Your announcement calls this a "technical assistance program" which will deliver "practical, how-to-do-it information, theoretical knowledge, and extensive training and resource materials." On what? Does "technical" mean computers? Exhibit electronics? Or does it simply refer to the technical side of management, curation, etc. How about a list of presentation topics so we can look at the substance. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Martha Jackson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 10:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Workshop Announcement The Southeastern Museums Conference and LaPaglia & Associates are co-sponsoring the highly successful workshop, JUMPSTART! The workshop will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, August 2-5, 1998. JUMPSTART! is a multi-faceted, technical assistance program which provides cost-effective instruction. The intensive 3 1/2 day workshop is designed to assist: * small, new, and emerging museums * transitioning museums * personnel new to the museum field * personnel desiring to strengthen museum administration, interpretation, and collections management skills Participants should come prepared for an intensive learning experience. They will receive practical, how-to-do-it information, theoretical knowledge, and extensive training and resource materials they can take back to their institution. JUMPSTARTers will engage in discussions, professional feedback, planning, and group activities involving case studies. Following the program, a certificate of completion, suitable for framing, will be given at an awards banquet. Rooms are available at the Holiday Inn State Capital for $69.00 (plus 12% tax) per night, single or double. Announce that you are attending the SEMC JUMPSTART! workshop. Call (919) 832-0501 for reservations. Rooms will be held until July 20, 1998. The registration fee ($200 for SEMC members; $240 for non-SEMC members) will cover training, workshop and resource materials, individual consultation with instructors, refreshments, two lunches, and the awards banquet. The registration deadline is July 20, 1998. Limited to the first twenty-five (25) registrants. For registration forms or further information, please contact: Southeastern Museums Conference P. O. Box 3494 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3494 (504) 383-5042 [log in to unmask] or, LaPaglia & Associates 320 East Main Street Murfreesboro, TN 37130 (615) 890-4887 [log in to unmask] or, you may contact me. Early registration at the Holiday Inn is critical as our state legislature is still in session, and hotel rooms are hard to come by! Martha Battle Jackson, Registrar (919) 733-7862 NC Historic Sites Fax: (919) 733-9515 109 East Jones Street [log in to unmask] Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my agency. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."--Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~