I have recently founded the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University and many museum professionals have shared stories with me about such conflicts with museum boards. What I'm wondering is what educationl/training you have found most useful for museum boards or what could be be useful. I know there are some great board members out there. How might these insightful board members help create "buy in?" Janet Marstine Assistant Professor, MA Program, Museum Professions Director, Institute of Museum Ethics Seton Hall University 400 S. Orange Avenue S. Orange NJ 07079 www.museumethics.org On May 22, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Sarah Griswold wrote: > THis is much like what happened to me. I continue to be angry about > how it was handled. > Sarah Griswold > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Richard Fields <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:59:47 PM > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Elimination of an Executive Director > > > Here is a link to a story in the Portland Tribune about a museum > that eliminated the Executive Director position, temporarily. All > of us who have worked in museums have seen board members and EDs > have differences (I know I did), but I have seldom seen it written > up in a local news story. Anyway, here is the linek. As a side > note, I do not know anyone involved, and have never been to the > museum. I just thought it an interesting bit to share. > > > http://www.portlandtribune.com/metro_news/story.php? > story_id=121141750813006600 > > > County historical society drops executive director > > By Darryl Swan > > > > > ========================================================= 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).