Hello!

In response to Lisa's query about who chairs committees -- I am most
familiar with the system in which the Board members participate on
committees (either by assignment or volunteering) representing each major
department of an organization (e.g., education, marketing, finance,
conservation, retail...).  Each committee has a Chair that is a Board
member.  The staff liaison to that committee is often the senior person of
that department or area. For example, an oranization might have five Board
members on the Education Committee with one of those five members appointed
as Chair.  If the Education Department has a vice president as its senior
leader, then that individual would be the staff liasion to the Education
Committee of the Board.  If the Education Department had as its most senior
position a director, then that individual would be the department liasion to
the committee.  Has seemed to work rather well!

Terrie

Terrie Nolinske, Ph.D.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Moellering" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Committees question


> One more question re: committees in museums.  Do staff chair your
committees
> or board members/volunteers?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Regards,
>
> Lisa Moellering
> Archives and Research Services
> Holocaust Museum Houston
> 5401 Caroline Street
> Houston, Texas 77004
> 713.942.8000 ext. 110
> 713.942.7953 (fax)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Tracie Kay Evans
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Committees question
>
>
> Lisa-
> I currently chair own Sites Division Collections Committee.  The
> Committee is comprised of the curators of Collections from each site.
>  The Committee is responsible for approving all acquisitions, loans, and
> transfers.  The committee also approved any recommended deaccession (but
> we do not have the last word, after our approval the Division
> Administrator must approve and then the Board of Curators) The committee
> is also responsible for developing scopes of collections for the sites,
> recommending policy changes and updates, developing object usage
> guidelines, and making/helping with  organization issues associated with
> collections.
>
> The committee generally meets 6-8 times each year and correcspondes
> regularily by e-mail.  We usually act as a sounding board and advise
> panel for each other to assist with our day to day responsiblilities as
> needed.  Ususally everyone works on there own and brings questions, new
> information/discoveries, issues, and trainings to the meetings to share.
>  We generally do not have much influence on our day to day activities or
> work planning.  The committee does set policy with Board approval that
> we must follow and does occasionally work on Division wide initatives
> that might affect your work plan but that is all.
>
> I hope this helps with your question. Please feel free to contact me if
> I can be of more assistance.
> Tracie Evans
> Curator of Collections
> WHS Historic Sites Division Registrar
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> Lisa Moellering wrote:
>
> >For those of you who work with committees - we are in the process of
> >evaluating committees and am wondering who makes up your committees.  For
> >example, does your Collections Committee (those of you who have one)
> include
> >staff only or staff and volunteers, board members, etc... Also - how much
> >authority do these committees have over your day to day work?
> >
> >Thanks for any input -
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Lisa Moellering
> >Archives and Research Services
> >Holocaust Museum Houston
> >5401 Caroline Street
> >Houston, Texas 77004
> >713.942.8000 ext. 110
> >713.942.7953 (fax)
> >[log in to unmask]
> >www.hmh.org
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