This looks not only good, but excellent!, to me. Can I hire Diane to write my reports?
Mikki Carpenter MoMA [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane M. Zorich [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: IP SIG: draft mission statement > > > > (While the following is of particular interest to the IP SIG members, I > have been asked to post this to the entire MCN list. All are welcome to > comment. - Diane) > > > > The IP SIG met to discuss many issues at this year's MCN conference and > one of the items on the agenda was a SIG mission statement. I volunteered > to draft one for comment and review; I have posted it below. If you are > interested, please look this over and let me know what you think. > > In the interests of making this a finite task, I would appreciate comments > (post to me or the list) by Friday, September 22. At that point I will > incorporate the comments into a new draft, which I will repost to the list > for final comment before I turn it over to the MCN Board (all SIG mission > statements must be reviewed/approved by the Board.) > > Thanks for your input. > > Diane > > Diane M. Zorich > Information Management Consultant for Cultural Organizations > 113 Gallup Road > Princeton, NJ 08540 > Voice# (609) 252-1606 > Fax# (609) 252-1607 > Email: [email protected] > > ___________________________________ > > IP SIG - Draft Mission Statement > > The Intellectual Property (IP) SIG is MCN's central resource for all > members interested in the intellectual property issues that arise with > technology and museums. Its specific focus is on how intellectual > property concerns affect the technological delivery and presentation of > museum information to all the varied groups that comprise a museum > audience. > > The SIG offers both a forum for discussing intellectual property issues > and a platform for actively developing new ideas and models that address > the intellectual property conundrums that affect the museum community. > (DZ comment - okay, so we don't do the latter, but it was the opinion of > others that we should....) > > All aspects of intellectual property fall within the SIG's purview, from > traditional legal regimes such as copyright, trademark, patent, and trade > secrets, to related areas such as moral, privacy and publicity rights, as > well as the ethical and moral dimensions that often affect decision-making > in the IP arena. > > The SIG pursues its agenda primarily through MCN activities: it develops > program sessions, workshops, and events for conferences, communicates > relevant information to members through its listserv, and submits articles > and newsbriefs in MCN's print publication (Spectra) and on-line journal > (E-Spectra).
