Well, I can say from personal experience that it really bites to be laid off in the midst of a big capital campaign. Intellectually, you understand that capital money cannot be used for salaries, but emotionally, it is hard hard hard to swallow. Claudia -- Claudia J. Nicholson Executive Director North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting 2640 E. Seventh Avenue North St. Paul, MN 55109 651-748-2880 [log in to unmask] Celebrate the Boy Scout Centennial in 2010 and the Girl Scout Centennial in 2012 with us! www.NorthStarMuseum.org On 11/19/08 3:10 PM, "Richard Fields" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here are two headilines from the Oregonian. "OMSI invites ideas for big > expansion" (Nov 15, 2008) and "Omsi announces layoffs" (Nov 19, 2008). The > expansion price tag is about $50 million. The number of layoffs is 20, and is > part of a 10% spending reduction. Now to my point. > > Are other museums facing near term layoffs from the economic climate? Also, > could the debt incurred during the recent binge of expansion at many museums > be a factor in staffing? (I am not saying this is the case at OMSI, I have no > inside information). > > I feel for the folks being layed off from OMSI, but at least they will recieve > severance and outplacement support (according to the Oregonian), which is rare > in this field. I have to wonder about the wisdom of publicly announcing > planning for a large expansion five days before laying off employees though. > > ========================================================= 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).