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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sounds great to me, Darryl! Thanks for suggesting it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040'>Kate Petrusa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>Curator | White Rock Museum and Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>14970 Marine Drive <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>White Rock, BC V4B 1C4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040'>p.</span></b><span style='color:#404040'> 604.541.2230 | <b>f.</b> 604.541.2223<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040'>w.</span></b><span style='color:#404040'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.whiterockmuseum.ca/"><span style='color:blue'>whiterockmuseum.ca</span></a></span><span style='color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>Office hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br><b>Sent:</b> February-02-17 9:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'bcma@lists.vifa.ca'<br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Thanks and proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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 in someone’s institution would be ‘paid forward’ in the future in our own. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5GWnNJw8NQ].<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What do people think? Does this resonate with you?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#548DD4;letter-spacing:1.0pt'>Darryl MacKenzie</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> <b>| Curator, Delta Museum</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Parks, Recreation and Culture <b>|</b> The Corporation of Delta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>p. 604.946.2850 <b>|</b> c. 778.231.0504<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>This message is provided in confidence and should not be forwarded to any external third party without authorization. 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