docents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Issaquah Historical Society Info" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:59 PM Subject: Re: docent recruitment > Docent, latin for "they teach," standard (I thought - maybe other folks use > other terms??) term for greeters or tour guides in museums. I think that it > has been in use for most of this century... I had a board member suggest > that we call them something else. They are not strictly tour guides at our > facilities, since they do not give formal tours. What do other folks call > them? > > Erica > > Erica S. Maniez > Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society > 425/392-3500 > [log in to unmask] > www.issaquahhistory.org > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > > Behalf Of Lauraine Armstrong > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:52 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: docent recruitment > > > > > > docent? > > please explain for the jargon-challenged > > > > Issaquah Historical Society Info wrote: > > > > > Hi, all, > > > > > > We are in need of new docents (not a unique challenge, I'm sure) and I'm > > > soliciting suggestions. > > > > > > Here's what we do to recruit: > > > We regularly ask for docents at our membership meetings and run > > ads in the > > > newspaper. We also did a mailing to retirement communities > > letting them know > > > about our various services and encouraging folks to docent. > > When we can, we > > > participate in community volunteer fairs, etc. We have docent training > > > sessions and docent appreciation lunches and teas, to which we encourage > > > folks to bring friends or relatives (I don't think anyone has done this > > > yet). But we only seem to recruit about 8 new docents a year, > > which is not > > > enough to keep up with our increase in open hours. > > > > > > What are we doing wrong? What could we be doing that we are > > not? And - for > > > bonus points - how can we keep all our retired docents from taking long > > > vacations at the same time??? > > > > > > Looking forward to your wisdom, > > > Erica > > > > > > Erica S. Maniez > > > Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society > > > 425/392-3500 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > www.issaquahhistory.org > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > 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). > > > > -- > > Lauraine Armstrong > > Curator of Collections > > > > tel: 867-872-2859 Northern Life Museum > > fax: 867-872-5808 PO Box 420 Fort Smith NT X0E 0P0 > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > "All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers, is > > contained in the dog." > > Franz Kafka > > > > ========================================================= > > 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). > > > > ========================================================= > 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). > > ========================================================= 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).