<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I would suggest that our best defense is a good offence. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">We have had the same happen here for Chase. Applied for 16 and got funding for 10. I believe Kira Westby from Smithers has called it. I would like to get some letters going out from the Museum sector to our MP's .. If any of the museums who fall under Cathy McLeod's jurisdiction is interested in joining the Chase and District Museum in sending a joint letter of protest please contact me so we can organize the letter.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I would also suggest that every museum contact their MLA (Todd Stone here) as well as their City councils to obtain letters of support. I remember the push was sent out before deadline about how much more funding was available for Summer Jobs and yet everyone is sold short.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">The student we hired applied because it is a full time position that ran for the entire summer. The majority of students need to work the entire summer in order to save enough for tuition. She may not be able to stay in this position because it falls short of fulfilling her financial needs for summer employment. She would have to look for another full time job at the end of July for one month and we will be left without an employee for the busiest time of our summer season. This is a lose lose situation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Diana </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Diana Ball<div>Manager/Curator</div><div>Chase and District Museum and Archives</div><div>250-679-8847</div><div>Box 160- 1042 Shuswap Ave Chase BC V0E 1M0 <a href="mailto:chasemuseumsociety@gmail.com" target="_blank">chasemuseumsociety@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.chasemuseum.com" target="_blank">www.chasemuseum.com</a></div><div>"LIKE" us on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chase-and-District-Museum/141681956033401" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/pages/Chase-and-District-Museum/141681956033401</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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