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Subject: 	Re: [Bcma-l] Fwd: Not so good news and Confessions of a Juror
Date: 	Wed, 23 May 2007 16:33:52 -0600
From: 	Lee1 Boyko <lee@inqtravel.com>



Darryl, the YCW was done differently than the other program. If you applied through the CMA you may still be in luck as they are about to announce some new funding.

Just a note, prior to this latest crisis , I was working on a short paper called Confessions of a Juror. It is based on my experience as a juror on a number of summer student program. No I was not a SEP juror, but I was on the YCW plus have done the provincial one in Saskatchewan for about 5 years.

I hope to post my paper in the next couple of weeks.  Two comments I will make at this time is the area's that applications often fall down are similar in both the federal and provincial programs. Also when museums are applying to grants that are not specifically aimed at museums we need to do a much better job of explaining what the tasks the students will do AND the value these positions have. Far too often I find that the non-museum juror have little understanding of the needs of museums and generally see the postions we are offering as boring and having little value.... (but keep it short... try reading 150 applications in two days....)



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From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:06 pm
Subject: [Bcma-l] Fwd: Not so good news

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 > Subject: Not so good news
 > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:59:18 -0700
 > From: Oliver and District Museum <museumdirector@cablerocket.com>
 > To: <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>, <canmuse-l@chin.gc.ca>,
 > <NGrattan@museums.ca>, <pm@pm.gc.ca>, <Oda.B@parl.gc.ca>
 > CC: <atamaa1a@parl.gc.ca>, <tracy.souch@servicecanada.gc.ca>,
 > "Jack
 > Bennest" <jbennest@telus.net>, "Allan Patton"
 > <apatton@rdos.bc.ca>,
 > <arviebourgeault@cablerocket.com>, "Ernie Dumais"
 > <e_cdumais@cablerocket.com>, "Frank McLennan"
 > <fmclennan@cablerocket.com>, "Gordon Hahn" <gchahn@yahoo.ca>,
 > "'Kurt
 > Hutterli'" <hutterli@vip.net>, "Lynn Alaric"
 > <odhs@cablerocket.com>,
 > "Robbie Wight" <wightr@telus.net>, "Wendy Johnson"
 > <psamead@hotmail.com>
 >
 >
 > I am happy for all of those organizations that received funding in
 > this
 > second round of distributions. The criteria used are still
 > suspect, however.
 >
 > This morning I received a letter from YCW saying that while our
 > application was viewed favourably (essentially the same
 > application as
 > for CSJ), there was insufficient funding for our organization.
 >
 > I spent much of this morning talking with various agencies,
 > including
 > the constituency office of my MP, Alex Atamanenko. I then learned
 > that
 > indeed funding was being released for non-profit agencies that
 > received
 > funding last year. This placed our organization in limbo, since we
 > did
 > not take the Summer Career Placement funding offered last year due
 > to
 > our YCW summer student grant. Because we are not considered to
 > have been
 > funded last year, we are ineligible for this suddenly released
 > funding.
 > I fear that in many cases, people who had been ineligible for CSJ
 > funding took the YCW funding if it was offered. With the second
 > wave of
 > funding offered, these organizations that would now be funded by
 > YCW may
 > turn down the CSJ funding. Because this second wave is only
 > applicable
 > to those who received funding last year, our organization would
 > not be
 > considered.
 >
 > Discussion with the local Service Canada organization confirmed
 > that we
 > are not eligible for the funding most recently released.
 >
 > As with everyone else, the lack of funding stretches our existing
 > resources, and will force the possible cancellation of projects,
 > including some much needed facility and exhibit upgrades.
 >
 > Surely there has to be other criteria in place besides those non
 > for
 > profit organizations which got funding last year are to receive
 > funding
 > this year! When a poor decision matrix is followed by another poor
 > decision making process, it really makes you wonder what we can
 > expect
 > (or not expect) next…
 >
 > Darryl MacKenzie BSc(CD), MA
 >
 > Museum Director/ ODHS Administrator
 >
 > Oliver and District Heritage Society
 >
 > Box 847,
 >
 > Oliver, BC
 >
 > V0H1T0
 >
 > 250-498-0490
 >
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