Roundtable #2:

     Strength in Numbers: FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS

     WHEN: Thursday, February 19, 1998, 3:30-5:30pm

     WHERE: National Museum of African Art
            950 Independence Ave., SW
            Washington, DC
            METRO: Smithsonian (blue/orange lines)

     Free/MER Members
     $5/Non-Members


     DESCRIPTION: Where do you go after you've got the initial footwork
of
     finding partners for your museum under your belt?  To find the
funding
     needed to see the project through.  The second in the Partnership
     Series, will build on the Roundtable No.1 by explaining the pros and

     cons of national and local funding sources.

     The Foundation Center is an independent non-profit organization
     devoted to increasing public understanding of the foundation field.
A
     speaker from the Center will introduce the resources available to
you
     and discuss how their staff can help.  Other speakers will discuss
     government sponsored funding options in the DC area.

     For more information or a copy of the Network, call the MER office
at
     (202) 547-8378 or email us at [log in to unmask] OR Michelle L. Craig,

     MER Program Chair at (202)[log in to unmask]
Information
     can also be found on MER's website: http://www/erols.com/merorg/.


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