Hello all, Are you gearing up for the MCN annual meeting in Washington DC? This year's conference is five weeks away, and it's time to start thinking about your Silent Auction donations.
As usual, this year's auction benefits our Scholarship Program, helping emerging museum professionals attend our conference by providing registration and funds towards expenses. Like last year, this year there were many more deserving applicants than there was funding. We would like to increase their numbers next year, but we can only do it with your help. Help us meet this year's goal of $1500! Items of any sort--new or old, seriously useful or cheerfully unrelated to museum work--that may be attractive to bidders (and carried by airline passengers) are encouraged. Exhibition catalogues and other institutional publications are always popular. Equally great and easy to carry are museum bags, clothing, and other souvenirs. Donations need not be tangible things--some popular lots in recent years have consisted of free services or special half-price registration for professional events. New this year, all you artists and crafters out there! Bring us your photography, paintings, prints, knitting, embroidery, mosaics or anything else that will fit into a suitcase. Show off your creativity and help us raise some bucks! If you remember the Las Vegas conference several years ago, you may remember one of the most hotly bid items was a "Mr. T" Chia Head. Get your thinking cap on and bring this year's Mr. T! Auction donations are tax deductible and all proceeds benefit next year's scholarship recipients. We need you to make this an event a success! Auction items will be accepted at the Conference Registration Desk on Wednesday, and Thursday until noon. You may bid on items throughout the day Thursday, until tables in the Vendor Hall close at 5:30. Bring in those items, then come to Thursday's reception hosted by "Marge" Washington, and get ready to outbid the competition! If you would like to see your item featured on the Events page of the website, send me a photo of it! Here's a sample: http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2110 I also need a few stalwart volunteers to help on Thursday. If interested, please email me off-list at mmisunas[at]sfmoma.org. Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 415-357-4186 (voice) Check out SFMOMA Collections Online www.sfmoma.org __________________________________ Past President, Museum Computer Network http://www.mcn.edu The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you
