You may be interested to know that the French laws transferring some of
the major national museums to what amounts to Foundation status, such as
that for the Louvre of (I think) December 1999 provides for the direct
election of staff representatives to the overall "Conseil
d'Administration" (board of trustees), and the "College" which guides
the Director on a wide range of internal management issues, including the
exhibition programme and ethical issues, particularly in relation to the
Museum's commercial tenants and activities has a larger number of both
ex officio and directly elected staff representatives.

Museum staff at every level regardless of status are entitled to run for
election and to vote in the staff representative elections.



Patrick Boylan
(City University London)

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Christopher J. Dawson wrote:

> Hi, I've got a question for everyone out there; in a staff meeting, it was
> brought up that the junior staff at our museum often feel left out about
> what's going on at our museum, and would like not only better communications
> between senior and junior staff (and there's a huge vacuum there now), but
> also, to have some input from the junior staff (mostly curators) to the
> senior staff (directors).
>
> So now we've been charged with exploring this idea.  So what I'm asking of
> all on this list, are there museums that essentially have a "staff senate"
> or "staff council" or some representative body of staff members that can
> have a voice in museum operations.  We're not looking at this as a sort of
> union, but more of an employee council, so we know what's going on, and we
> can lend our opinions as well as our expertise in museum operations and
> planning.
>
> Please let me know if your museum has such a thing, or you've heard of such
> a thing, and let me know how it's structured and how it works.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Christopher J. Dawson
> Curator of Urban and Industrial History
> Western Reserve Historical Society
> 10825 East Boulevard
> Cleveland, Ohio 44106
> 216-721-5722 x247
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