Who will be running the museum after July 1?
The new law assigns responsibility for the museum’s operations to FSU. It dissolves the existing Ringling Board of Trustees and creates a new Direct Support Organization, sometimes called the DSO. The President of FSU, Talbot Sandy D Alemberte, will name members to the board of the DSO, choosing from recommendations made by DSO board members. The DSO is to consist of no more than 31 members, one-third of them from Sarasota and Manatee counties. Operating under a charter and by-laws approved by the university, its primary job is to set policies to maintain and preserve the collections of the museum. The DSO board will have the opportunity to help raise additional funds for the museum, to expand access to its resources and to lift the museum’s national and international reputation. The DSO board is also empowered to nominate candidates for museum director to the FSU president. The director is to serve at the pleasure of the university president and to report to FSU s provost, Larry Abele
