At 09:12 AM 04/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Do any of you have alliances with anything such as a "downtown association" >where you would collaborate with local businesses on events, advertising, >etc.? If so, what types of things do you work together on? Are their >other ways in which you help each other? Again, I don't have any practical experience to share, but I can suggest a source for your paper: The Wallace-Readers Digest Funds had long been interested in the museum/community collaboration. Some of their publications may help you: http://www.wallacefunds.org/ You might call Ed Pauly, their Director of Evaluation for some specific suggestions: (212) 251-9700. Good luck. Susan Ruderman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Susan Cronin Ruderman, Ed.M., Vice President VERITAS INFORMATION SERVICES, 9 Alton St., Arlington, MA 02474 (781) 643-7811; (781) 643-1136 (fax) mailto:[log in to unmask] Fundraising Research Consulting http://www.veritasinfo.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).