CAM also stands` for the COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> You are invited to attend..............
> 
> CAPITALIZE ON COLLECTIONS CARE:  A FUNDRAISING WORKSHOP
> OCTOBER 28, 1996
> 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
> MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
> Registration Fee:  $60 CAM Members / $75 General  (includes lunch and site
> tour)
> 
> This all-day workshop is designed for directors, development officers,
> curators and other museum professionals responsible for, or interested in,
> incorporating collections care into their fundraising activities.
> 
> As federal funds for cultural institutions are increasingly threatened in the
> current political climate, institutions must expand their fund raising to new
> horizons.  To address this issue,  the California Association of Museums
> (CAM) and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property
> (NIC) are cosponsoring this workshop at the Historic Mission Inn in
> Riverside, CA.  The program will teach how museums, libraries, and historic
> preservation organizations can make a fundraising case using collections
> care.  The program focuses on the private sector and state and local
> governments as new sources of support for collections care, conservation and
> preservation.
> 
> “Capitalize on Collections Care” will demonstrate how institutions can
> creatively incorporate collections care, conservation and preservation into
> fundraising activities.  Collections care CAN be an effective tool for
> raising money and invigorating a fundraising program.  The program will teach
> creative approaches to integrating collections care into basic fundraising
> strategies such as annual appeals, capital campaigns, earned income, planned
> giving and adopt-an-object programs.
> 
> For registration materials and more information, contact Teri Knoll, CAM at:
>  e-mail:  [log in to unmask] or by phone: 714/567-3645.
>