First off: your policy could be to "just say no!" Really, it's important to ask yourself why you would say yes. Is it for income? Be sure that all contingencies are covered as far as restoring things the way they were or BETTER. And that you include the cost of staff time and potential loss of public use time. I'm also skeptical when it is called a "low budget film" Low compared to what? We had a low budget film use one of our sites, and they spent more on the food service for their crew of 6 then they did on use of our site. Is it to become better known? That is fleeting - those credits at the end of any film go by pretty darn fast. I will send you a copy of our agreement.....which, by the way, we have not said yes to another production since that first one. Which went well, we just haven't seen a compelling reason to say yes. Cindy Boyer Director of Public Programs The Landmark Society of Western New York 133 S. Fitzhugh St. Rochester NY 14608 (585) 546-7029 ext. 12 [log in to unmask] Fax: (585) 546-4788 The Landmark Society: Celebrating 75 years as one of America's oldest and most active preservation organizations! www.landmarksociety.org <http://www.landmarksociety.org/> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12149056258> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Blood Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 3:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Policies regarding onsite filming Hi everyone, I remember this being covered in previous posts, but I am interested to see if anyone would be willing to share their policies regarding filming on site for movies and television. I was recently contacted by someone who wants to use one of our historic structures to film part of a low budget movie and I want to be sure to have all my bases covered. Unfortunately, we don't have anything written in our policies to handle situations like this. Staff is very hesitant to allow this to happen (especially me) based on previous posts I've read on the listserve. If anybody would be willing to share with me off list, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Julie Julie Blood Collections and Exhibit Manager San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum P.O. Box 30, Lodi , CA 95241 (209) 331-2055 (209) 953-3460 [log in to unmask] www.sanjoaquinhistory.org ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ========================================================= 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).