[BCMA Broadcast] Reminder: BCMA Conference 2005: "Call for Proposals"

[Jim Harding]

A reminder that the submission deadline for Conference 2005's "Call 
for Proposals" is this Monday, December 13, 2004.

The theme for Conference 2005, October 19-22, 2005 in Kelowna, BC 
is "Creating a Cultural Restaurant". 

Dona Moore, Executive Director of the Kelowna Art Gallery & Wayne 
Wilson, Executive Director of the Kelowna Museum are "serving" as 
Conference 2005 Committee co-chairs.

You can download the Guidelines and Proposal Form in Word or PDF 
format from BCMA's website at:
http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/conf_main.asp

(If this link to the Conference homepage does not work for you, please 
copy and paste this URL into your browser/search field).

The 2005 Program Committee, chaired by Nick Tuele, has already met 
and we are encouraging emailed proposals, if possible, for easy 
distribution to Program Committee members.

The Program Committee has identified a number of suggested 
sessions and subject areas from Conference 2004 participant surveys 
and the Special Interest Group (Collection Managers) session to 
inspire 2005 proposals:

- Cultural tourism
- Education programming for museums and galleries
- Developing/updating policy and procedures for small museums
- Built structure conservation
- City/Museum development (museums as a City "menu" of services)
- Senior level "thinking pieces"
- Marketing, publication design
- (More) Gift shop
- Exhibit design, lighting, multimedia
- Marketing digital content
- Grant writing, RFQ's, RFP's
- Art galleries: offsite storage
- Insurance coverage and costs
- Management of digital images and copyright issues
- Historic sites collections versus museum collections
- Industrial museums
- Volunteer-run small museums
- Community-based exhibitions as outreach
- Cross-border issues
- Hidden dangers in collections
- Firearms: deactivated = destruction of artefacts?
- Curatorial subjects

We are also looking for Pre-Conference Workshop topics and 
encourage Special Interest Group sessions and affinity activities.

Proposals are not limited to these suggestions. However if you 
recognize yours, we invite you to complete and submit a proposal. We 
also invite members and museums and galleries from the Okanagan 
and Kootenays to contribute sessions particularly characteristic of the 
region.

Questions? Please email them to:
bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca

Thank you for your contributions. Remember, it's your 
Conference!_______________________________
Jim Harding, ED
BC Museums Association
(250) 356-5694