Do you have the phone, email, and or address? Thanks, Pat Roath Robert T. Handy wrote: > > May I suggest to all in the U.S. and maybe even Canada, an excellent > publication out of the Aspen Institute, entitled Board and Director. I is > a monthly newsletter. The shell is directed at Executives, and includes a > pullout section for Board members. It focuses entirely on the Board and > Executive relationship. I have subscribe to it for a sum total of eleven > years over two organizations. Board members like it because it clarifies > their role vis a vis the Directors. > > ------ > Robert Handy > Brazoria County Historical Museum > 100 East Cedar > Angleton, Texas 77515 > (409) 864-1208 > museum_bob > [log in to unmask] > http://www.bchm.org > > ---------- > From: Pat Roath[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: volunteer horror stories > > This thread has somewhat played itself out by now, but I've been unable > to get to my email because of opening deadlines and visiting family. I > appreciate Herve's response, as I'm preparing to write a very carefully > drafted letter to my board describing precisely this problem--they are > the most active volunteers and committee chairs, insist on having final > decision-making power in ALL matters--curatorial, financial, and > otherwise, and have utterly no idea that this is a difficulty. Needless > to say, I am their first Director. We are doing our best to stay open > and cooperate...I hope... > > On a lighter note, shortly after beginning a position as the curator of > costume at a mid-size art museum, I was familiarizing myself with the > collection records. One piece, an 1870s day dress, had undergone > significant "conservation". Actually, a volunteer had taken it upon > herself to completely dismantle the dress, line the shattered silk, and > put it back together. She carefully documented the process both in > photograph and text. The last line of her text read something like > this: "...I was able to reconstruct the dress even better than it had > been originally, as I had fabric left over!" > > Pat Roath > [log in to unmask] > or: Central School Museum, [log in to unmask]