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> "Evaluating Governance" Workshops Available for AAM Peer Reviewers
>
> Workshop Content
> Workshop participants will explore how to assess governance in a museum
> setting and learn to identify the characteristics of good governance. This
> workshop, offered in conjunction with regional conferences, is useful for
> all AAM peer reviewers conducting site visits for Accreditation and MAP,
> particularly for those interested in the new Governance Assessment.
>
> Workshop Details
> Two workshops will be held this fall in conjunction with the annual
> meetings of the Association of Midwest Museums/Illinois Association of
> Museums (Oct. 23, Rockford, Ill.) and the Mid-Atlantic Association of
> Museums (Oct. 25, Wilmington, Del.). Future workshops are scheduled at the
> 2002 AAM Annual Meeting in Dallas and the 2003 AAM Annual Meeting in
> Portland, Oreg. In fall 2002, workshops will be held in cooperation with
> annual meetings for the Southeastern Museums Conference and the New
> England Museum Association.
>
> Registration
> The registration deadline for the fall 2001 workshops is Sept. 14.
> Workshops are free and lunch will be provided; participants must pay for
> their own travel and accommodations. Current peer reviewers can register
> by completing the online form
> (www.aam-us.org/peer-review/governance_training.htm) and submitting it to:
> Karen Topping, Peer Reviewer Manager, AAM, 1575 Eye St. N.W., Suite 400,
> Washington, DC 20005; 202/218-7688; e-mail: [log in to unmask]; fax
> 202/289-6578.
>
> About Peer Review
> Peer review with AAM provides museum professionals with the opportunity to
> share their experience, travel, and meet colleagues through the Museum
> Assessment Program (MAP) and Accreditation Program. Over the next two
> years, AAM, in cooperation with the National Council for Nonprofit Boards,
> and with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will
> present this workshop on governance and peer review six times.
>
> More Information
> New peer reviewers are welcome to apply.  Application materials available
> at www.aam-us.org/peer-review. Information on the new Governance
> Assessment is available at http://www.aam-us.org/map.htm#governance  and
> information on the qualifications required for Governance Surveyors is
> available at http://www.aam-us.org/peer-review/peerreviewmga.htm.
>
> Thank you,
> Karen Topping
> Peer Reviewer Manager
> Museum Advancement & Excellence
> American Association of Museums
> 202-218-7688
> [log in to unmask]
> www.aam-us.org/peer-review
>

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