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On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Patricia Reynolds wrote:
> Some time ago I asked for your ideas about how a small museum,
> with no paid professional staff, could get more friends to
> do the work.
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> I just heard that a local newspaper got hold of the wrong
> end of the stick, and blazoned across it's front page that
> the museum was to close (rather than that the friends organization
> was dying). A large number of local people turned up at the
> advertised meeting, and voiced their concerns about the collections
> and buildings ... and stayed on to volunteer. The (volunteer)
> co-ordinator of volunteers once again feels that life is
> worth living.
>
> --
> Patricia Reynolds
> Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator
>
> 16 Gibsons Green
> Heelands
> Milton Keynes
> MK13 7NH
> ENGLAND
>
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And the moral is...
Why send out an earnest call for volunteers when the
Media can solve your problems with a little good 'ol fashion
mis-information?
:+}
Gregory Scheib ~ ~
The George Washington University (<O> <O>)
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