þÿ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html LANG="en"> <head> <title>SIAM May 2004 Meeting</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="siamdirstyle.css"> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="description" content="Website for the Southern Illinois Association of Museums" > <meta name="keywords" content="Illinois, history, museum, library, southern, science, art" > </head> </head> <body> <br><br> <table width="900" cellpadding="10" cellborder="0"> <tr><td> <img src="images/siamback5.jpg"></td></tr> </table> <table width="900" cellpadding="3" cellborder="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="140"> <div id="sidemenu"> <a href="about.html">About Us</a><br> <a href="siamdirectory.html">Directory</a><br> <a href="siamcalendar.html">SIAM Calendar</a><br> <a href="shome.html">Home</a><br> <a href="minutes.html">Meeting Minutes</a><br> <a href="resources.html">Resources</a><br> <a href="bboard.html">Bulletin Board</a> </div></td> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="760"> <div align="center"> <h1>Southern Illinois Association of Museums</h1> <h2>Meeting Monday, May 24, 2004<br> Host Site: The American Fluorite Museum and Rose Clare Crafts/Antiques<br> Minutes</h2><br></div> <h3>Attendees:</h3> Dona Bachman (SIUC University Museum), Brenda Birch (Fluorite Museum Board Member), Mike Brush (Jackson County Historical Society, Murphysboro), Cindy Birk Conley (White County Historical Society, Carmi), Bruce Davis (SIUC OERD), Harold Davis (Fluorite Museum Board Member), Marjorie Fechting (White County Historical Society, Carmi), Eric Livingston (Fluorite Museum), Sherry Livingston (Fluorite Museum Board Member), Pamela Madden (Science Center, Carbondale). <ol> <li> The meeting began with a tour of The American Fluorite Museum with Eric Livingston, museum director, at 4 p.m. The business meeting was held at 5 p.m. at Rose Clare Crafts/Antiques. Eric and Sherry Livingston hosted a dinner buffet.</li> <li><h3>Digitization Workshop</h3> Dona Bachman passed out information on the ³Basis and Beyond,² Digitization of Collections Workshop to be held at the University Museum on July 13, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The Illinois Digitization Institute sponsors the workshop. This is a part of a series of workshops. The Illinois Heritage Association (Champaign) will be responsible for registration forms. SIAM members will receive the mailing. </li> <li><h3>Action/ Slogan Statement Discussion</h3> No one did his/her homework, but several suggestions, off the top of the head, were: Museums in Your Back Yard and SIAM: Museums Serving Southern Illinois</li> <li><h3>Marketing Committee Report</h3> Dona Bachman reported that October 16 has been set as the date for a Saturday marketing workshop that will cover tourism/Chamber speaker in the morning and newspaper speakers in the afternoon. The workshop will be held at the University Museum, probably form 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost will probably be $15 per person. Suggestions for speakers should be sent to one of the Marketing Committee members: Dona Bachman, Pamela Madden, Adrienne Barkley Giffin, and Pat Brumleve. Handout follows below. <br> Media Contact Forms will be distributed at the next meeting as Dona Bachman forgot to bring them.</li> <li><h3>Technical Assistance Discussion</h3> The consensus of those attending was that they would like to have a brief presentation on a specific topic of conservation/preservation at upcoming meetings. This might come under sharing our expertise rather than requiring an outside speaker.<br> <h4>Speakers List:</h4> To date, only John A. Logan College Museum and The Science Center have turned in a list.</li> <li><h3>Discussion by Bruce Davis</h3> OERD is seeking planning funds to consider a proposal of Southern Illinois as a National heritage Area. The focus of our region, tentatively, would be the 100-year period from 1775-1875: The Confluence of America. He anticipates hearing about funding in July. </li> <li><h3>Southern Illinois Association of Museums Marketing Workshop</h3> The University Museum<br> Southern Illinois University-Faner Hall, Carbondale, Illinois<br> Saturday, October 16, 2004, 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.<br><br> <table> <tr> <th> October 16, 2004</th> </tr> <tr> <td> 9:30 a.m.</td><td> Morning Coffee / General Session</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> 10:00</td><td> Chambers and Tourism, Bureaus look at Museums<br> Does your Chamber know about your museum?<br> Break<br> What does Tourism need to advertise your museum?<br> How should you advertise your museum?<br> What makes a good brochure?<br> Question and answer <br></td></tr> <tr> <th>Noon</th><th>Lunch</th> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> 1:00 p.m. </td><td> The Newspaper Media looks at Museums<br> What does the newspaper need to know?<br> Break<br> How to write a good press release<br> Question and answer<br> </td> </tr> </table> Submitted by the Marketing Committee members:<br> Dona Bachman, chair, Adrienne Barkley Giffin; Pam Madden; Pat Brumleve, May 24, 2004 <br> Anticipated cost (for breaks, lunch, copying): $15 </li> </ol> <hr> <div id="bottomset"> If you find broken links, have questions or concerns with the site, please email <a href="mailto:carlajs@siu.edu">the webmaster</a>. 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