Hello, Please post if this is timely: Deadline for the Upper Midwest Conservation Association's (UMCA) Mentorship and Subsidized Survey Programs is January 18, 2002. These programs are offered through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and are available to museums in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The Mentorship program will provide assistance with a specific, collections-related, conservation project over a two-year period, which will include two personal visits from a conservator and phone/e-mail consultations. This program is offered at no cost to accepted institutions. The Subsidized Survey program will provide for a survey of an institution's collections for a greatly reduced cost - institutions will pay only $400 for the survey and report plus $350 for travel, food and accomodations for the visiting conservator. Please contact Melinda Markell, Field Services Coordinator, at 612-870-3128 for more details and applications. UMCA will accept faxed applications. ========================================================= 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).