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The question is, when does a volunteer relinquish the freedom of being a
private citizen?
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> From: Dill, Christopher L <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Volunteers & Personal Collecting
> Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 12:28 PM
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> We treat our volunteers as "volunteer staff," and give
> them name badges which say that. Our policy forbids
> collecting in competition with the museum, not "...in
> the same areas..." The difference, in my view, is that
> we only collect historical items which have
> documentation, so most everything that our volunteers
> collect at flea markets and auction sales wouldn't
> constitute a conflict in the first place - it has no
> documented history. One of our collector volunteers -
> who by the way brings a vast knowledge of some items to
> our place - is now advising the county historical
> society on its acquisitions and helping them become
> more professional.
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> If volunteers are competing with the museum for which
> they work, losing them should be a priority, not a
> concern, seems to me.
>
> Chris Dill
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