Volunteering for Training

[kevin_standlee]

I have applied for this volunteer position with the city of Fernley's Depot Museum Collections Committee, which was posted just after I became eligible for it by registering to vote in Fernley. I don't know if I'll get an appointment, or what exactly it will mean in terms of my commitment to the Fernley Depot Museum, but it does sound interesting, and I really do hope I can do something to help get the Depot Museum open, given how much expense and difficulty was involved in getting it moved and restored at its current site, and what a waste it is that it was this close to actually opening before the Fernley Preservation Society apparently disbanded after it became clear that the negotiations with the city had fallen through.

Comments

[howeird]

Good luck! In my past are two "specialty museum" success stories. Omak and Okanogan, WA had plans for a history museum which almost fell through, until the local weekly paper donated the work to make the "interpretive" signs - the text which describes each artifact - and some free publicity. I watched those signs get typeset. The museum opened less than a year after that. Astoria, OR had a rather shabby maritime museum, but with help from the local daily paper they eventually built a new building and got things squared with the city.

http://www.crmm.org/

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Good Luck. I hope they get you. If anyone can make a success of that museum, it will be you.

[delosharriman]

I'm amused at the manner in which the bullet points become ever more general.