FOLMI Meeting 11 November

Dear members of FOLMI and supporters of the project to save the Launceston Mechanics’ Institute Collection,

After waiting since April for the outcome of our application, the good news is that FOLMI has been given a national award of $5,566 to have a professional significance assessment conducted of the LMI Collection.  It’s the crucial step that could have the LMI recognised as being of national importance. The announcement was made in Canberra last week, and Peter Richardson as the representative of FOLMI went there to receive the award and to attend a National Library workshop for successful applicants.

To hear a report on the workshop and progress in working with the Collection, FOLMI is holding a meeting next week. The meeting will also be to plan for the coming significance assessment and to call for volunteers to undertake the next phases of working with the Collection: making an inventory of the nonfiction and digitising the accession registers.

The meeting is on:

Tuesday 11 November 4pm in the Phil Leonard Room

Agenda

1       Opening and welcome; apologies

2       Correspondence

3       Financial report

4       Report on the CHG award and workshop on significance assessment

5       Report on progress in work on the LMI Collection

6       The search to find a permanent home for the Collection

7       Upcoming projects and call for volunteers

8       Open discussion: the way forward

9       AOB and close

Everyone interested in the LMI Collection, and perhaps in contributing to the work in shaping its future is welcome!

Regards,

Peter Richardson & Mike McCausland