My instinct is that it would be good PR for your museum if an interpreter
took his show on the road, even for modest personal gain.   I suspect the
extra money would help keep him on staff.

Whatever rules your museum uses for other staffers who receive outside
compensation probably would apply to this position as well.
Ross Weeks Jr.
Tazewell VA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bethany Rutledge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: first person interpreter contract issues


> Hi everybody,
>
> I've bent your collective ear a couple of times over the last few months
on
> the 1st person interpretive program I'm planning and you've been most
> helpful.  This is the last time - I promise.
>
> Can an organization limit an interpreter hired on staff or hired on
> contract from taking a character on the road in the future for her/his own
> use? Say, a contract interpreter prepares a program with your assistance
> and materials on a real 19th-c. character specific to the site for a farm
> museum. Can you assert any kind of intellectual control over that
> character's future by providing that the organization receive a royalty in
> the contract? If the interpreter later used "19th century farmer" as a
> character, I guess it'd be a different situation altogether. Do you see
any
> pitfalls in my line of thought? I guess we don't have any problem if our
> real life character is later used for educational purposes, we'd just like
> to ensure a measure of protection that he isn't used later in a less-than
> educational arena. What do you think?
>
> Thanks so much, - Bethany Rutledge
>
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