I don't think I would do that but a successor might.  Thanks for your
comments.

However, what I am looking for is not an analysis of the approach but
whether or not anyone out there is doing this or something similar, at
present.


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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
100 East Cedar
Angleton, Texas  77515
(409) 864-1208
museum_bob
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From:   Hodcarry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Sunday, October 04, 1998 2:44 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Generating Own Salary

>This person would not be engaged in "fund raising" in the conventional
>sense.  He/she would be developing revenue generating programs--lectures,

I think that this is the problem-unlike "fund raising" this person will
probably be pushed into promoting programs that have no chance of making a
profit but fit into the institution's mission.  So he/she needs a more
complex
way to judge if they are successful