[BCMA] Seeking Operating Model Information

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FYI, a lot of this information is available through the CADAC system which
BC Art Council funding recipients have to file and through the federal
Charities Branch. The Survey of Heritage Institutions and Related
Organizations  is also a good source.

 

We will fill in your survey over the next few days.

 

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Sent: July 14, 2016 4:40 PM
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Subject: [BCMA] Seeking Operating Model Information

 

Hello BCMA Community,

 

The City of Port Alberni has directed the Department of Parks, Recreation,
and Heritage to investigate alternate operational and delivery models for
the Alberni Valley Museum and related heritage programs.   A community
steering committee has been struck, and a first stage is to research how the
museums and heritage programs are operated currently in other communities.

 

Attached please find a brief survey questionnaire in Word format, which can
be filled out and submitted back to my e-mail address, or sent by post.  We
would greatly appreciate any input that would help to establish current best
practices for museum and heritage operations, in the context of a relatively
small community.  Some of you may be contacted directly by the Department of
Parks, Recreation, and Heritage, if your community was already identified as
corresponding well in size or situation to the City of Port Alberni.

 

We are most interested in responses from communities of similar size - the
City of Port Alberni itself has about 16,600 people, and the regional
district roughly 25,000.  Currently the AV Museum is operated as a division
of City government, within the City Department of Parks, Recreation, and
Heritage.  As well as the AV Museum itself, there is a very extensive
City-owned industrial collection, which is housed off-site, but is
considered part of the AV Museum collection.  Maintenance, operation, and
presentation of this collection relies on partnerships with a volunteer
society, who operate within City-owned facilities.  The AV Museum itself has
a permanent full-time staff of three, and two part-time casual staff.  The
majority of our operating budget comes from the City of Port Alberni.

 

We would be extremely grateful for your responses, which would assist the
City of Port Alberni to determine a sustainable model for operating a
community museum, as well as maintaining its Industrial Collection.  Please
contact me by telephone or e-mail if you have any questions concerning this
survey, and I will attempt to clarify.

 

Thanks, Jamie

 

Jamie Morton, Manager of Museum, Heritage & Culture, City of Port Alberni,

4255 Wallace Street, Port Alberni, BC  V9Y  3Y6

250-720-2501

jamie_morton at portalberni.ca

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