Matthew: I would be glad to share my knowledge and experience with founding the consortium of historic house museums in Washington, DC I was active in the group for 6 years. By and large it was an exceptionally positive experience which did so much to acquaint professionals in the metropolitan area as well as provide a forum for local issues, to share resources, and to market our sites. I live in Arlington. Why don't you e-mail me at: [log in to unmask] On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:34:31 -0400 Matthew White <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Hello, > >Myself and a few other peple from both the Baltimore History Alliance >and >the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium are planning a session on >History >Consortia for the AASLH confernece in Baltimore in the Fall. Although >we >think we represent two different types of organizations from two >different >geographic regions, we would like to discuss other areas and what they >do. >I was hoping that there may be people out there (anywhere in the >world) who >have experience, negative and positive, with forming and/or working >with >history consortia and would be willing to share them with me. We are >especially interested in hearing about projects that were either >raging >failures or raging successes and why. If you have an experience to >share, >please include a little background on what type of region you are in, >what >type of institutions are involved, and your basic structure. I was >thinking >about designing a questionairre, but I was already online. If there >is >enough interest I will design one and send it out. > >If you respond, you might want to do so off list unless you feel >others >would like to eavesdrop. If you do not wish to respond, I was hoping >those >of you involved might want to share any publications, like brochures >or >fliers, your consortium may have produced. You can send it to me at >the >address below or fax it. > >Thanks in advance for all of your help. > >Matthew White >Director of Education >B&O Railroad Museum >901 W. Pratt Street >Baltimore, MD 21223 >410/752-2461 > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain >detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line >e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message >should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message >to >[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read >"Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).