I am told by a number of "grant-makers" that some of their best proposals
come from individuals who don't usually write funding requests.  They are
more straight-forward, quite often, and not so cumbersome that they end up
at the bottom of the pile of submissions. That would not be true of
government grant sources, probably....government proposals require lots of
paperwork and a certain language.

As an all-volunteer group, Ships Company may have a skilled writer who can
simply refer to a manual on proposal-writing, prepare the general proposal,
and then get copies in the right hands for review.

This is not intended to minimize the effectiveness of professional proposal
writers.  It is intended to question whether the Ships Company really needs
one.
Ross Weeks Jr.
Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park
Tazewell, Va.
http://histcrab.netscope.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Grant writing assistance needed


> --- Cynthia Nieb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > One other item:  I think that you should make it a PRIORITY to pay a
grant
> > writing professional--consultants deserve to be reimbursed for their
work.
>
> Which is why I'm not asking for a consultant or a professional but for a
> volunteer to help us get started, who can either be a professional or just
> someone who has had experience with writing grants. Ship's Company is an
> all-volunteer group and if we had the money to pay a professional, believe
me
> we would. (Hence the need for grants. :)
>
> As a part-time consultant, I believe that we all deserve to be reimbursed
for
> our work. But let's face it, there are many good organizations out there
that
> simply do not have the income to pay for all the professional work that
they
> need. If professionals didn't donate their time to orgs that couldn't
afford to
> pay, then many of these orgs as well as many paid museum/non-profit
industry
> positions would not exist today. This is not a whine but a simple fact of
the
> field that we are in. It's also a gripe of mine against the inevitable
volley
> of responses like the one above to requests for volunteer help.
>
> This list exists for people in the museum community to share information
and
> help each other. If we can't ask for help without getting attacked that we
> should be paying the people who offer to help us then we're hurting us
all.
>
> Sorry for sermonizing but it's a pet peeve of mine.
>
> Deb
>
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