[Bcma-l] Summer Student Funding
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
Thu, 17 May 2007 17:27:02 -0700
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Hello there,
I guess our organization is one of the lucky ones when it came to summer =
student funding. We did not qualify for YCW but got 2 positions through =
CSJ. But I am thrilled that we can offer summer programming. (I did make =
our application online. Not sure if that made a difference).
Maybe the point system worked in our favour since we are rural. One of =
the things that struck me about the point system was the points for =
events (once every 4 years versus annual event, etc). Will that mean =
that we museums can expect no students in 2010 with the Olympics and =
manpower they need for the event?
Insufficient student funding is a problem but there's a bigger issue at =
stake. It appears that cultural institutions are heavily reliant on =
summer students to keep their doors open to the public. We need to be =
talking about sustainable funding for museums with all levels of =
government. There is no way a single-employee institution like ours can =
offer much without student funding. All my volunteers are 70+.
The province is promoting tourism in a big way. Maybe we can try and get =
some funding through the provincial government as well.
(Just so it's clear since people are talking of approaching their MLAs, =
the CSJ and YCW programs are federal and we should be talking to our MPs =
about it.)
Sincerely,
Rashmi Narayan
---
Administrator
Valemount Museum & Archives
Box 850, Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0
Phone (250) 566-4177
Fax: (250) 566-8428
vmuseum@telus.net
www.valemountmuseum.ca
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello there,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I guess our organization is one of =
the lucky=20
ones when it came to summer student funding. We did not qualify for YCW =
but got=20
2 positions through CSJ. But I am thrilled that we can offer summer =
programming.=20
(I did make our application online. Not sure if that made a=20
difference).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Maybe the point system worked in our =
favour since=20
we are rural. One of the things that struck me about the point =
system was the points for events (once every 4 years versus annual=20
event, etc). Will that mean that we museums can expect no students =
in 2010=20
with the Olympics and manpower they need for the event?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Insufficient student funding is a =
problem but=20
there's a bigger issue at stake. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It =
appears that=20
cultural institutions are heavily reliant on summer students to keep =
their doors=20
open to the public. We need to be talking about sustainable funding for=20
museums with all levels of government. There is no way a =
single-employee=20
institution like ours can offer much without =
student funding. All=20
my volunteers are 70+.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>The province is promoting tourism in a big way. Maybe we can try =
and get=20
some funding through the provincial government as well.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(Just so it's clear since people are =
talking of=20
approaching their MLAs, the CSJ and YCW programs are federal and we =
should=20
be talking to our MPs about it.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sincerely,</DIV>
<DIV>Rashmi Narayan</DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>---<BR>Administrator<BR>Valemount =
Museum &=20
Archives<BR>Box 850, Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0<BR>Phone (250) =
566-4177<BR>Fax: (250)=20
566-8428<BR><A =
href=3D"mailto:vmuseum@telus.net">vmuseum@telus.net</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.valemountmuseum.ca">www.valemountmuseum.ca</A><BR></FO=
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