[BCMA] Desperately seeking Owl

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Hello BCMA Membership ~

Thanks to all of you who have stepped forward to organize a session for 
BCMA Conference 2010 in Nanaimo. From October 27 - 30, /I, Museum : 
Community, Technology, Opportunity/ will be a fantastic opportunity to 
learn more about your museum community, as well as network with museum 
friends, both new and old. Please stay tuned as we gather the conference 
sessions together and finalize the schedule for the conference. Keep an 
eye on the BCMA website for updates.

And speaking of museum friends....we need your help because BCMA's Owl 
is still missing. : ( Does ANYONE know where she is?? (word is Owl's a 
'she'? Correct me if I am wrong...) Or do you have a clue as to where 
she might have been 'left behind' after the Richmond 2007 conference, 
where she was last seen after a year of extensive plastic surgery, err, 
conservation? We really do miss her...and want her to fly back in time 
to write another chapter in the story of the BCMA Owl.

I have attached the last known photo of the gal, as well as a story of 
the beginnings of Owl and a little birdy recently told me. Please feel 
free to add in your stories and send your photos to the listserv as well 
as to caroline.posynick at gmail.com. Owl shall return!

*Owl: The Early Years*
In 1959  at Camp Chilliwack, Vedder Crossing, Owl was brought out from 
McCord Museum by Alice Turner, guest speaker at the series of museum 
workshops then being held.  Out of this weekend of deliberations a 
decision was made to form the BCMA and Alice donated Owl as a symbol of 
wisdom and helpfulness that would guide the nascent Association.

Owl served us well and showed up at annual conferences year after year 
until she went missing in action after the 1987 conference in Vernon. 
Periodic reports in Round Up throughout the year claimed various 
"sightings" of Owl as we prepared for the 1988 conference. Nick Tuele 
was the current President and was astonished when a rogue element in the 
Association led by Colin Stevens held his wife hostage for the return of 
Owl as everyone figured out he was the guilty party that had purloined 
Owl the previous year. Of course, Owl immediately made a showing.

Anything to add? I bet there is!  (I seem to remember she went dancing 
the last time the conference was in Nanaimo....I do not know if any 
photos survived.....)

Thanks so much for helping us find Owl!

Caroline Posynick
Program Chair
BC Museums Conference
Nanaimo, October 27 - 30, 2010
I, Museum: Community, Technology, Opportunity
caroline.posynick at gmail.com

ps Just a little reminder that we need all session proposals in by May 
15th. If you are planning to do a session, you can download a form on 
the BCMA website: www.museumsassn.bc.ca and then forward it to my email 
above. Thank you!
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