> On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:55 AM, Alan Perry <ape...@snowmoose.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 25, 2023, at 06:03, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 25, 2023, at 2:16 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>>> wrote:
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>>> Hopefully the LCM will be sold as a going concern rather than just a
>>> firesale of the assets.
>>> Otherwise a lot of donors and contributors would be rightfully upset - me
>>> included.
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>> I know of at least one donor who realized his mistake years ago, and wishes
>> he had lent his collection to the museum rather than donating it. That's
>> not foolproof (a museum may not exercise due care) but at least you don't
>> have to worry about the museum, or some heir, deciding to trash the stuff.
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> Was lending ever an option with LCM? I loaned documents to an individual
> there but when I was donating items to the museum itself I was told that they
> didn’t do loaning of items.
Maybe, maybe not. But, given my own experience, I would have a "take it or
leave it" attitude with any museum. If you want it, you can have it as a long
term loan, but I don't care about your policies; you can't have it as a
donation.
paul
