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Well, I can say from personal experience that it really bites to be laid off
in the midst of a big capital campaign.
Intellectually, you understand that capital money cannot be used for
salaries, but emotionally, it is hard hard hard to swallow.
Claudia
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Claudia J. Nicholson
Executive Director
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting
2640 E. Seventh Avenue
North St. Paul, MN 55109
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On 11/19/08 3:10 PM, "Richard Fields" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here are two headilines from the Oregonian. "OMSI invites ideas for big
> expansion" (Nov 15, 2008) and "Omsi announces layoffs" (Nov 19, 2008). The
> expansion price tag is about $50 million. The number of layoffs is 20, and is
> part of a 10% spending reduction. Now to my point.
>
> Are other museums facing near term layoffs from the economic climate? Also,
> could the debt incurred during the recent binge of expansion at many museums
> be a factor in staffing? (I am not saying this is the case at OMSI, I have no
> inside information).
>
> I feel for the folks being layed off from OMSI, but at least they will recieve
> severance and outplacement support (according to the Oregonian), which is rare
> in this field. I have to wonder about the wisdom of publicly announcing
> planning for a large expansion five days before laying off employees though.
>
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