Do you have the phone, email, and or address?

Thanks,
Pat Roath

Robert T. Handy wrote:
>
> May I suggest to all in the U.S. and maybe even Canada, an excellent
> publication out of the Aspen Institute, entitled Board and Director.  I is
> a monthly newsletter.  The shell is directed at Executives, and includes a
> pullout section for Board members.  It focuses entirely on the Board and
> Executive relationship.  I have subscribe to it for a sum total of eleven
> years over two organizations.  Board members like it because it clarifies
> their role vis a vis the Directors.
>
> ------
> Robert Handy
> Brazoria County Historical Museum
> 100 East Cedar
> Angleton, Texas  77515
> (409) 864-1208
> museum_bob
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> http://www.bchm.org
>
> ----------
> From:   Pat Roath[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:16 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: volunteer horror stories
>
> This thread has somewhat played itself out by now, but I've been unable
> to get to my email because of opening deadlines and visiting family.  I
> appreciate Herve's response, as I'm preparing to write a very carefully
> drafted letter to my board describing precisely this problem--they are
> the most active volunteers and committee chairs, insist on having final
> decision-making power in ALL matters--curatorial, financial, and
> otherwise, and have utterly no idea that this is a difficulty.  Needless
> to say, I am their first Director.  We are doing our best to stay open
> and cooperate...I hope...
>
> On a lighter note, shortly after beginning a position as the curator of
> costume at a mid-size art museum, I was familiarizing myself with the
> collection records.  One piece, an 1870s day dress, had undergone
> significant "conservation".  Actually, a volunteer had taken it upon
> herself to completely dismantle the dress, line the shattered silk, and
> put it back together.  She carefully documented the process both in
> photograph and text.  The last line of her text read something like
> this: "...I was able to reconstruct the dress even better than it had
> been originally, as I had fabric left over!"
>
> Pat Roath
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