I don't think I would do that but a successor might. Thanks for your comments. However, what I am looking for is not an analysis of the approach but whether or not anyone out there is doing this or something similar, at present. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Angleton, Texas 77515 (409) 864-1208 museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Hodcarry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, October 04, 1998 2:44 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Generating Own Salary >This person would not be engaged in "fund raising" in the conventional >sense. He/she would be developing revenue generating programs--lectures, I think that this is the problem-unlike "fund raising" this person will probably be pushed into promoting programs that have no chance of making a profit but fit into the institution's mission. So he/she needs a more complex way to judge if they are successful