<div dir="ltr">Per the note below, I just wanted to say that the BC Museums Association would be happy to support this kind of activity in any way that makes sense - for example, maybe coordinating an annual gathering during the BCMA's annual conference, providing a space on our website for shared information/coordination/communication, etc. Please feel free to get in touch if we can assist or if you'd like to chat about ideas.<div><br></div><div>So glad to hear everything went so well at the symposium.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Erica</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Erica Mattson</b></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Executive Director</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Direct: 250-356-5694</span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> || </span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Office: 250-356-5700</span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> || <a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/" target="_blank">www.museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">A huge thank you to all those who helped with the organization and hosting of the “Mindful Collecting” symposium the past couple of days. It was marvellous to have a forum where we could learn, share stories and reconnect with colleagues.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Part way through the session on the first day, I began to wonder why we don’t do more interaction as curators, similar to the way Lower Mainland Museum Educators collaborate and support one another. It would be wonderful, even on a quarterly
basis to share our stories and perhaps develop more symposia on specific topics like this program.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the course of one of the discussions, Bruce suggested that maybe we could have ‘worker bee’ meetings, where we work through some of our most pressing problems by sharing resources of time and energy, with the idea that work we do today
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have seen a similar approach taken in Ontario, through Re-org. The stories are available on youtube. One story in particular was a three day blitz to completely reorganize a storage area to make it more functional [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5GWnNJw8NQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=T5GWnNJw8NQ</a>].<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An added advantage would be that as we work together, we may become more familiar with the resources available in the library of institutions across a region, making it easier for us to plan our collections.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do people think? Does this resonate with you?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">p. <a href="tel:(604)%20946-2850" value="+16049462850" target="_blank">604.946.2850</a> <b>|</b> c. <a href="tel:(778)%20231-0504" value="+17782310504" target="_blank">778.231.0504</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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