docents
----- Original Message -----
From: "Issaquah Historical Society Info" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: docent recruitment


> Docent, latin for "they teach," standard (I thought - maybe other folks
use
> other terms??) term for greeters or tour guides in museums.  I think that
it
> has been in use for most of this century... I had a board member suggest
> that we call them something else. They are not strictly tour guides at our
> facilities, since they do not give formal tours. What do other folks call
> them?
>
> Erica
>
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
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> www.issaquahhistory.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Lauraine Armstrong
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:52 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: docent recruitment
> >
> >
> > docent?
> > please explain for the jargon-challenged
> >
> > Issaquah Historical Society Info wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, all,
> > >
> > > We are in need of new docents (not a unique challenge, I'm sure) and
I'm
> > > soliciting suggestions.
> > >
> > > Here's what we do to recruit:
> > > We regularly ask for docents at our membership meetings and run
> > ads in the
> > > newspaper. We also did a mailing to retirement communities
> > letting them know
> > > about our various services and encouraging folks to docent.
> > When we can, we
> > > participate in community volunteer fairs, etc. We have docent training
> > > sessions and docent appreciation lunches and teas, to which we
encourage
> > > folks to bring friends or relatives (I don't think anyone has done
this
> > > yet). But we only seem to recruit about 8 new docents a year,
> > which is not
> > > enough to keep up with our increase in open hours.
> > >
> > > What are we doing wrong? What could we be doing that we are
> > not? And - for
> > > bonus points - how can we keep all our retired docents from taking
long
> > > vacations at the same time???
> > >
> > > Looking forward to your wisdom,
> > > Erica
> > >
> > > Erica S. Maniez
> > > Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> > > 425/392-3500
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > www.issaquahhistory.org
> > >
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