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From: LITIG8NSHARK_at_aol.com <LITIG8NSHARK_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004
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Good afternoon all,

It is a terrible shame that the U of A museum is slated to be closed down for
lack of funding to pay for the curating of the some seven million items in
the museum.

It seems to me that with seven million specimens/artifacts that a small bit
of cannibalization might be in order. Certainly, the university could sell off
some of the museum's collection to raise the funds to keep the museum
operating, at least in the short term. Depending on the size the meteorite
collection, and with some of the larger meteorite dealers in existence today, that
meteorite collection alone might have a significant impact in reducing the
museum's deficit.

Just a thought. I wonder whether anyone at the university considered this as
a possible solution.

Best Regards,

Paul Martyn

In a message dated 6/19/2003 1:45:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes:

>
> http://www.nwaonline.net/300773699760853.bsp
>
> No Access To UA Museum Collection Without Staff, Director Says
>
> Gentry: Items would be prone to damage without proper oversight
>
> By Johnathon Williams
> The Morning News (Arkansas)
> June 19, 2003
>
> FAYETTEVILLE -- Johnnie Gentry, director of the University Museum, said
> Wednesday that no access should be provided to the 7 million items in
> the museum's collection without a professional staff to manage it.
>
> The current collection staff at the University of Arkansas must be
> retained if anyone is to use the collection, he said.
>
> "We have the staff. We must find the money to keep them employed. That's
> the answer," he said.
>
> UA administrators announced Monday that they will close the museum and
> lay off eight staff members at the end of this year. The decision came as
> part of a budget cut in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
>
> All colleges were ordered to cut 2 percent of their budgets by university
> administrators. Fulbright College will save about $340,000 by eliminating
> the museum, more than half of its required 2 percent.
>

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It is a terrible shame that the U of A museum is slated to be closed down fo=
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the museum. 
 
It seems to me that with seven million specimens/artifacts that a small bit=20=
of cannibalization might be in order.  Certainly, the university could=20=
sell off some of the museum's collection to raise the funds to keep the muse=
um operating, at least in the short term.  Depending on the size =20=
the meteorite collection, and with some of the larger meteorite dealers in e=
xistence today, that meteorite collection alone might have a significant imp=
act in reducing the museum's deficit. 
 
Just a thought.  I wonder whether anyone at the university considered t=
his as a possible solution. 
 
Best Regards, 
 
Paul Martyn 
 
In a message dated 6/19/2003 1:45:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, baalke_at_zagami=
.jpl.nasa.gov writes: 
 
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http://www.nwaonline.net/300773699760853.bsp 
 
No Access To UA Museum Collection Without Staff, Director Says 
 
Gentry: Items would be prone to damage without proper oversight 
 
By Johnathon Williams 
The Morning News (Arkansas) 
June 19, 2003 
 
FAYETTEVILLE -- Johnnie Gentry, director of the University Museum, said 
Wednesday that no access should be provided to the 7 million items in 
the museum's collection without a professional staff to manage it. 
 
The current collection staff at the University of Arkansas must be 
retained if anyone is to use the collection, he said. 
 
"We have the staff. We must find the money to keep them employed. That's <BR=
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the answer," he said. 
 
UA administrators announced Monday that they will close the museum and 
lay off eight staff members at the end of this year. The decision came as <B=
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part of a budget cut in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. 
 
All colleges were ordered to cut 2 percent of their budgets by university <B=
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the museum, more than half of its required 2 percent. 
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