We do not have a Friends organization.  We do have a membership program.
One of the benefits is a 10% discount in the Museum Store.

Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html


>From: Matthew White <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Friends Benefits
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:05:58 -0400
>
>Christopher Dill said:
>
> > Hmm.  I got only one off-line response to my query about Friends
>organization
> > benefits, so I will be more direct:
> >
> > Do those of you who have Museum Friends organizations offer them a
>discount in
> > your museums store?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>I have a question regarding this question. Do you mean a Friends
>Association
>that is distinct from a membership program, or are you using the two terms
>interchangeably?  If you have a Friends Association do you also have a
>membership program? Do they get two distinct discounts? Can one person get
>both? Are they cumulative?
>
>I know I think of these two types of organizations differently, but that
>doesn't mean others do or that either one of us is necessarily correct. I
>know institutions that have one or the other and some that have both. Most
>museums have a membership program of some sort, but I know many who have
>had
>Friends Association and have disbanded them because they can expand
>uncontrollably and presume too much authority. Perhaps the confusion led to
>the scant reply to the original post. Or maybe I am the only one confused.
>It wouldn't be the first time. :  )
>
>The reason I ask is that everyone seems to be answering that they give 10%
>discount in the stores and that seems to be the standard benefit for museum
>members and it got me to thinking about this issue.  We have a membership
>program, no friends association, and a modest volunteer corps. Members get
>10%, volunteers and staff 25%.
>
>Anyway, I guess I was wondering how all those people who are answering this
>question, and those that have not, define "friends organization." That
>might
>help me learn a little something about how to structure benefits at my own
>institution.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>--
>Matthew White
>Director of Museums
>The Mount Washington Observatory
>North Conway, New Hampshire
>
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