Dear Friend of Conservation OnLine, When FAIC took on management of Conservation OnLine (CoOL) and the Conservation DistList eight years ago, we knew that these resources were crucial to the preservation community and had to be saved. We didn't know exactly how we would pay for the ongoing costs of curation and maintenance, let alone the necessary updates and improvements, but we knew we had to step up to the task.
Thanks to generous donations from people like you who use these resources, CoOL and the ConsDistList are still here for you to ask questions, find your next job, or see what courses are coming up. You can find information on almost any preservation or conservation topic, from "what is an 'aa' pattern?" (http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt0002.html) to "who conserved the Hie Sanno Sairei-Zu Japanese screens?" (http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/wn/wn30/wn30-1/wn30-109.pdf). But even we didn't realize what treasures CoOL and the ConsDistList really are. Earlier this year, we asked Matt Morgan, the FAIC Digital Strategy Advocate, to conduct an audit of FAIC and AIC's online resources. Matt was as surprised as we were by what he found: "FAIC and AIC's email lists and websites continue to stimulate broad support and generate deep member engagement. The lists are popular, useful, and active, and the combined websites serve members with a usage rate that's 10-60 times what's exhibited at many similar professional associations--including organizations both inside and outside the field of conservation. Let me restate that: on a per-member basis, (F)AIC's online properties are orders of magnitude better used than those of other professional associations. CoOL, the mailing lists, and the other websites may sometimes be frayed around the edges, but they are popular and very well-used." Please help make sure the resources that you value remain accessible. In order to keep CoOL and ConsDistList up and running, FAIC needs to raise $40,000 by the end of the year. Last year the average gift size was $50. If only 8% of the nearly 10,000 ConsDistList subscribers gave that amount, we would meet our goal. We hope you'll show your support by making a contribution today. You can donate with a credit card by going to http://www.conservation-us.org/donate and selecting the "Conservation on Line Fund," or mail a check to: FAIC 727 15th Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 Thank you for your participation in this community and for your generous support! Eric Pourchot | Institutional Advancement Director [email protected] t 202-661-8061 | f 202-452-9328 www.conservation-us.org<http://www.conservation-us.org/> | @conservators<https://twitter.com/conservators> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/aiconservation> FAIC FOUNDATION of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION 727 15th St., NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 "When I was a young boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world." - Mr. Rogers ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
