Dear Sir or Madam: Would you re-send Sunday's digest to me? Thanks. Elizabeth Gibbens --- Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 14 messages totalling 818 lines in this > issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Boss Issues (3) > 2. Preliminary .museum start-up > 3. exhibiting trauma, genocide, etc. > 4. CCAHA's Photograph Workshop Series > 5. Arkansas History Commission Stage One > Digitization project availa ble for > your viewing pleasure:-) > 6. Opportunity to exhibit in DC August 2001 > 7. Position Opening > 8. portable LCD projectors (2) > 9. unsubscribe (2) > 10. sound in museums > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv > commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one > line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] > . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 15:03:55 -0700 > From: "M. A. van Balgooy" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Boss Issues > > Suffer in silence? Don't do it! > > I'd certainly discuss the issue with the site > manager. Even if she doesn't change, at least > you're able to tell yourself (and the other > employees) that you made an effort to improve the > situation. > > There are several ways to confront this issue > without embarrassing or offending anyone. I'm > assuming that the site manager is good-hearted, > rather than cruel, and is really trying to help you > and the visitor when she interrupts, but doesn't > realize that she is instead embarrassing > or interrupting you. I'd find a time or moment when > you can speak to her privately, when no one's in a > hurry, and tell her that you "feel" embarrassed (or > whatever you are experiencing) when she interrupts > you when you are talking with a visitor (you may > want to start the > conversation with "You probably don't notice this > but...). Emphasize the "feeling" part to ensure it > isn't taken personally and she becomes instantly > defensive. Then offer her a suggestion on what you > want: "If I'm incorrect, I'd appreciate it if you > could tell me privately so I > won't feel embarrassed in front of our visitors". > > I'm not familiar with your organization's "culture", > however. Do you feel comfortable interrupting your > site manager's conversations with visitors? How > does your site manager use interruptions in other > areas of her job (e.g., lunch conversations, event > planning, etc.) that may > suggest why she interrupts (is it to assert > authority? an effort to participate?). If you can > determine why she's interrupting, you may be better > able to come up with a solution--but don't suffer in > silence. > > Good luck. > > Max A. van Balgooy > > > > Louisa Gilbert wrote: > > > I work in a beautiful historic home. There are > five paid stafff overall, > > including the site manager and the tour guides > (not volunteer.) As tour > > guides, our responsibilities range from knowledge > of all of the artifacts in > > the home to how to give directions (which is how > it should be in a site as > > small as ours.) > > > > Here's my delima, and why I am actually writing to > the list. Our "site > > manager" rarely is in for full days, and thus we > are quite accustomed to > > answering any questions we are presented with. > However, on the few > > occasions that she is in, she frequently > interrupts us or adds additonal > > information. Not that any of it is imperative > information, either. > > > > Our perceived problem is not that her > interruptions are annoying and > > disrespectful. Rather, it is entirely > unprofessional and gives the > > appearance that perhaps we don't know how to do > our jobs. After all, if I > > can't be trusted to know a simple birth/death date > of the man that lived in > > the home, why should the customers trust me to > know anything about the home? > > It is very important to stress that the site > manager never interrupts us > > because we are giving factually incorrect > information. > > > > Here's my question: is there a tactful way to > explain the frustration we > > feel, or do we need to suffer in silence? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > ========================================================= > > Important Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv > commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one > line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] > . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > -- > M. A. van Balgooy > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > Chaffey Communities Cultural Center & Cooper > Regional History Museum > PO Box 772 • Upland, CA 91785-0772 > Telephone (909) 982-8010 > Web site: http://www.culturalcenter.org > > Homestead Museum > 15415 East Don Julian Road • Industry, CA > 91745-1029 > Telephone (626) 968-8492 > Fax (626) 968-2048 > Web site: http://www.homesteadmuseum.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:04:41 +0200 > From: Cary Karp <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Preliminary .museum start-up > > The Museum Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) > has initiated > the first service that it will be offering to > prospective > registrants in the new .museum top-level domain. > Detailed > information about submitting preliminary requests > for domain name > reservations is available at: > > http://www.musedoma.org/name_requests/ > > There is a dedicated e-mail distribution list for > the discussion of > MuseDoma and .museum and I would urge the MUSEUM-L > folks who are > more than casually interested in this to address > their comments to > MUSEDOMA-DISCUSS. The discussion on that list is the > primary source > of feeback from the user community as .museum policy > is finalized. > There is a semi-formal aspect to this and, although > I will gladly > participate in any discussion that the present > message generates on > MUSEUM-L, things are at times so hectic on the > dedicated list that > it demands all my available time and attention. > > Details about MUSEDOMA-DISCUSS, including its > archives, === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). 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