To the attorney who posted the above. You might want to try calling Susan Rothschild, an attorney who runs the Cultural Institutions office at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. She used to be in-house counsel and was responsible for negotiating and updating public/private partnerships with museums in New York City. In her new capacity she has different responsibilities. Now New York is different than everywhere, but there are 30+ museums with arrangements that could be described as you have described the pending setup in your area. These range in size from the multi-gazillion dollar Met Museum to 1/2 million dollar operating budget museums, so... These agreements adress union, pension, funding, accounting, board structure, etc, etc. I think that they are public record, so she should be able to share them with you. She is very nice, and tell her that Eric Siegel from the New York Botanical Garden says hi. BTW, please add your email address to your signature, it doesn't show up on the "FROM": line. Eric Siegel [log in to unmask]