[Bcma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?
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I am a museum junkie and go to museums at every opportunity.
Every museum is different and I meet it on its own terms, not mine.
I don't say what if they did this? it would be more exciting.
Perhaps I am missing something in not regarding or expecting museums to be
thrill seeking excitement.
2009/8/31 <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>
> What an interesting discussion. Allen, (P.E.H.), your ideas excite me
> with possibilities. I believe museums hold a valuable record of community
> and that those records and artifacts must be honoured/preserved....., and=
,
> now when I travel around BC, I rarely visit museums. Do the rest of you?
> Why or why not?
>
> I like movement and something that appeals to several of my senses and
> challenges/expands/deepens my experience of living--e.g.: some theatre,
> dance, music, moving interpretive displays, the natural world.
>
> Collaborating with others in a community to create some vibrant honest
> moving attraction that ties in with or adds to these stationery displays
> (and can perhaps be held in or around the museum) just might be the ticke=
t.
> Are people/groups really open to working together and expanding mindsets,
> or, will great ideas and possibilities fall by the wayside?
>
> Eileen Pedersen
>
> Coordinator
> The Rock Wall Project
> 1454 Neilson Street
> Trail BC V1R 3Y9
> Ph: 250-364-2488
> 'Google' *"Set in Stone: A History of Trail's Rock Walls"*
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:02 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bcma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?
>
> Thoughtful reflection is in shortest supply during a crisis but, I think
> it's the ingredient we need most now and have for some time.
> The fact that the spectacle is awash in stupidities is a measure of, at
> least in part, our failure to participate in our own culture.
>
> I have observed, like everyone else for many years, the public staying aw=
ay
> from small museums/ heritage sites, galleries etc... in droves, regardles=
s
> of adequate funding or none. They stay away I've assumed because, they do=
n't
> like being there or would rather be somewhere else. Like churches that
> continue to spring up without any bums in their pews, new museums come al=
ong
> every year despite public disinterest and long declining attendance. We
> remain apart, fishing off a pier where fish won't go. I believe this
> condition is the result of some design flaws in our original model. Ask
> yourself this; is there really a history wall, like the Berlin wall, that
> the museum community must huddle behind weeping and gnashing their
> impoverished teeth while frantically trying to keep a broken down old
> machine running on fumes. If the wall exists, what is it made of? Do we
> actually need money to drag a dead civil servant designed horse a few yar=
ds
> further down a lonely road; a horse the civil services never brought to l=
ife
> and are now happy to abandon to any fool dumb enough to drag it along for
> them. Without witnesses, does the horse actually move anywhere?
>
> Contemporary culture also belongs to us, so, why would we not participate
> in it? Collaborations with contemporary arts and culture have proven to b=
e
> far more beneficial than throat slitting competitions ever will. People l=
ine
> up for blocks all around the world to see "fringe theatre" because, it's =
not
> dead boring. For two weeks people will line up at Point Ellice House and
> enjoy a short house tour before the main production gets under way. It co=
st
> us very nearly nothing; has given us some good front page press; history
> hasn't lost anything, An average of 55 new people a night plus some
> fringe volunteers, discover why Point Ellice House Museum is so important=
. I
> tell them. They have tea. No worries. There is more cultural "buzz" on an=
y
> single night here than Point Ellice House has generated in twenty years
> prior.
>
> I have proven very clearly in the past that quality productions
> (non amateur) of a more historic nature will also fill seats to standing
> room only, but, poorly written scripts delivered by summer students who
> can't act, dressed up as dead people, won't. If we recall that only %15 o=
f
> any population is interested in good theatre (%0 in bad) and that 85 perc=
ent
> claim to be interested in a wide range of other arts and crafts, and some=
of
> these are historical ones, we get a clearer picture of our actual
> potential.
>
> As only one example of many: Museums are repositories of pre-industrial
> methods that were highly sustainable; is the spectacle not yammering
> endlessly about sustainability? Is the public interested in sustainabilit=
y
> issues? Do museums profit from work shopping sustainability that they sho=
uld
> know something about? If they have a popular work shop do they travel it =
to
> a hundred other venue$? Do museums offer their venue to crafts or arts
> organizations that otherwise pay for other venues. Intensive collaboratio=
ns
> and quality productions are worth some thoughtful reflection.
>
> Today Whistler Museum collaborates with writers.... nothing bad will
> happen. If "Pearl Jam" wanted to write a song about a museum or some long
> dead person I doubt that would hurt anyone either.
>
> I believe hundreds of collaborations, rather than a sporadic few, will
> produce better results than the nunnery model has, and thus move some sma=
ll
> museums from the margins to the middle. Call me crazy.
>
> "Culture Vibe" can't hurt you and it certainly won't make anyone, on eith=
er
> side of an imaginary fence, dumber.
>
> Allen
> P.E.H.
>
>
> On 28-Aug-09, at 10:46 AM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
>
> There is a name for this sort of advocacy.
> It's called 'dumbing down'.The general reason why museums [and other
> institutions including intelligent radio & TV] are losing audience share =
is
> that our society is raising generations of potential spectators who have =
no
> aesthetic sense.
> Hence the appeal to the prurient, aggression, cheap excitement not based =
on
> any profound reasoning or intelligence.
> When museums have to compete to attract an audience on this level, it wil=
l
> be time for an honourable retreat.
> Larry Ewashen
> Doukhobor Discovery Centre
>
> 2009/8/27 <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>
>
>> Well, if we solve the first part we won't be as dependent on the second.
>> It is a fact that people spend vast sums on art and culture all around t=
he
>> world everyday. Even here.
>>
>> - Bars, restaurants, night clubs are full; concerts are packed; music an=
d
>> movie sales never stop.
>> - Hockey arenas pull down millions in a day; then baseball, soccer, foot
>> ball, basket ball etc...
>> - People spend to create their personal "identities" on clothing, fashio=
n
>> items, cars and gadgets etc... etc... etc... spend spend spend.
>>
>> Culture is a living thing that people are very active in, because, it is
>> the most exciting part of there lives. People don't have any
>> trouble choosing a Gypsy band over a Sunday hymn sing. Are we a Sunday h=
ymn
>> sing?
>>
>> Are we are boring people away maybe? Do we charge money to bore them?
>>
>> I don't believe any of us are bound to the "mausoleum model" where in
>> people file dutifully past a crops to pay their respects... only when th=
ere
>> is nothing more interesting going on. If museums were truly exciting,
>> wouldn't they be bursting with people by now? Scalpers outside the gates=
?
>> Line ups? Culture isn't boring, so what's up with that?
>> Maybe the "culture industry" is not connected to an actual culture with
>> more than a scattering of people in it. Should we be a culture apart fro=
m
>> the rest of culture? If so, why? If not, is there a path from the outski=
rts
>> to the centre of culture; or have the clever gate keepers locked themsel=
ves
>> on the outside of the gate.
>>
>> Could we be asking ourselves if the self stifling "civil servant model" =
of
>> history and culture developed through the 1970's was a good one to start
>> with? Was it vibrant? Exciting? Engaging? Compelling? Did we tell the tr=
uth
>> or was it all sterilized for public consumption? Did the novelty ware of=
f?
>> Did it work out? Wasn't it always a hard sell? Did any civil service
>> anywhere ever have "the vibe" that culture is? If not, do we keep holdin=
g
>> that model up to a disinterested public? Nothing personal; some of my be=
st
>> friends are civil servants but, would anyone want to go to a stag party
>> organized by nuns? Bureaucracy is a kind of corporate culture and the
>> only vibrant thing in corporate culture is all the different shades of b=
eige
>> and grey in offices. Policy can't make culture; only people can and do.
>>
>> Is there a rule that says we can't make a new model that isn't a hard
>> sell?
>>
>> Every crowd has a silver lining and maybe we need a new model with some
>> bump, clatter and music; maybe a lot more colour and a lot more people.
>>
>> A bigger pie.
>>
>> Allen
>>
>> P.s.
>> Point Ellice House
>> Fringe theatre: "Pretty Little Instincts" S.N.A.F.U. Production
>> Warnings: Partial nudity- Free tea and cookies - Dress warmly
>>
>> Poster to follow
>>
>>
>> On 25-Aug-09, at 12:09 PM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
>>
>> I AGREE WITH Bill's STATEMENTS AND EXPLANATIONS - WE KNOW THAT.
>> The HARD SELL PART IS HOW DO WE INTERPRET THIS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND
>> GOVERNMENT TO GET THE NEEDED SUPPORT to maintain our funding so we can
>> continue our major contribution?
>>
>> 2009/8/25 <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>
>>
>>> "The truly deserving repositories"
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. Gallagher is proposing cultural Darwinism.
>>>
>>> Predictably, those few institutions that would score highly in such a
>>> system will favour accreditation and those that don't would and should
>>> oppose being devalued by the same system.
>>>
>>> There isn't a need to discus the idea of accreditation as recently put
>>> forward by Mr. Gallagher, owing to commitments set out in our arts and
>>> culture mandates and constitutions. None of us have a mandate to turn
>>> art or culture in to a "survival of the fittest" contest. We all enhanc=
e
>>> community, we don't conspire to deprive any other community of it's
>>> necessary cultural funding.
>>> If funding shortage is an issue then increased funding is the competent=
objective.
>>>
>>> Allen Patten
>>>
>>> Collection Manager
>>> Point Ellice House Museum
>>> 2616 Pleasant St. Victoria, B.C.
>>> apatten@shaw.ca
>>>
>>> On 21-Aug-09, at 3:17 PM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Putting a sharper point on my call for accreditation, I see essentiall=
y
>>> two kinds of museums in BC - one that should have high codified standar=
ds
>>> and thus be accredited accordingly, and the rest be allowed to set thei=
r own
>>> markers of success.
>>>
>>> The point is where should limited Provincial monies go?
>>>
>>> Do we spread them as evenly as possible across the whole spectrum with
>>> the aim of letting the weakest survive in their present form, or is it
>>> better to focus upon a percentage in the aim of achieving some excellen=
ce?
>>>
>>> Depends upon what one believes is at stake, I guess.
>>>
>>> Dan Gallagher
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
>>> *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:15 PM
>>> *Subject:* RE: [Bcma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?
>>>
>>> August 20, 2009
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Great input from you all, at least now there is a conversation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The idea of accreditation as put forward by Dan Gallagher is dependent
>>> upon perfect knowledge. I can honestly say that I can not agree with t=
his
>>> type of accreditation structure, as it presupposes that there is a defi=
ning
>>> element to museums, collections and purposes that is shared by everyone=
and
>>> that someone has perfect knowledge of everything. It sounds like you h=
ave
>>> been into one more museum that is exactly the same as the one down the
>>> road. If I were to have carried out this type of review in the 1980s, =
I
>>> think we would have about five museums in the whole of Canada =96 as th=
ey
>>> all looked somewhat alike and presented information in somewhat similar
>>> ways. I do not think that accrediting in accordance with a preconceive=
d
>>> notion of what is right is a good thing. I should note that over the l=
ast
>>> 20 years, there has been a great diversification, even at the small loc=
al
>>> museum level.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have seen too many junk piles turn into restored items by knowledgeab=
le
>>> people, so to think that I would sit in judgment of junk piles as just =
being
>>> rubbish, is just =96 well - rubbish.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that things like: constitution, mandate, public presence,
>>> society status, with peer reviews for groups that want to enter into th=
e
>>> system, business plan (whether there is ongoing community financial sup=
port
>>> or not) =96 which should then be balanced against needs (which could be
>>> established by peer review in order to bring things up to standard).
>>> Perhaps the 150 widgets can tell a story, but do you need them all? Y=
our
>>> mandate should inform you, but it should not be up to your peers to ide=
ntify
>>> your mandate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The present system is also skewed towards areas that are urban. There
>>> are areas where there may be no one, but concerns for what was there co=
uld
>>> be generated and brought into the museum community. This reminds me of=
one
>>> of the stories I heard about a famous archivist, who, if he didn=92t li=
ke you,
>>> did not collect anything related. Peer review of the entire cultural
>>> element should be undertaken not to see what is redundant, but to see w=
hat
>>> is missing and to help promote and preserve the special elements that f=
orm
>>> the aspects of our community.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> W. (Bill) G. Quackenbush,
>>>
>>> President, Wells Historical Society
>>>
>>> email: Bill.Quackenbush@barkerville.ca
>>>
>>> www.wellsmuseum.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From:* bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca [
>>> mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca <bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca>]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:02 PM
>>> *To:* bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
>>> *Cc:* Dan Gallagher
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Bcma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Again, James is getting closer to setting the stage for change.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I believe its time for the BCMA *elected officials* to step into this
>>> issue and provide leadership in a multi-year project that aims at eleva=
ting
>>> its member institutions to a higher level of importance in the Public
>>> consciousness. Here's what to do:
>>>
>>> - Create a candidate slate with specific goals and accountabilities;
>>> - Get elected;
>>> - Design a 10 year project that will use BC Gov't funds to review an=
d
>>> analyse each museum or gallery that believes it is special*** (not
>>> merely unique);
>>> - Publish the findings of this ongoing project, both electronically
>>> and in print;
>>> - Enlist governments, foundations, and other parties to support the
>>> findings, particularly those requiring long-term commitments;
>>> - Continue to elect slates that will see this project to completion.
>>>
>>> The truly deserving repositories will thus be rewarded with recognitio=
n
>>> and financial security - perhaps as libraries are.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***special' means that either BC society or our economy would
>>> significantly suffer a true loss of *provincial *history or at least
>>> $1,000,000 in annual income.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan Gallagher
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Larry A. Ewashen
>> Doukhobor Discovery Centre
>> 112 Heritage Way
>> Castlegar BC V1N 4M5
>> www.Doukhobor-Museum.org <http://www.doukhobor-museum.org/>
>> 250-365-5327
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Larry A. Ewashen
> Doukhobor Discovery Centre
> 112 Heritage Way
> Castlegar BC V1N 4M5
> www.Doukhobor-Museum.org <http://www.doukhobor-museum.org/>
> 250-365-5327
>
>
>
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Larry A. Ewashen
Doukhobor Discovery Centre
112 Heritage Way
Castlegar BC V1N 4M5
www.Doukhobor-Museum.org
250-365-5327
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<div>I am a museum junkie and go to museums at every opportunity.</div>
<div>Every museum is different and I meet it on its own terms, not mine.</d=
iv>
<div>I don't say what if they did this? it would be more exciting.</div=
>
<div>Perhaps I am missing something in not regarding or expecting museums t=
o be thrill seeking excitement.<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/8/31 <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt=
o:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>></s=
pan><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff">
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">What an interesting discussion.=A0 All=
en, (P.E.H.), your ideas excite me with possibilities.=A0I believe museums =
hold a valuable record of community and that those records and artifacts mu=
st be honoured/preserved....., and, now when I travel around BC, I=A0rarely=
visit museums.=A0 Do the rest of you?=A0 Why or why not?</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I like movement and something that app=
eals to several of my senses and challenges/expands/deepens my experience o=
f living--e.g.: some theatre, dance, music, moving interpretive displays, t=
he natural world. </font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Collaborating with others in a communi=
ty to create some vibrant honest moving attraction that ties in with or add=
s to these stationery displays (and can perhaps be held in or around the mu=
seum) just might be the ticket. Are people/groups really open to working to=
gether and expanding mindsets, or, will great ideas and possibilities fall =
by the wayside?</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Eileen Pedersen</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Coordinator</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">The Rock Wall Project</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">1454 Neilson Street</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Trail BC=A0 V1R 3Y9</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Ph: 250-364-2488</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">'Google' <em>"Set in Ston=
e: A History of Trail's Rock Walls"</em></font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MAR=
GIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<div class=3D"im">
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title=
=3D"bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn=
.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> </div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"bcma-l@museumsassn.b=
c.ca" href=3D"mailto:bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l@mus=
eumsassn.bc.ca</a> </div></div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div class=3D"h5">
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:02=
PM</div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bcma-l] Re: Direct Acc=
ess Freeze: More Fuel...?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thoughtful reflection is in shortest supply during a crisis but, I thi=
nk it's the ingredient we need most now and have for some time.</div>
<div>The fact that the spectacle is awash in stupidities is a measure of, a=
t least in part, our failure to=A0participate=A0in our own culture.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I have observed, like everyone else for many years, the public staying=
away from small museums/ heritage sites, galleries etc... in droves, regar=
dless of=A0adequate funding or none. They stay away I've assumed becaus=
e, they don't like being there or would rather be somewhere else. Like =
churches that continue to spring up without any bums in their pews, new mus=
eums come along every year despite public disinterest and long declining at=
tendance.=A0=A0We remain apart, fishing off a pier where fish won't go.=
=A0I believe this condition is the result of some design flaws in our=A0ori=
ginal=A0model. Ask yourself this; is there really a history wall, like the =
Berlin wall, that the museum community must huddle behind weeping and gnash=
ing their impoverished teeth while=A0frantically=A0trying to keep a broken =
down old machine running on fumes. If the wall exists, what is it made of? =
Do we actually need money to drag a dead civil servant designed horse a few=
yards further down a lonely road; a horse the civil services never brought=
to life and are now happy to abandon to any fool dumb enough to drag it al=
ong for them. Without witnesses, does the horse actually move anywhere?</di=
v>
<div></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Contemporary culture also belongs to us, so, why would we not=A0partic=
ipate in it?=A0Collaborations=A0with contemporary arts and culture have pro=
ven to be far more=A0beneficial=A0than throat slitting competitions ever wi=
ll.=A0People line up for blocks all around the world to see "fringe th=
eatre" because, it's not dead boring. For two weeks people will li=
ne up at Point Ellice House and enjoy a short house tour before the main pr=
oduction gets under way. It cost us very nearly nothing; has given us some =
good front page press; history hasn't lost anything, An average of 55 n=
ew people a night plus some fringe=A0volunteers, discover why Point Ellice =
House Museum is so important. I tell them. They have tea. No worries.=A0The=
re is more cultural "buzz" on any single night here than Point El=
lice House has generated in twenty years prior.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I have proven very clearly in the past that quality=A0productions (non=
=A0amateur) of a more historic nature will also fill seats to standing room=
only, but, poorly written=A0scripts=A0delivered by summer students who can=
't act, dressed up as dead people, won't. If we recall that only %1=
5 of any population is interested in good theatre (%0 in bad) and that 85 p=
ercent claim to be interested in a wide range of other arts and crafts, and=
some of these are historical ones, we get a clearer picture of our actual =
potential.=A0=A0</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>As only one example of many:=A0Museums are repositories of pre-industr=
ial methods that were highly sustainable; is the spectacle not yammering en=
dlessly about sustainability? Is the public interested in sustainability is=
sues? Do museums profit from work shopping sustainability that they should =
know something about? If they have a popular work shop do they travel it to=
a hundred other venue$? Do museums offer their venue to crafts or arts org=
anizations that otherwise pay for other venues. Intensive collaborations an=
d quality=A0productions are worth some thoughtful reflection.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Today Whistler Museum=A0collaborates=A0with writers.... nothing bad wi=
ll happen.=A0If "Pearl Jam" wanted to write a song about a museum=
or some long dead person I doubt that would hurt anyone either.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I believe hundreds of collaborations, rather than a sporadic few, will=
produce better results than the nunnery model has, and thus move some smal=
l museums from the margins to the middle. Call me crazy.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"Culture Vibe" can't hurt you and it certainly won't=
make anyone, on either side of an imaginary fence, dumber.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Allen</div>
<div>P.E.H.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
<div>
<div>On 28-Aug-09, at 10:46 AM, <a href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.=
bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> wrote:</div><br=
>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
<div>There is a name for this sort of advocacy.</div>
<div>It's called 'dumbing down'.The general reason why museums =
[and other institutions including intelligent radio & TV] are losing au=
dience share is that our society is raising generations of potential specta=
tors who have no aesthetic sense.</div>
<div>Hence the appeal to the prurient, aggression, cheap excitement not bas=
ed on any profound reasoning or intelligence.</div>
<div>When museums have to compete to attract an audience on this level, it =
will be time for an honourable retreat.</div>
<div>Larry Ewashen</div>
<div>Doukhobor Discovery Centre<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/8/27 <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt=
o:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsass=
n.bc.ca</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word">Well, if we solve the first part we wo=
n't be as dependent on the second.=20
<div><br></div>
<div>It is a=A0fact that people spend vast sums on art and culture=A0all ar=
ound the world=A0everyday. Even here.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Bars,=A0restaurants, night clubs are full; concerts are packed; musi=
c and movie sales never stop.</div>
<div>- Hockey arenas pull down millions in a day; then baseball, soccer, fo=
ot ball, basket ball etc...</div>
<div>- People spend to create their personal "identities" on clot=
hing, fashion items,=A0cars and gadgets=A0etc... etc... etc... spend spend =
spend.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Culture is a living thing that people are very active in, because, it =
is the most=A0exciting part of there lives. People=A0don't have any tro=
uble=A0choosing=A0a=A0Gypsy=A0band over a Sunday hymn sing. Are we a Sunday=
hymn sing?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Are we are boring people away maybe? Do we charge money to bore them?<=
/div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I don't believe any of us are bound to the "mausoleum=A0model=
" where in people file=A0dutifully=A0past a crops to pay their respect=
s... only when there is nothing more interesting going on.=A0If museums wer=
e truly exciting, wouldn't they be bursting with people by now? Scalper=
s outside the gates? Line ups? Culture isn't boring, so what's up w=
ith that?</div>
<div>Maybe=A0the "culture industry" is not connected to an actual=
culture with more than a scattering of people in it. Should we be a cultur=
e apart from the rest of culture? If so, why? If not, is there a path from =
the outskirts to the centre of culture; or have the clever gate keepers loc=
ked themselves on the outside of the gate.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Could we be asking ourselves if the self=A0stifling=A0"civil serv=
ant model" of history and culture developed through the 1970's was=
a good one to start with? Was it vibrant? Exciting? Engaging? Compelling?=
=A0Did we tell the truth or was it all sterilized for public consumption?=
=A0Did the novelty ware off? Did it work out?=A0 Wasn't it always a har=
d sell? Did any civil service anywhere ever have "the vibe" that =
culture is?=A0If not, do we keep holding that model up to a disinterested p=
ublic? Nothing personal; some of my best friends are civil servants but, wo=
uld anyone want to go to a stag party organized by nuns?=A0Bureaucracy=A0is=
a kind of=A0corporate=A0culture and the only=A0vibrant=A0thing in corporat=
e culture is all the different shades of=A0beige and=A0grey in offices. Pol=
icy can't make culture; only people can and do.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Is there a rule that says we can't make a new model that isn't=
a hard sell?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Every crowd has a silver lining and maybe we need a new model with som=
e bump, clatter and music; maybe a lot more colour and a lot more people.</=
div>
<div><br></div>
<div>A bigger pie.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Allen</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>P.s.</div>
<div>Point Ellice House</div>
<div>Fringe theatre: "Pretty Little Instincts"=A0 S.N.A.F.U. Prod=
uction</div>
<div>Warnings: Partial nudity- Free tea and cookies - Dress warmly</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Poster to follow</div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div>
<div><br></div><br>
<div>
<div>On 25-Aug-09, at 12:09 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.=
bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> wrote:</div><br=
>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
<div>I=A0AGREE WITH Bill's STATEMENTS AND EXPLANATIONS - WE KNOW THAT.<=
/div>
<div>The HARD SELL PART IS HOW DO WE INTERPRET THIS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC A=
ND GOVERNMENT TO GET THE NEEDED SUPPORT to maintain our funding so we can c=
ontinue our major contribution?<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/8/25 <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt=
o:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsass=
n.bc.ca</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word">
<blockquote type=3D"cite"><span><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span style=
=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px">"The truly deserving repositories"</span></f=
ont></span></blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span style=3D"FO=
NT-SIZE: 13px"></span></font></blockquote>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div>
<div>Mr. Gallagher is proposing cultural Darwinism.</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial">Predictably, those few institutions that would sc=
ore highly in such a system will favour accreditation and those that don=
9;t would and should oppose being devalued by the same system.</font></div>
<div><br></div>There isn't a need to=A0discus=A0the<font face=3D"Arial"=
> idea of accreditation as recently put forward by Mr. Gallagher,=A0</font>=
owing to commitments set out in our arts and culture mandates and constitut=
ions.=A0<font face=3D"Arial"> None of us</font><font face=3D"Arial"> have a=
mandate to turn art or culture in to a "survival of the fittest"=
contest. We all enhance community, we don't conspire to deprive any ot=
her community of it's=A0</font><font face=3D"Arial">necessary</font><fo=
nt face=3D"Arial">=A0cultural funding.</font>=20
<div><font face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial">If funding shortage is an issue then increased=A0=
</font><font face=3D"Arial">funding</font><font face=3D"Arial"> is the=A0</=
font><font face=3D"Arial">competent</font><font face=3D"Arial"> objective.<=
/font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div>
<div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Allen Patten</div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><br></div>
<div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Collection Manager</div>
<div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Point Ellice House Museum</div>
<div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">2616 Pleasant St. Victoria, B.C.</div>
<div style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><a href=3D"mailto:apatten@shaw.ca" target=3D"_bl=
ank">apatten@shaw.ca</a></div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div><br>
<div>
<div>On 21-Aug-09, at 3:17 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.b=
c.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a> wrote:</div><br>
<blockquote type=3D"cite"><span style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helv=
etica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPA=
CE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spaci=
ng: 0px 0px">
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-=
SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Putting a sharper poin=
t on my call for accreditation, I see essentially two kinds of museums in B=
C - one that should have high codified standards and thus be accredited acc=
ordingly, and the rest be allowed to set their own markers of success.</spa=
n></font></div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font><span style=
=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></span>=A0</div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-=
SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The point is where sho=
uld limited Provincial monies go?</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font><span style=
=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></span>=A0</div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-=
SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Do we spread them as e=
venly as possible across the whole spectrum with the aim of letting the wea=
kest survive in their present form, or is it better to focus upon a percent=
age in the aim of achieving some excellence?</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font><span style=
=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></span>=A0</div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-=
SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Depends upon what one =
believes is at stake,=A0I guess.</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font><span style=
=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></span>=A0</div>
<div align=3D"justify"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-=
SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Dan Gallagher</span></=
font></div>
<blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MAR=
GIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<div style=3D"FONT: 13px arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY=
: arial">----- Original Message -----</span></div>
<div style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 13px arial"><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGH=
T: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: b=
old; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">From:</span></b><span style=3D"FO=
NT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"> </span><a title=3D"bcma-l-admin@museums=
assn.bc.ca" href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank=
"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial">=
bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</span></a><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FO=
NT-FAMILY: arial"></span></div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 13px arial"><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 1=
3px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px;=
FONT-FAMILY: arial">To:</span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAM=
ILY: arial"> </span><a title=3D"bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" href=3D"mailto:bc=
ma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; C=
OLOR: rgb(0,0,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial">bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</span></a>=
<span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"></span></div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 13px arial"><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 1=
3px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px;=
FONT-FAMILY: arial">Sent:</span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-F=
AMILY: arial"> Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:15 PM</span></div>
<div style=3D"FONT: 13px arial"><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 1=
3px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px;=
FONT-FAMILY: arial">Subject:</span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FON=
T-FAMILY: arial"> RE: [Bcma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?</spa=
n></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">August 20, 2009</span></span></font></p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">Great input from you all, at least now there is a conver=
sation.</span></span></font></p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">The idea of accreditation as put forward by Dan Gallaghe=
r is dependent upon perfect knowledge.=A0 I can honestly say that I can not=
agree with this type of accreditation structure, as it presupposes that th=
ere is a defining element to museums, collections and purposes that is shar=
ed by everyone and that someone has perfect knowledge of everything.=A0 It =
sounds like you have been into one more museum that is exactly the same as =
the one down the road.=A0 If I were to have carried out this type of review=
in the 1980s, I think we would have about five museums in the whole of </s=
pan><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Canada</s=
pan><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> =96 as t=
hey all looked somewhat alike and presented information in somewhat similar=
ways.=A0 I do not think that accrediting in accordance with a preconceived=
notion of what is right is a good thing. =A0I should note that over the la=
st 20 years, there has been a great diversification, even at the small loca=
l museum level.</span></span></font></p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">I have seen too many junk piles turn into restored items=
by knowledgeable people, so to think that I would sit in judgment of junk =
piles as just being rubbish, is just =96 well - rubbish.</span></span></fon=
t></p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">I think that things like:=A0 constitution, mandate, publ=
ic presence, society status, with peer reviews for groups that want to ente=
r into the system, business plan (whether there is ongoing community financ=
ial support or not) =96 which should then be balanced against needs (which =
could be established by peer review in order to bring things up to standard=
).=A0 Perhaps the 150 widgets can tell a story, but do you need them all? =
=A0=A0Your mandate should inform you, but it should not be up to your peers=
to identify your mandate.</span></span></font></p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">The present system is also skewed towards areas that are=
urban.=A0 There are areas where there may be no one, but concerns for what=
was there could be generated and brought into the museum community.=A0 Thi=
s reminds me of one of the stories I heard about a famous archivist, who, i=
f he didn=92t like you, did not collect anything related.=A0 Peer review of=
the entire cultural element should be undertaken not to see what is redund=
ant, but to see what is missing and to help promote and preserve the specia=
l elements that form the aspects of our community.=A0</span></span></font><=
/p>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">W. (Bill) G. Quackenbush,</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">President, Wells Historical Society</span></span></font>=
</p>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman">email:=A0 <a href=3D"mailto:Bill.Quackenbush@barkerville=
.ca" target=3D"_blank">Bill.Quackenbush@barkerville.ca</a></span></span></f=
ont></p>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px=
; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY=
: Times New Roman"><a href=3D"http://www.wellsmuseum.ca/" target=3D"_blank"=
>www.wellsmuseum.ca</a></span></span></font><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"n=
avy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-F=
AMILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial"></span></span></font><font color=3D"navy"><span style=3D"FONT-S=
IZE: 16px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span></font=
></p>
</div>
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px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
<div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-ALIGN: ce=
nter" align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span styl=
e=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><sp=
an style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-ALIGN: cent=
er"></span>
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<p><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New R=
oman"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FO=
NT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-=
SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></span></font></b><font face=
=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"=
><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a href=3D"mailto:bc=
ma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc=
.ca</a> [<a href=3D"mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank=
">mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>] </span><br style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Sent:</span>=
</span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Tuesday, A=
ugust 18, 2009 5:02 PM</span><br style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tah=
oma">
<b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">To:</span></=
span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </span><span=
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><a href=3D"mailto:bcma-l@mu=
seumsassn.bc.ca" target=3D"_blank">bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span><br s=
tyle=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Cc:</span></=
span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Dan Gallaghe=
r</span><br style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Subject:</sp=
an></span></b><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Re: [Bc=
ma-l] Re: Direct Access Freeze: More Fuel...?</span></span></font></p>
</div>
<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div>
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<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Again, Jame=
s is getting closer to setting the stage for change.</span></span></font></=
p></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div></div>
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<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I believe i=
ts time for the BCMA </span><u style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial=
"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">elected officials</sp=
an></u><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to step into th=
is issue and provide leadership in a multi-year project that aims at elevat=
ing its member institutions to a higher level of importance in the Public c=
onsciousness. Here's what to do:</span></span></font></p>
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<ul type=3D"disc">
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Create a candidate slate with=
specific goals and accountabilities;</span></span></font><span style=3D"FO=
NT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span>=20
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Get elected;</span></span></f=
ont><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span>=
=20
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Design a 10 year project that=
will use BC Gov't funds to review and analyse each museum or gallery t=
hat believes it is special</span></span></font><strong style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT=
: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><b style=3D"FONT-WEI=
GHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"Ari=
al" size=3D"4"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">*</span></span></font></b></strong><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><=
span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE=
: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (not merely unique);</span></span></font><span=
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span>=20
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Publish the findings of this =
ongoing project, both electronically and in print;</span></span></font><spa=
n style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span>=20
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Enlist governments, foundatio=
ns, and other parties to support the findings, particularly those requiring=
long-term commitments;</span></span></font><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px;=
FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span>=20
<li style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font face=3D"A=
rial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Continue to elect slates that=
will see this project to completion.</span></span></font><span style=3D"FO=
NT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span> </li>
</li></li></li></li></li></ul>
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<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The truly d=
eserving repositories will thus be rewarded with recognition and financial =
security - perhaps as libraries are.</span></span></font></p>
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<div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16=
px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div></div>
<div>
<p><strong style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Times =
New Roman"><b style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Tim=
es New Roman"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: b=
old; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold;=
FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*</span></span></font></b></strong><f=
ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">special' mea=
ns that either BC society or our economy would significantly suffer=A0a tru=
e loss of </span><u style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span sty=
le=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">provincial </span></u><span styl=
e=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">history or at least $1,000,000 in=
annual income.</span></span></font></p>
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px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span></span></font><br>=A0</div></div>
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<p><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Arial"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dan Gallagh=
er</span></span></font></p></div>
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px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Times New Roman"></span><font color=3D"black"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
16px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></span></font></span></f=
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Heritage Way<br>Castlegar BC V1N 4M5<br><a href=3D"http://www.doukhobor-mu=
seum.org/" target=3D"_blank">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</a><br>250-365-5327<b=
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ar=3D"all">
<div></div><br>-- <br>Larry A. Ewashen<br>Doukhobor Discovery Centre<br>112=
Heritage Way<br>Castlegar BC V1N 4M5<br><a href=3D"http://www.doukhobor-mu=
seum.org/" target=3D"_blank">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</a><br>250-365-5327<b=
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e></div><br><br clear=3D"all">
<div></div><br>-- <br>Larry A. Ewashen<br>Doukhobor Discovery Centre<br>112=
Heritage Way<br>Castlegar BC V1N 4M5<br><a href=3D"http://www.Doukhobor-Mu=
seum.org">www.Doukhobor-Museum.org</a><br>250-365-5327<br><br>
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