On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Patricia Reynolds wrote: > Some time ago I asked for your ideas about how a small museum, > with no paid professional staff, could get more friends to > do the work. > > I just heard that a local newspaper got hold of the wrong > end of the stick, and blazoned across it's front page that > the museum was to close (rather than that the friends organization > was dying). A large number of local people turned up at the > advertised meeting, and voiced their concerns about the collections > and buildings ... and stayed on to volunteer. The (volunteer) > co-ordinator of volunteers once again feels that life is > worth living. > > -- > Patricia Reynolds > Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator > > 16 Gibsons Green > Heelands > Milton Keynes > MK13 7NH > ENGLAND > > [log in to unmask] > And the moral is... Why send out an earnest call for volunteers when the Media can solve your problems with a little good 'ol fashion mis-information? :+} Gregory Scheib ~ ~ The George Washington University (<O> <O>) [log in to unmask] ( ^ ) / | \ (_____) ___