Hi everyone,
With MCN 2005 coming up next week, our Silent Auction is on the
horizon--so it's time for one last email pitch about the joys of
donating and bidding!
The auction benefits our nonprofit organization of professionals
dedicated to using technology to serve our institutions' cultural
aims. Your generous contribution of items to offer for bid helps MCN
offer the programs and resources we all find so useful. If you
haven't gathered up some things to take to Boston, now's the time!
One recently pledged item is a high-resolution 3D scan and 3D
reproduction of one of the winning bidder's objects (talk about
high-tech!). Another is a beautiful catalog for a recent Chuck Close
exhibition. Other striking donations this year include museum street
banners, heavily discounted registration for Museums and the Web, 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 catalogs and other
publications are always popular. Museum bags, clothing, and other
souvenirs are especially easy to carry. Donations need not be
tangible things. Popular lots in recent years have included free
services from vendors and special half-price registration fees for
professional events.
All donations may be dropped off at the conference registration desk.
And don't forget to check out the auction items, which will be on
view in the exhibits hall--where we all can bid high, bid often, and
hope to head home as winners.
See you next week!
Rob (chair, MCN Silent Auction 2005)
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Rob Lancefield [email protected]
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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