Hi Janis,
The Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada switched to a "virtual"
collections committee a while ago, here's the article by Derek Swallow
http://world.museumsprojekte.de/?p=4068
Something similar might work in your case...
Best wishes,
Angela
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Quoting Janis Wilkens <[log in to unmask]>:
> Folks, we're dealing with an ongoing problem with our collections
> committee. It's supposed to have at least three board members on it,
> can also have interested community members, and three staff members
> (myself, the exhibits director, and the historian, all non-voting).
> The trouble is, we can't seem to get enough board members interested
> in participating, or if they agree to be on the committee, they then
> don't come to the meetings. So we end up with meeting after meeting
> at which we don't have a quorum, and have to scramble around trying
> to get the members to approve our decisions ex post facto by email.
>
> I'm wondering whether anyone out there has tried other procedures
> for approving new accessions, rather than the traditional
> collections committee and its regular meetings. Conduct all
> "meetings" by email? Give staff members votes? Give up on direct
> board input, or just require one board member as a representative?
> Or what? We have a lot of material to get through, and we're
> stumbling over this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
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