[Bcma-l] Kamloops Museum Association is no more
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:34:19 -0700
------=_Part_8939_21501029.1176507259644
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Wise comments from Cyler and Colin - speaking from experience.
Brenda Fredrick
On 4/13/07, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>
wrote:
>
> Before this discussion assumes anything specific, such as guilt or
> "unorthodoxy", interested parties would be well advised to directly contact
> the various people involved to get a variety of views to the story. Every
> story has more than one aspect and, as in historic research, approximations
> of truth emerge only from learning all aspects from first hand sources
> before forming judgements.
>
> Respectfully,
> Cuyler Page
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:51 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bcma-l] Kamloops Museum Association is no more
>
> I am curious as to whether you had a working contract with the city or was
> it just an informal agreement?
> What was their reason for this unorthodox action?
> Larry A. Ewashen, Director
> The Doukhobor Discovery Centre
> 112 Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5
> 1-250-365-5327
> www.Doukhobor-Museum.org
> The Doukhobor Discovery Centre, opening April 29th, 2:00 P.M.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:05 PM
> *Subject:* [Bcma-l] Kamloops Museum Association is no more
>
> It is about time I brought you up to date on the status of the Kamloops
> Museum Association. We have been going through quite a lot during the past
> year. The Board was fired by the City of Kamloops. The museum staff said
> that they could not work for two bosses. They said we were micro-managing
> the museum.
>
>
>
> We had several meetings with the City, but they do not want an association
> with any policy making power what-so-ever. They want a "Friends of the
> Museum," which would raise money for them and will be there if they need any
> volunteers.
>
>
>
> The Kamloops Museum Association has been in existence since 1937, but the
> City didn't seem at all concerned about losing a group of dedicated
> volunteers who have worked so hard for the museum for so long. We will be
> submitting our papers to dissolve the association shortly.
>
>
>
> I'm not sure how all this affects the museum's chances of receiving the
> Arts Council Grant in the future. I know, as the KMA, we had to prove to
> them that we were a policy making board, or we would not receive our grant.
> The City wants the "Friends of" group so it will not have any policy making
> powers. Apparently the museum received their grant this year.
>
>
>
> I have enjoyed working with the BCMA and all the members. I always found
> the conferences very informative and I really enjoyed meeting and working
> with the other members of the BCMA. I particularly enjoyed working with you,
> Jim.
>
>
>
> I wish you all the best.
>
>
>
> Al Yelland, President
>
> Kamloops Museum Association
>
> ------------------------------
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/752 - Release Date: 4/8/2007
> 8:34 PM
>
>
--
Brenda Fredrick
604-431-9137
------=_Part_8939_21501029.1176507259644
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Wise comments from Cyler and Colin - speaking from experience.<br>Brenda Fredrick<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
</a></b> <<a href="mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div vlink="purple" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff" lang="EN-US">
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Before this discussion assumes anything specific,
such as guilt or "unorthodoxy", interested parties would be well advised to
directly contact the various people involved to get a variety of views
to the story. Every story has more than one aspect and, as in
historic research, approximations of truth emerge only from learning all aspects
from first hand sources before forming judgements.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Respectfully,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Cuyler Page</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="q">
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">
<b>From:</b>
<a title="bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" href="mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>
</div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>To:</b> <a title="bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" href="mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> </div></span><span class="q">
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:51
PM</div></span><div><span class="e" id="q_111ecfb1b977b7b5_3">
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bcma-l] Kamloops Museum
Association is no more</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font color="#ff0000" face="Eras Medium ITC">I am curious as to whether you
had a working contract with the city or was it just an informal
agreement?</font></div>
<div><font color="#ff0000" face="Eras Medium ITC">What was their reason for this
unorthodox action?</font></div>
<div>Larry A. Ewashen, Director<br>The Doukhobor Discovery Centre<br>112
Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5<br>1-250-365-5327<br><a href="http://www.Doukhobor-Museum.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</a><br>The
Doukhobor Discovery Centre, opening April 29th, 2:00 P.M.<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">
<b>From:</b>
<a title="bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" href="mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>
</div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>To:</b> <a title="bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" href="mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:05
PM</div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Subject:</b> [Bcma-l] Kamloops Museum
Association is no more</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">It is about time I brought you
up to date on the status of the Kamloops Museum Association. We have been
going through quite a lot during the past year. The Board was fired by the
City of </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Kamloops</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">. The
museum staff said that they could not work for two bosses. They said we were
micro-managing the museum. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We had several meetings with the
City, but they do not want an association with any policy making power
what-so-ever. They want a "Friends of the Museum," which would raise money
for them and will be there if they need any volunteers. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Kamloops Museum Association
has been in existence since 1937, but the City didn't seem at all concerned
about losing a group of dedicated volunteers who have worked so hard for the
museum for so long. We will be submitting our papers to dissolve the
association shortly.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I'm not sure how all this
affects the museum's chances of receiving the Arts Council Grant in the
future. I know, as the KMA, we had to prove to them that we were a policy
making board, or we would not receive our grant. The City wants the "Friends
of" group so it will not have any policy making powers. Apparently the
museum received their grant this year.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have enjoyed working with the
BCMA and all the members. I always found the conferences very informative
and I really enjoyed meeting and working with the other members of the BCMA.
I particularly enjoyed working with you, Jim.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I wish you all the
best.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Al Yelland,
President</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Kamloops</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Museum</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
Association</span></font></p></div>
<p>
</p><hr>
<p></p>No virus found in this incoming message.<br>Checked by AVG Free
Edition.<br>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/752 - Release Date:
4/8/2007 8:34 PM<br><p></p></blockquote></span></div></blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Brenda Fredrick<br>604-431-9137
------=_Part_8939_21501029.1176507259644--