Jennifer,

You may want to contact your local chapter of American Fundraising
Professionals (AFP--www.afp.org).  As a former museum fundraiser,
non-profit board member, and membership chair for AFP, I can tell you
that there are other museums who deal with these issues and the AFP
addresses them.

Good luck!

Christopher M. Cascio   
Pottsgrove Manor historic site
Pottstown, PA

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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:43 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] conflict of interest in funding

Some of you recently discussed conflict of interest statements and
policies 
related to collections.  I would like samples of similar statements
related 
to board member affiliations with other organizations.  We have board 
members who are on the boards of, or work for, other institutions (not 
necessarily museums), and actively persue grants and funding for those
other 
entities.  Things get sticky when our museum discusses funding
opportunities 
for which we may end up competing against those organizations that our
board 
members work for or with.  It is tricky to determine what is
inappropriate 
as we have no guidelines or policies governing this type of behavior.
Can 
anyone provide me with statements or policies you use?

Jennifer Pena

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