Any volunteer work that I might have done is listed on my resume as "Professional Experience" right beside jobs I was paid for! Patti Davis-Perkins > ---------- > From: Annie Anthony (to subscribe to > museum-l)[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 2:17 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Position Announcement & Politics > > Your points about volunteering leading to a job is interesting to me. I > voluntarily started up a museum, working more than full time for free for > 18 > months as Executive Director, when I finally told the Board of Directors > it > was time to pay me, they paid me a minimal salary and then decided it was > time to do a National Search for my position. I have subsequently left my > position as the writing was on the wall and it was not a nice picture. I > agree that volunteering, while giving one valuable experience, does not > lead > to a consequential position in the management area. However I have seen > volunteers move successfully into being birthday party coordinators or to > being a board member, but not much more than that. > > ========================================================= > 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).