To the attorney who posted the above.

   You might want to try calling Susan Rothschild, an attorney who runs
   the Cultural Institutions office at the New York City Department of
   Cultural Affairs.  She used to be in-house counsel and was responsible
   for negotiating and updating public/private partnerships with museums
   in New York City.  In her new capacity she has different
   responsibilities.  Now New York is different than everywhere, but
   there are 30+ museums with arrangements that could be described as you
   have described the pending setup in your area.  These range in size
   from the multi-gazillion dollar Met Museum to 1/2 million dollar
   operating budget museums, so...

   These agreements adress union, pension, funding, accounting, board
   structure, etc, etc.  I think that they are public record, so she
   should be able to share them with you.  She is very nice, and tell her
   that Eric Siegel from the New York Botanical Garden says hi.

   BTW, please add your email address to your signature, it doesn't show
   up on the "FROM": line.

   Eric Siegel
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