I must have missed this message before - but if possible please do send me
also a copy

A. Linters
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>>As volunteer coordinator at my previous place of employment (turned over to
>>a management company which is in the process of taking volunteerism to
>>incredible new heights of exploitation, but that's a different story!) I
>>used a Volunteer Bill of Rights, which I had obtained from some course on
>>volunteer management.  Each volunteer was given a copy when they were
>>recruited and I psoted it in several prominent locations in the workplace.
>>
>>That did not prevent me from being pressured by subsequent manager and
>>politicians to pressure volunteers to provide their professional services
>>for free.  And unfortunately, some of the volunteers are their own worst
>>enemies - "I need the experience," (read abuse me, abuse me!).
>>
>>I'm pleased with the way the discussion on Museum-L has gone, because it
>>seems to me that the controls have to come from the industry - experience
>>yes, but let's call it an internship or an apprenticeship and PAY FOR IT -
>>even at minimum wage.  By the same token, let's get some of these
>>acreditation institutions or government training programs off their
>>collective butts to ensure matching funding for these internships.  Because
>>of high student unemployement in Canada, the federal government has made
>>seed funding available for just such a program, administered by the Canadian
>>Museums Association.
>>
>>If you'd like a copy of the Bill of Rights, send me an e-mail and a fax
>>number and I'd be happy to send you a copy.  Or, you might try the phone
>>book to see if you have a Central Volunteer Registry close by - they're
>>usually great for all kinds of reading material.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Ann Gonneau
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>J. R. Gronborg, Exhibit Developer
>Chicago Academy of Sciences, The Nature Museum
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>*Opinions expressed are my own and may not necessarily be that of my
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