You might contact Sheila Smith at Minnesota Citizens for the Arts in 
Minneapolis as they have an outstanding Board Orientation Program.

Holly Marie Bethune
Docent Coordinator
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
601 E. 8th St.
Bloomington, IN  47408
812-855-0197
http://www.indiana.edu/~mathers/


Quoting Marcie Charest <[log in to unmask]>:

> I would add a current newsletter and/or current list of programs.
>  
> It might be nice for your boad members to understand what type of programs
> you offer at your museum.
>  
> Marcie Charest
> Director of Education
> Stanley-Whitman House
> Farmington, CT 06032
> 
> Rusty Baker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> none}DIV.Section1 {	page: Section1}Our packet for new board members
> includes:
>  
> Table of contents and tabs
> Mission
> History
> Board contact list
> Committee list
> Staff Contact list
> Strategic Plan
> Budget
> Copy of IRS letter, State Charitable Org. cert., and D&O Insurance policy
> A nice catalog from a past exhibit
> Recent good press
> A general brochure
>  
> I'm sure there's more stuff we could include, especially if we were a larger
> institution.
>  
> Rusty Baker
> Susquehanna Art Museum
> www.sqart.org
>  
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Claudia J. Nicholson 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:31 AM
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Board orientation materials
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all:  I am in the position this year of welcoming 8 totally new board
> members.  They’ve just been elected, and I want to get them in for
> orientation as soon as possible.
> 
>  
> 
> I’d love some ideas on what kind of material to include in their packet, as
> well as topics I should cover when we talk.  Many have non-profit board
> experience, but few have sat on the boards of museums before.
> 
>  
> 
> I know that you all can help me.
> 
>  
> 
> Claudia
> 
>  
> 
> Claudia J. Nicholson
> 
> Executive Director
> 
> North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting
> 
> 651-748-2880
> 
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> www.nssm.org
> 
>  
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