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Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums Newsletter


 

Winter 2008
In This Issue
:: CWAM Looking Towards the Future
:: CWAM is Going Green
:: Annual Conference Update
:: CWAM Scholarships
 Your newsletter editor
Welcome to the first Electronic Newsletter of the Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums. More details will be given for this change in format under the CWAM is Going Green section, but the reasons for this change are multifold. We want to be able to provide quick and environmentally sound information to our 500-plus members, and printing costs for the newsletter are going through the roof. Most of you have Internet access, and will be able to read this from your screen or print it out. Those of you without Internet will be mailed a printed version. This saves CWAM hundreds annually from unnecessary printing and mailing costs, saves us trees, and a large number of headaches. That money, which comes directly from your dues, will be put instead into making CWAM information more easily available on our web site, and allows us to explore and build our presence on the Web. So look for exciting changes to the web sites as well. Those are, as always, at www.coloradomuseums.org and www.wyomingmuseums.org.
  A few formatting and content changes are part-and-parcel of your new newsletter. We're taking out calendar events for member museums and job openings. Information of this sort changes quickly. We will instead be offering some member institution information on the web site. It will be updated regularly and keep everyone informed.
  We are excited about our new Newsletter format, and hope you will be too. But this is our first try at an e-newsletter, so be sure to let us know what you think of it, any improvements we could use. Contact information is below.
 
- Mike Thompson
  Newsletter Editor
Downtown Laramie 
CWAM Looking Towards the Future
by Maria Sanchez-Kennedy
CWAM Board  Chair

  The Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums (CWAM) Board of Directors met in Laramie, Wyoming on November 2nd and 3rd for a board retreat to discuss the mission, goals and future of the organization. The CWAM board is committed to ensuring that the organization is a member-driven organization that will encourage and assist its members with the programs and resources needed to promote excellence in our museums. The Board outlined strategies and initiatives to implement in 2008 that will help improve the programs and resources of CWAM and better meet the needs of our members while reaching out to those outside of the CWAM membership. CWAM would like to facilitate more dialogue with members and non-members to make sure that CWAM programs continue to expand and remain relevant to our members in the next few years and beyond.

  One of the initiatives that came out of the retreat is to update the CWAM website and newsletter to better enhance and promote Colorado and Wyoming Museums. The CWAM Marketing Committee will be working on a holistic marketing plan that outlines the changes to CWAM publications and Website that will be more effective and serve a wider audience while saving organizational resources. The CWAM board is also going to be making changes to improve the CWAM Annual Meeting and make registration easier and provide greater professional development opportunities to museum professionals at all levels. I look forward to the changes and initiatives that the CWAM board is setting forth to implement in 2008. The CWAM board would like to hear from you, CWAM members on what you would like to see from CWAM programs in the future. I can be reached at 719-564-9086 or send me an e-mail at maria.sanchez@cfisteel.org if you would like to share some ideas on how CWAM can better promote excellence in our museums.

CWAM is Going Green
Jennifer Slichter

Unlike Al Gore, who is given a lot of credit for environmental awareness but still owns five houses and a private jet, we at CWAM are serious about lowering our carbon footprint, and this is the way we plan to do it.
Annual Conference Update
by Cynde Georgen

 CWAMmers will find that flamingoes nest easily in Wyoming this year at the Annual Conference, which anyone whose everyone will attend. No celebrity impersonations, please. 
Apply for CWAM Scholarships  fot the 2008 Annual Conference
by Christina Kirsch and Fay Bisbee
Scholarship Chairs
 
  The Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums awards up to nine Annual Meeting scholarships
underthe categories of Professional, Volunteer and Student/Intern.  Each scholarship recipient receives a registration fee waiver plus a cash grant of $200 to help offset expenses (a value of $325).  The deadline for applications is March 1, 2008.
  Applicants are required to submit a letter from their institution's director, board member, or other supervising authority (such as a faculty advisor) giving a statement that the institution supports the applicant's attendance and a brief essay explaining how they will benefit from attending the meeting and how they will apply what they learn at the meeting at their institution.
  Scholarship recipients are expected to attend the opening session of the annual meeting as well as the business lunch, during which they will be recognized.  Recipients are also required to write a short article for the CWAM newsletter; covering a session they attend at the annual meeting.  Preference is given to applicants who have not previously received a scholarship.  Details and the scholarship application form can be found at www.coloradomuseums.org or www.wyomingmuseums.org or in the Annual Meeting Packet. For questions please contact Christina Kirsch at ckirsch@denverartmuseum.org or Fay Bisbee at fbisbee@wildlifeart.org.
Nominating News
by John Steinle

 After much deliberation, CWAM decided to nominate Crest toothpaste due to its endorsement by three out of four dentists. The fourth dentist was not available for comment. Oprah Winfrey has also endorsed Crest. It's been a busy month for her.
Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums Newsletter

Winter 2008
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CWAM Board and Committee Members
2008-2009

Maria Sanchez-Kennedy          

Jennifer Hankinson        

Michelle Bahe               

Chair

Vice Chair, Program & Services Team Leader, 2007 Program Chair

Treasurer

Bessemer Historical Society

Littleton Historical Museum

FortCasperMuseum

1612 E. Abriendo 

6028 S. Gallup Street

4001 Fort Casper Road

Pueblo, Colorado  81004

Littleton, CO  80120

Casper, WY82604

Phone:  719-564-9086

Phone:  303-795-3997 or 3950

Phone:  307-235-8462

Fax:  719-564-9681

Fax:  303-730-9818

Fax: 307-235-8464

maria.sanchez@cfisteel.org

jhankinson@littletongov.org

mbahe@cityofcasperwy.com

 

 

 

Christie Kirsch

John Steinle                  

Celia Curtis                  

Secretary, Colorado Scholarships

Nominations

Communications & Marketing Team Leader, Website Chair

DenverArt Museum

HiwanHomesteadMuseum

Denver Botanic Gardens

100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy.

4208 S. Timbervale Drive

909 York Street

Denver, Colorado80204

Evergreen, Colorado  80439

Denver, CO  80206

Phone:  720-865-5036

Phone:  303-674-6262

Phone:  720-865-3612

Fax:  720-865-5081

Fax: 303-670-7746

Fax:  720-865-3730

ckirsch@denverartmuseum.org

jsteinle@jeffco.us

curtisc@botanicgardens.org 

 

 

 

Laura Douglas              

Christina Bird               

Erik Mason

ColoradoState Representative

WyomingState Representative

Historian/Archivist

Education a la Carte

CFDOldWestMuseum

LongmontMuseum & Cultural Center

3236 Newton Street

P.O. Box 2720

400 Quail Rd.

Denver, Colorado  80211

Cheyenne, WY  82003

Longmont, CO80501

Phone:  303-594-7767

Phone:  307-778-7290

Phone:  303-651-8969

Fax:  303-458-7583

Fax:  307-778-7288

erik.mason@ci.longmont.co.us

educationalacarte@yahoo.com 

groth_cm@hotmail.com

 

 

 
 

Heyward Schrock        

David Ryan

Tina Hill                       

State Issues Team Leader

CO-OP Purchasing Chair

Wyoming Legislative Chair

WyomingState Archives and Museum

Colorado SpringsPioneersMuseum

Wyoming Frontier Prison

2301 Central Ave.

215 S. Tejon Street

500 West Walnut Street

BarrettBuilding

Colorado Springs, CO80903

Rawlins, Wyoming  82301

Cheyenne, WY  82002

Phone:  719-385-5639

Phone:  307-324-4422

Phone:  307-777-6670

Fax:  719-385-5645

Fax:  307-328-4004

Fax:  307-777-5375

dryan@springsgov.com

wfp@tribcsp.com 

hschro@state.wy.us 

 

 

 

 

Teresa Sherwood

Win Ferrill

JJ Rutherford              

Workshop Chair

Colorado Legislative Chair

Membership Chair

 

LakewoodHeritageCenter

Colorado Historical Society

975 Snowy Range Rd

801 S. Yarow St.

1300 Broadway

Laramie, WY82070

Lakewood, CO80232

Denver, Colorado80203

Phone: 307-745-6161

Phone: 303-987-7853

Phone:  303-866-4584

Cell: 307-760-2722

Cell: 303-475-2104

fax: 303-866-5739 

tbeyer@state.wy.us

winfer@lakewood.org

jj.rutherford@chs.state.co.us

 

 

 

Chris Dill                      

Sarah Gadd                  

Kelly Goulette              

Museum Assistance & Services Team

Wyoming Environmental Monitoring Kit

Colorado Environmental Monitoring Kit

City of Greeley Museums

University of Wyoming Art Museum

DenverMuseum of Nature & Science

714 8th Street

Dept. 3807, 1000 E. University Ave.

2001 Colorado Boulevard

Greeley, Colorado  80631

Laramie, Wyoming  82071

Denver, CO  80205

Phone:  970-350-9217

Phone:  307-766-6621

Phone:  303-370-6401

Fax: 970-350-9570

Fax:  307-766-3520

kgoulette@dmns.org 

chris.dill@greeleygov.com 

sarahl@uwyo.edu 
 

 

 

 

Karen McMahon

Jennifer Slichter

Fay Bisbee                   

Marketing Chair, Museum Guide Chair, Colorado Tourism

Publications Chair

Wyoming Scholarships

InfoZoneNewsMuseum @ Rawlings Public Library

Loveland Museum/Gallery

NationalMuseum of Wildlife Art

100 E. Abriendo Ave.

503 North Lincoln Avenue

P.O. Box 6825, 2820 Rungius Rd

Pueblo, CO81001

Loveland, CO80537

Jackson, WY  83002

Phone: 719-562-5604

Phone: 970-962-2413

Phone:  307-732-5420

Fax: 719-553-0310

slichj@ci.loveland.co.us

toll-free: 800-313-9553, ext. 420

kmcmahon@pueblolibrary.org

 

fbisbee@wildlifeart.org

 

 

 

Mike Thompson

Sonny Reisch                

Cynde Georgen

Newsletter Editor

Wyoming Tourism

Local Arrangements 2008

AuroraHistoryMuseum

FortPhilKearnyState Historic Site

TrailEndState Historic Site

15051 East Alameda Pkwy

528 Wagon Box Road

400 Clarendon Ave

Aurora, Colorado80012

Banner, Wyoming  82832

Sheridan, WY82801

Phone:303-739-6664

Phone:  307-684-7629

Phone: 307-674-4589

Fax: 303-739-6657

Fax:  307-684-7967

Cell: 307-751-4923

tork19@hotmail.com

sonnyr@wavecom.net

cgeorg@state.wy.us
 
Have a suggestion for the layout, structure, or content of the CWAM Highlights Newsletter, please let me know at tork19@hotmail.com or at the address below.
 
Sincerely,

Michael Thompson
Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums