Jenny, I would definitely report any theft. Eventually, such a report should go to the police. However, it would be appropriate to first report this to your immediate supervisor. However, I would suggest that waiting for the next Board of Directors meeting may not be feasible. For the police to have any chance of recovering these records/artifacts, the report to the police should be timely. If the Board of Directors is your immediate supervisor, then I would suggest that you report it immediately to the President of the Board and ask his advice how to proceed. gaw Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director, Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org > Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news > Author of History Web Sites on the Internet -- * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com > * Adler Planetarium, Chicago: < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com > * Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear: < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: < http://incline.pghfree.net > * Public Transit: < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit > --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Jenny Olmsted <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Jenny Olmsted <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Theft > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 1:26 PM > > > > > > Hello all, > > I recently discovered some items missing from our archives > vault. On the plus side, I recently inventoried these > items, so I have a definite time span in which they went > missing, plus detailed photos to aid in identification > when/if they are recovered. Based on alarm code > entries to the building and key availability, we also have > some suspicions as to who may be responsible. However, > I am not sure what our next step should be. Report it > to the police? Report it to the Board of Directors and > let them handle it? Seek legal counsel before > reporting it to the police? I've even had it > strongly suggested that we should not report it at all, but > that doesn't seem right to me or the other staff member > I've discussed it with. > > I want to make sure that I take the correct steps here, and > would be grateful both for references/resources you can > guide me to, and real-life examples of dealing with > theft. > > Thanks in advance for any and all advice! > Jenny > > > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with > powerful SPAM protection. Sign > up now. > ========================================================= > 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).