On the one hand, I can understand the feeling of one's hands being tied by
small size, small-town politics, and what have you.

On the other, however, I find it hard to believe that if more than one
person is aware of the problem, nothing can be done.  The motivating factors
that have been named -- whether one acts in the name of liability or common
compassion -- far outweigh the reasons to simply let it lie.  For both the
museum's sake and the woman's in question, not to mention the number of
lives that could potentially be saved were she to cause an accident or
something of the such, something needs to be done.  A number of people have
provided excellent points on this.

I don't mean to sound overly critical or naive, but sometimes the right or
best thing isn't the popular or politically correct thing to do.  Good
luck --

The opinions the author expresses are strictly her own and not that of her
employer's.

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Jenny Rebecca Martin, Collections Manager
The Morris Museum                      Phone: 973.971.3712
6 Normandy Heights Road                Fax: 973.538.0154
Morristown, NJ 07960                   Email [log in to unmask]


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Mary L. Kirby
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:57 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: drunk volunteer


The answers I have seen thus far are technically correct, and may be the
way for you to go.

However, I note that you said you are with a small art museum. If your
museum as small as mine, and if the lady in question has a long time
committment to your organization (the comparable person with my
organization is a founding Mother and dedicated fund raiser), your hands
may be tied. Mine are, and my fingers are crossed. Most of the board
knows of her problem. Not only are we a small museum, but we are in a
small town so liablity risk not withstanding, we feel we cannot confront
the issue directly.

Good luck.

Mary Kirby
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:45:18 -0800 Kimberly Radtke &/or Keith Routley
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I'm at a small art museum where we have one volunteer who daily helps
> open up the museum. She occasionally arrives smelling of alcohol and
> seems mildly intoxicated, but remains helpful, punctual and reliable
> She drives to and from the museum. Personnel issues aside, I'm
> wondering if people have any thoughts regarding what liability the
> museum might incur if she were in an auto accident to/from the
> museum while intoxicated. Presumably the museum would only be
> potentially liable if it became known that she was retained despite
> a documented problem arriving intoxicated? Any thoughts? Cheers!
>
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