To me funding your own position is, if not a direct conflict of interest, certainly an appearance of a conflict of interest.  Am I off base here?


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An endowed grant is probably one of the ultimate grants that could fund a
person's start in this career field.

Laura West
Project Manager

M&S Engineering, Ltd.
Spring Branch, TX.

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From: Carol Ely [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Funding one's own position


It seems to me that unless the position is connected to a specific project,
funding from public and foundation grants would be hard to come by.

BUT... a private donor or local foundation might be convinced to fund a
position for a short (or renewable) term IF it can be shown that such a
position will strengthen the museum in a given area that needs attention -
such as a one-year grant to catalog a collection; a development or marketing
position for an institution that doesn't have it; or someone to do outreach
to schools and teacher training. If you made such a pitch, you'd want to
identify a supporter or supporters who have show a strong desire to work
with the museum to see it succeed (look at your board, your long-term
funders), you would write a clear proposal with numbers showing how this
would benefit the museum in the long run and help it to become more
self-sustaining; with an evaluation process; and a plan for how the position
might be funded in the future if all this succeeds (such as, now that the
collection is cataloged we're eligible for new grant funding; or, now that
we have a strong development/marketing plan in place the cash will be just
rolling in; or, now that we've got the attention of teachers our field trip
revenue will be up 500%....etc.).

Carol Ely
Museum consultant
Louisville

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