Circling the Wagons: Small Museums Coming Together to Solve Problems Small Museum Association Annual Conference February 24-26, 2008 Ocean City, Maryland Keep your eyes open for the SMA Conference Program & Registration Mailing in your mailbox! At the upcoming conference in February, we're excited to offer different tracks for our concurrent sessions. At any given moment, there will be five different sessions taking place simultaneously. Each time slot will provide a session which will be of interest to museum educators, curators, volunteer coordinators, board members, or directors. These topics include: Volunteer Incentives Successful Field Trips, Curatorial Housecleaning, Writing Exhibit Labels, Employee Management, and Museum Ethics. President and CEO of the American Association of Museums, Ford Bell, will be delivering the keynote address at its Annual Conference on Monday February 25, 2008. Pre-conference workshops will also be available and will be held on Living History Education, Disaster Response, Technology 202 (intermediate technology background necessary), Grant Writing and Fundraising. An Idea Lounge is being offered this year as a place to sit with colleagues to discuss a potential collaboration, check email or simply relax for moment. Take time to think about what you would like to donate for the silent auction - all proceeds benefit the SMA Annual Conference Scholarship Fund - or who you would like to nominate for one of our awards! Our awards recognize the achievements of those who bettered individual museums and the small museum world as a whole. It's a great way to say thanks to those who continue to give so much effort to making our profession a vibrant and fulfilling one. Please let any new employees and volunteers to your organization know that scholarships are available to first-time SMA conference attendees. Have a great summer and if you have any questions about the Small Museum Association, or our Annual Conference, feel free to check out our website, www.smallmuseum.org, or to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. ========================================================= 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).