A presentation was made to Council by a lovely young lady about" Outreach " from the Historical Society.
The program takes forty minutes to present. . Teachers are said to be enthusiastic.
The Historical Society has been receiving a grant of $50,000. from the town for over forty years.
It provided curator services and the museum until 2003. The grant continued when museum closed in 2003.
The Historical Society has withdrawn from responsibility for the museum and divested itself of the collection.
The town has reclaimed space for a museum, owns the collection and must provide in the 2014 budget for the service
The Culture Centre Board has heretofore been receiving town funds for heritage and culture programming.
No more heritage programming necessary. No interest in participating.
Grants to Historical Society and Culture Centtre for service no longer provided must be terminated.
The town has a full-time heritage planner. Expertise relates. Dual function suggests.
The presentation on the "Outreach program" by the lovely young lady indicates the Historical Society has a different idea.
The Outreach Program duplicates museum service.
The Historical Society's grant should end.
They comprise a hundred members. Less than half attended a recent meeting.
They own and operate Hillary House.,a federal heritage site.
Self-sufficiency should be their goal.
Continual dependence on taxation should not.
Psshaw!!
Self-sufficiency is a banned word in certain circles.
ReplyDeleteGeez…Missed part of the presentation, and I guess only caught the last 10min. on TV. I thought she was the curator for the museum. Don’t we have one hired at the museum as well? Thought it was kind of a nice idea to have a program where kids can experience a little bit of Aurora history. Didn't know she was from the Historical society and not from the museum at the Cultural Center. We really have a lot of overlapping of the same services in this Town, all being funded by the tax payer. Too confusing and expensive. How ridiculous.
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The Agenda for Monday's Budget meeting looks like one that will keep you awake. I will try it if they hit the streaming button but it does appear night-marish.
ReplyDeleteThe Jon Stewart Show if you have the time.
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