From JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca Wed Jun 2 19:48:47 2004 From: JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca (Jim Harding) Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:48:47 -0700 Subject: [BCMA Broadcast] Regional Open House Reception RSVP Reminder Message-ID: <40BDBE9F.17254.5B3514@localhost> A reminder to BCMA members, associates, partners and guests to please RSVP... President Geraldine Parent, on behalf of Council, the Secretariat & Members of the British Columbia Museums Association, cordially invites you to a Regional Open House Reception Friday, June 11th, 2004 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Vancouver Museum (Joyce Walley Learning Centre) 1100 Chestnut Street Vancouver, B.C. Dress: Business casual Hors d'oeuvres, beverages, access to exhibits & announcements. Ample free parking available. Please RSVP to: Meredith Areskoug, Operations, Vancouver Museum Tel. 604-736-4431, ext.351 or by email: register@vanmuseum.bc.ca by 4:30 pm, June 9, 2004 The B.C. Museums Association, in partnership with host member museums and art galleries, hosts three Regional Open House Receptions in different regions of B.C. each year to meet with local members, sponsors, patrons and supporters and to make special announcements and presentations. We look forward to seeing you June 11th! _______________________________ Jim Harding, ED BC Museums Association (250) 356-5694 From JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca Wed Jun 9 19:29:25 2004 From: JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca (Jim Harding) Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:29:25 -0700 Subject: [BCMA Broadcast] Last Call for BCMA Reception RSVP! Message-ID: <40C6F495.7271.A8D7C0B@localhost>

A reminder to BCMA members, associates, partners and guests to

please RSVP c/o Vancouver Museum...(details below)

President Geraldine Parent, on behalf of Council, the Secretariat &

Members of the British Columbia Museums Association, cordially

invites you to a Regional Open House Reception

Friday, June 11th, 2004

5:30 - 7:30 pm

at the

Vancouver Museum

(Joyce Walley Learning Centre)

1100 Chestnut Street

Vancouver, B.C.

Dress: Business casual

Hors d'oeuvres, beverages, access to exhibits & announcements.

Ample free parking available.

Please RSVP to:

Meredith Areskoug, Operations, Vancouver Museum

Tel. 604-736-4431, ext.351

or by email: register@vanmuseum.bc.ca

The B.C. Museums Association, in partnership with host member

museums and art galleries, hosts three Regional Open House

Receptions in different regions of B.C. each year to meet with local

members, sponsors, patrons and supporters and to make special

announcements and presentations.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

_______________________________

Jim Harding, ED

BC Museums Association

(250) 356-5694

From JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca Thu Jun 24 22:30:10 2004 From: JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca (Jim Harding) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:30:10 -0700 Subject: [BCMA Broadcast] RFQ - Project Coordinator for BCMA Message-ID: <40DAE572.26808.ACAC2BF@localhost>

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): = 60;

Project Coordinator

B.= C. Museums Association has issued this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) by interested and qualified museum professionals for the contracted position of Project Coordinator.

Description:

Re= porting to the Executive Director, the Project Coordinator will assume responsibility for completion of BCMA’s “Best Practices Module Development Project” (in progress). The BPMDP is a BCMA initiative to provide capacity-building support for BC museums with a series of contemporary, readily accessible, online “best practices= 48; reference and training modules addressing the essential elements of museum governance, operations and collections management. Completion of this Project will form the basis for the overall updating of= “Standards for BC Museums” guidelines.

Term: This contract will run (approximately 8-9 months), from J= uly 2004 to no later than March 31, 2005, the required project completion date. (Actual start and end dates negotiable).

Contract Fee: Total contract is $20,000 with an initial th= ree-month probationary period, progress review, (terms to be negotiated), and prospective contract renewal for the balance of the Project.=

Responsibilities:

Coordinate museums = standards and practices research, compilation and production of an initial series of 10 “Best Practices” reference modules to be made available online to the museums community as part of the new BCMA website’s Learning Resource Database;
Ide= ntify and subcontract qualified museum professionals to compile and produce modules in one or more of the designated areas of museum practices;
Ens= ure completion of required research tasks (in progress);
Lia= ise with subcontractors to direct specific content and format continuity;
Ens= ure completion dates are met and subcontractor agreements are fulfilled;
Lia= ise with vetting panel of museum consultants to ensure accuracy, relevance and completeness (reference value) of module content;
Con= struct and conduct a pilot test of module content with a cross- section of prospective users in a focus group process and incorporate any and all findings to ensure value of module content;=
Coo= rdinate uploading of completed Best Practices modules to BCMA’s online Learning Resource Database with the BCMA webmaster and domain host;
Pro= mote the availability and accessibility of completed modules to the museums community;
Ove= r the course of the Project, identify and prioritize subject matter for “next steps” in BCMA’s continued development of online reference and instructional material;
Dev= elop and undertake an evaluation of the reference modules and complete interim and final Project reports, as required.=

Qualifications:

Respondents are req= uired to submit a specific, maximum 2-page “Statement of Qualifications” directly related to the above Proj= ect objectives, including:

Proven formal museu= m training and practical experience with the methods, practices and procedures involved in museum operations;
Ext= ent of your current working knowledge of, and relationship(s) within the BC museums community;
Rel= ated research or other project coordination experience, including use of subcontractors and/or research assistant(s) to gather, analyze, edit and assemble project information;
Rel= ated experience in the research and preparation of best practices, standards and/or instructional manuals or documents, (samples welcome), including proven written and reporting skills;

Rel= ated experience, if applicable, with the development and applications of online resources or services.

How to Apply:

Please submit a cur= rent CV, the above (and separate) Statement of Qualifications, sample reference documents, if applicable, and a covering letter including:

Statement of intere= st in the Project and perceived value of its objectives;
Two= current museum professional references with contact information;
Pre= ferred availability date and existing and/or prospective concurrent contracts for the remaining Project period (July 2004 through March 2005).

Submissions in writing= are to be mailed or delivered by courier (no personal deliveries, please), to:

BC Museums Association – Project Coordinator

Attn: Jim Harding, Executive Director

Suite 204, 26 Bastion Square

Victoria, BC V8W 1H9

OR= by email with “Project Coordinator” entered in the Subject line= , the three (3) required documents attached in Word (only) and emailed in confidence to:

JHarding@museumsassn.bc.ca<= /u>

No= telephone or email inquiries, in-person deliveries or faxed submissions, please.

Deadline: Received by 5:00 pm, Monday, July 12, 2004

BC= Museums Association wishes to thank interested parties in advance, however due to time constraints, only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted. The decision of the selection committee will be final. No results will be given to individual applicants= by phone or email. No appeals will be heard or selection rationale given.

Pl= ease watch for a subsequent “Call for Expressions of Interest” f= or subcontracted positions to compile and produce module content for this Project.

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Ji= m Harding, ED

BC= Museums Association

(2= 50) 356-5694