[BCMA] Conference questions

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Hi Douglas 

 

We are a small town museum with not enough space or funds to get the day to
day job of running a museum done.  

 

We can apply for grants to create a travelling exhibit, yet have trouble
finding funding to expand our existing museum and pay the staff to do the
necessary daily tasks necessary to run it.

 

We have a very active cultural community with the same two problems.  Lack
of volunteers and funding.  

 

Sorry I won't be there to enjoy your presentation.  



Sharon 



Sharon Stone 

Administrator 

Summerland Museum

(250) 494-9395

info at summerlandmuseum.org <mailto:museum at loudpipe.ca> 

 

 

 

Dear BCMA members:

A couple of weeks ago, Scott Marsden posted a note for me - asking BCMA
members about issues facing their museums and their communities. This
material is helping me to prepare the approach to my keynote address next
week. So far, I have received interesting responses and have had some great
email exchanges.  But I thought I would put the request out again to see if
there were any others who might like to reply. 

My purpose is for to get the best sense I can of the issues that are shaping
museum decisions about directions and priorities.  Here are my questions:

1) From your perspective, what are the top two issues being faced by your
museum?

2) From your perspective, what are the top two issues being faced by the
culture of your community? (by this I mean the issues that the community has
a whole is grappling with - and which are shaping the local culture) 

In both instances, I would ask that you state the issues simply - one
sentence per issue.  I know that you could write volumes on the causes and
implications, but I am just trying to get a list of issues.  Please only
send what you consider to be the top two.  In this process you may well
generate ten or twenty issues, which I'm guessing will be a useful list for
you. It will help me to manage what may be a lot of information if you keep
your lists to a maximum of two issues.

Please send these to me at Douglas Worts
<douglasworts at worldviewsconsulting.org>>.

Many thanks, and I look forward to meeting many of you in Parksville soon.

 
Douglas Worts
Culture and Sustainability Specialist, WorldViews Consulting
Associate, The AtKisson Group
Toronto, Canada
 
email: douglasworts at worldviewsconsulting.org
blog: worldviewsconsulting.org/blog.html
personal website: www.douglasworts.org
business website: www.worldviewsconsulting.org
 
"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.
In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." 
Confucius 

 

 

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