In a message dated 4/18/2002 12:07:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

> One of former board presidents was a lawyer, and he rewrote ours a couple
of
> years ago. That may not be much help to you, but I would suggest trying to
> find a lawyer within your membership or locally that is interested in your
> museum and that would be willling to write them pro bono. But that's just
me,
> because I've always been intimidated by trying to write in legal language.

Aren't boards required to have a counsel? Since the board has alot of legal
responsibilty, I think it would be almost crazy for a board to be without at
least one, if it is optional. Every board I've ever dealt with has had one
and several other lawyers as well. The counsel on the board has been
routinely the staff person I have been closest to- in addition to the
by-laws. there are rights and reproduction issues, employment issues,
contracts, loan agreements, rental contracts, etc etc. There is no way a
small museum could ever pay for their legal work, it has to be pro bono.

In addition, it's pretty hard to swing a dead cat in a room of your local
"influential" citizens and not hit a lawyer :)

And a lawyer on your board might weigh in in support of continuing ed courses
for staff.

Pamela Feltus

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