Always include indirect project costs when breaking out a project budget. If you do not include staff and administrative time as well as other overhead, you will never be able to assess what a project really costs your organization. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy T. Chrabascz" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: Staff in exhibit budgets? > I'd like to cast a wider net and open an official discussion on this one as > I've been receiving much disagreement/conflicting opinions on it - > > Should a museum budget ($$$) its own, internal staff time into an exhibit? > > Some say that staff time is already being budgeted and paid anyway while > others say that you still work it in as an in-kind donation of services of > sorts but it should still be part of the total. Some grants require staff > time to be calculated in, don't they? YOUR THOUGHTS? Thanks in advance > for your time and consideration. > > Jeremy T. Chrabascz, Curator of Furnishings > Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites > > ========================================================= > 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).