For these small exhibitions, of which there are many, a simple check sheet is now usually published as a matter of record.

Mr. Taylor reported that SITES has become a rather complicated problem. Under Mr. Dennis Gould's excellent leadership, it has become a new operation, has taken on new direction and quality, but is in great need of federal support if the exhibitions are to continue to reach its wide public. Both for SITES and other purposes, the museum has been investigating and experimenting with packing and crating methods, with the help of the conservation department. While the new standards adopted give needed protection to the works, they also raise substantially the cost of preparing exhibitions for travel.

The freeze on personnel this past year has made it necessary to make temporary appointments and contracts in order to meet our commitments. This has made for unfortunate administrative difficulties, and has contributed little to staff development.

In budgeting, the complexity of the NCFA's operation seems not to be fully recognized. Aside from the cost of traveling exhibitions, with Renwick, NCFA now has a new museum on its hands. The whole operation, including staff and exhibitions, comes out of the regular NCFA budget. There are also continuing expenses, for example, an $8,000 annual subsidy to the [[underlined]]Art Quarterly[[/underlined]] and about $7,000 obligated to the acquisition of the Juley Archives. Although the NCFA has probably the most active exhibition program in the Smithsonian, its exhibition costs are far smaller than for those produced elsewhere in the Institution. This is of necessity, since when all other obligations are taken care of, there is none too much left for exhibitions in the galleries. 

Mr. Cross commented favorably on the variety and number of exhibitions. Mr. Taylor emphasized that they were an important part of the intellectual activity of the museum, not simply "show biz." There was a brief discussion concerning exhibitions abroad, publications and general matters of funding. 

[[underlined]]WORKS ACCEPTED[[/underlined]]

A list of works accepted is appended.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.