Ross is absolutely right.  The Board President and I decided we should talk
about it.  Over lunch we both aired frustrations and confusions and opened
our door of communication a little wider.  We didn't agree on every issue,
but he does want to learn more of the inner workings of a museum.  In fact
his greatest concern, and he said that of the rest of the Board, was that
they hasve no idea what I do as curator.  I'll be giving each of the Board
members a tour of the work area and storage.  This seems to be a good
solution for us and hopefully will aid in our understanding of each other.

Thank you to those of you who wrote in,

Jerrie


>From: Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: What does a curator do anyway?
>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:45:11 -0400
>
>In my experience, it is not abnormal for the Board Chair or President to
>become involved in day to day affairs of a museum when the CEO position is
>vacant.  I'd treat the opportunity as a way to "teach" the chair what the
>museum is all about.
>Ross Weeks Jr.
>Tazewell VA

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