The question is, when does a volunteer relinquish the freedom of being a
private citizen?

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> From: Dill, Christopher L <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Volunteers & Personal Collecting
> Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 12:28 PM
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>      We treat our volunteers as "volunteer staff," and give
>      them name badges which say that.  Our policy forbids
>      collecting in competition with the museum, not "...in
>      the same areas..."  The difference, in my view, is that
>      we only collect historical items which have
>      documentation, so most everything that our volunteers
>      collect at flea markets and auction sales wouldn't
>      constitute a conflict in the first place - it has no
>      documented history.  One of our collector volunteers -
>      who by the way brings a vast knowledge of some items to
>      our place - is now advising the county historical
>      society on its acquisitions and helping them become
>      more professional.
>
>      If volunteers are competing with the museum for which
>      they work, losing them should be a priority, not a
>      concern, seems to me.
>
>      Chris Dill
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