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From: Bill Mason <bmason3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004
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The crisis in our NON-PROFIT museums is simply NO MONEY at the present
time. The economy is lousy business is not making a profit because
people are not buying stuff. The stock market is down and our disposable
income is damn tight. People have lost jobs, they don't have money! TAX
revenues are down and that is where governmental spending comes
from.....We all wring our hands and think this is the end...HEY! all
this is cyclic and if we get off our collective asses and show what we
the people are really made of, we will get our museums back in shape.
Volunteering to do jobs that the museum can't afford to pay for...AND
when I look at the % of interest of the general public about cultural
life? I.e. Opera 2.1%, Classicical music 4.7% Science museums 11%
what are people doing? TV, Sports, other personal values.

 I hate to think that dumbing down in America is in fashion.

Bill Mason III

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Good afternoon all,

It is a terrible shame that the U of A museum is slated to be closed
down for lack of funding to pay for the curating of the some seven
million items in the museum.

It seems to me that with seven million specimens/artifacts that a small
bit of cannibalization might be in order. Certainly, the university
could sell off some of the museum's collection to raise the funds to
keep the museum operating, at least in the short term. Depending on the
size the meteorite collection, and with some of the larger meteorite
dealers in existence today, that meteorite collection alone might have a
significant impact in reducing the museum's deficit.

Just a thought. I wonder whether anyone at the university considered
this as a possible solution.

Best Regards,

Paul Martyn

In a message dated 6/19/2003 1:45:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes:

http://www.nwaonline.net/300773699760853.bsp

No Access To UA Museum Collection Without Staff, Director Says

Gentry: Items would be prone to damage without proper oversight

By Johnathon Williams
The Morning News (Arkansas)
June 19, 2003

FAYETTEVILLE -- Johnnie Gentry, director of the University Museum, said
Wednesday that no access should be provided to the 7 million items in
the museum's collection without a professional staff to manage it.

The current collection staff at the University of Arkansas must be
retained if anyone is to use the collection, he said.

"We have the staff. We must find the money to keep them employed. That's

the answer," he said.

UA administrators announced Monday that they will close the museum and
lay off eight staff members at the end of this year. The decision came
as
part of a budget cut in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

All colleges were ordered to cut 2 percent of their budgets by
university
administrators. Fulbright College will save about $340,000 by
eliminating
the museum, more than half of its required 2 percent.

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The crisis in =
our
NON-PROFIT museums is simply NO MONEY at the present time. The economy =
is lousy
business is not making a profit because people are not buying stuff. The =
stock
market is down and our disposable income is damn tight. People have lost =
jobs,
they don’t have money!  TAX revenues are down and that is =
where
governmental spending comes from………..We all wring our =
hands
and think this is the end………HEY! all this is cyclic =
and if we
get off our collective asses and show what we the people are really made =
of, we
will get our museums back in shape. Volunteering to do jobs that the =
museum can’t
afford to pay for…….AND when I look at the % of interest of =
the
general public about cultural life? I.e. Opera 2.1%, Classicical music =
4.7%   Science
museums 11%  what are people doing?  TV, Sports, other =
personal
values.

      =
      I
hate to think that dumbing down in America</f=
ont> is in fashion.

 

Bill Mason III

 

 

 

 

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From:
meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of LITIG8NSHARK_at_aol.com 
Sent: Thursday, June 19, =
2003 1:02
PM 
To: =
baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov;
meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com 
Subject: Re: =
[meteorite-list] No
Access To Universty of Arkansas Museum Collection =
Wit...

 

Good afternoon =
all, 
 
It is a terrible shame that the U of A museum is slated to be closed =
down for
lack of funding to pay for the curating of the some seven million items =
in the
museum. 
 
It seems to me that with seven million specimens/artifacts that a small =
bit of
cannibalization might be in order.  Certainly, the university could =
sell
off some of the museum's collection to raise the funds to keep the =
museum
operating, at least in the short term.  Depending on the size  =
the
meteorite collection, and with some of the larger meteorite dealers in
existence today, that meteorite collection alone might have a =
significant
impact in reducing the museum's deficit. 
 
Just a thought.  I wonder whether anyone at the university =
considered this
as a possible solution. 
 
Best Regards, 
 
Paul Martyn 
 
In a message dated 6/19/2003 1:45:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes: 
 
 


 
http://www.nwaonline.net/300773699760853.bsp 
 
No Access To UA Museum Collection Without Staff, Director Says 
 
Gentry: Items would be prone to damage without proper oversight 
 
By Johnathon Williams 
The Morning News (Arkansas) 
June 19, 2003 
 
FAYETTEVILLE -- Johnnie Gentry, director of the University Museum, said =
 
Wednesday that no access should be provided to the 7 million items in =
 
the museum's collection without a professional staff to manage it. 
 
The current collection staff at the University of Arkansas must be 
retained if anyone is to use the collection, he said. 
 
"We have the staff. We must find the money to keep them employed. =
That's 
the answer," he said. 
 
UA administrators announced Monday that they will close the museum and =
 
lay off eight staff members at the end of this year. The decision came =
as 
part of a budget cut in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. 
 
All colleges were ordered to cut 2 percent of their budgets by =
university 
administrators.  Fulbright College will save about $340,000 by =
eliminating
 
the museum, more than half of its required 2 percent. 

 
 


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