Teresa, We cited the university as our governing authority, not the state. Even though the state is technically the uber-boss, the degrees of separation make that largely irrelevant. Any interaction we ever have with the state is filtered by the university, and my director has no state officials in her "chain of command". We noted the president of the university as the head of our governing authority in section A, then described the details of the relationship in section C. Mark Janzen Registrar/Collections Manager Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection Wichita State University (316)978-5850 "Burchett-Anderso n, Theresa E." <[log in to unmask] To SU.EDU> [log in to unmask] Sent by: Museum cc discussion list <[log in to unmask] Subject SE.LSOFT.COM> University Museums and Governing Authority for Accreditation 05/17/2007 03:56 PM Please respond to Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask] SE.LSOFT.COM> Our museum is filling out the Self Study Questionnaire for subsequent accreditation for AAM. The university administration has been in debate over the last few years about how to list the museum’s governing authority. Do we say that the university is the governing authority, or do we say the state is the governing authority? How do you other university museums do it? Theresa Burchett-Anderson Director Reece Museum East Tennessee State University Box 70660 Johnson City, TN 37614 423.439.4392 423.439.4283 (fax) [log in to unmask] ========================================================= 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).