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ARCS Pre-Conference Event: Thursday, November 12th

Les Bénévoles!

This year as part of the ARCS Conference, we will hold a day of volunteerism for attendees at local museums.  The inaugural name of Les Bénévoles, which translates to The Volunteers, was chosen to complement the local French heritage of New Orleans.

This event entails professional registrars and collections managers volunteering for the day at a museum to help them catch up on projects such as:

* accessioning
* condition reporting
* rehousing objects

--projects that it may be benefited by having help from trained professionals.

We are now soliciting proposals for the 2015 meeting. The ARCS conference will be held November 12-15, 2015 at the Crown Plaza French Quarter, New Orleans. Our volunteer day will take place on Thursday, November 12th prior to the start of the conference.

What YOUR PROPOSAL MUST ENTAIL the following:
-- A description of your organization (size, type of collection(s), number of staff, number of volunteers) and why you need our help
-- The number of volunteers your organization can reasonably accommodate
-- The names and titles of staff who will be on hand to assign projects and supervise the volunteers
-- Confirmation that you will be able to host this event on November 12th (9am -5pm)
-- Indicate whether or not you will be able to help with transportation to and from the hotel

And most important of all:
-- List in as much detail as possible the projects that you would like assistance with (examples of past projects include: cataloging objects; inventorying discreet collections; rehousing costumes and archives; condition reporting objects and assessing condition/conservation concerns in the exhibit areas)
-- List the supplies that you will need for these projects *that you do not already have on hand*

If your organization is selected to host this event, ARCS WILL SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING:
-- The requisite number of trained collections professionals to volunteer for the day
-- Transportation to and from the hotel for the volunteers (unless you can help out)
-- Supplies for the projects (that's why we'll need a detailed list as far in advance as possible so we can order the supplies for you)

In essence, you get a day of professional assistance for FREE! That's certainly worth taking the time to write up a proposal, right? Please note that most likely only one museum will be selected for this event, but if we have an excess of volunteers, we may selected two museums!

So hurry and submit your proposal by COB Monday May 4, 2015 to ARCSConferenceProposals@gmail.com, Please use subject line:

“New Orleans - Bénévoles Proposal”.

We look forward to volunteering for you!