Hello all,
With MCN 2005 only two weeks off, our Silent Auction is drawing ever
closer--and so, it's time for yet another email harangue about the
joys of donating!
The auction benefits our nonprofit organization of professionals
dedicated to using technology to serve our institutions' cultural
aims. Your generous contribution of items to set out for bid helps
MCN offer the programs and resources we all find so useful. If you
haven't already set aside some things to take to Boston, now's the
time to do so!
As noted last week, one striking donation already promised this year
consists of three street banners; bearing images by Chagall, Warhol,
and Ansel Adams, these were actually hung from San Francisco
streetlight poles to promote SFMOMA exhibitions. Other promised lots
range from heavily discounted registration for Museums and the Web,
to unusual and intriguing items from Jerusalem's Elvis Inn.
Items of any sort--new or old, seriously useful or cheerfully
useless--that may be attractive to bidders (and carried by airline
passengers) are encouraged. Exhibition catalogues and other
publications are always popular. Museum bags, clothing, and other
souvenirs are especially easy to carry. Donations need not be
tangible things; some popular lots in recent years have offered free
services from vendors or special half-price registration for
professional events.
Donations may be dropped off at the conference registration desk. If
you'd like to help out as an auction volunteer, please email me
off-list.
See you week after next!
Rob (chair, MCN Silent Auction 2005)
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Rob Lancefield rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu
Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu/dac
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USA tel. 860.685.2965
Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu
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