[GreenKeys] Take our Teletypes!

Mon Apr 3 13:19:16 EDT 2017

Paul/Gil/List ...

Donating to a museum is a tough call. By doing so your giving away all
rights, unless the item is loaned. For example the Smithsonian loans out
Apollo capsule to other museums with quite a list of conditions.

In defense of a museum they usually only want one of an item, any after
that it is quite uncommon for them to keep more of the same. In some cases
like MOC, others are kept for spare parts.

Now on the other side of the fence, museums, or actually those that 'own'
the museum should do a better job of disposing of excess. With today's
Internet there is no excuse for not having a trading system, even it is
just a mail reflector like greenkeys.

Flipping back the other side, MOC may have already done so, and such a
reflector may exist.

I had long ago been approached by a local museum for some of my items (not
Teletype) and I offered to them to loan them the items with simple
conditions that they could not change, modify, mutilate, sell etc without
my permission and I offered that I would give a minimum of 6 months if I
wanted them back. I was turned down.

So bottom line, if you donate it is gone.

I'm glad MOC is there, and hope they can keep their arrangement with the
landlord. If the worse comes they will be given a year to move instead of
this land lord.

https://goo.gl/HIYcTw

-pete

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Paul Wills (CKT&T) <
pdwills at cedarknolltelephone.com> wrote:

> At least they are making their surplus items available to others who want
> them.
>
> I wonder how many museums simply dump things in an out of the way place
> where they are never seen again because they wouldn't dare deal with anyone
> who isn't a museum.
>
> Of course, to most museums, the artifacts are "props" used to tell about
> social history rather than examples of the technology that makes them
> unique.  Thank goodness for outfits like the Museum of Communication or the
> Telephone Museum in Ellsworth Maine!
>
> But I agree with Gil.  I would be *very* careful about where I would pass
> on my collection.
>
> PDW
>
> On 4/3/2017 11:20 AM, Gil Smith wrote:
>
>> Just goes to show that we cannot ever donate machines to a museum.  How
>> many times has this happened now?
>>
>> We have our private little collections and pass them down later to folks
>> who care.
>>
>> gil
>>
>>
>> gil smith, AF7EZ
>> greenkeys moderator
>> gil at baudot.net <mailto:gil at baudot.net>
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>>
>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>     Subject: [GreenKeys] Take our Teletypes!
>>     From: Sarah Autumn <neverether at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:neverether at gmail.com>>
>>     Date: Sun, April 02, 2017 10:03 pm
>>     To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>>     <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>>
>>
>>     All,
>>
>>     We at the Museum of Communications in Seattle are clearing out
>>     some space in our storage area. I went there today, and took
>>     photos of *some* of the machines that are up for grabs. Even if we
>>     get rid of these, we will still have duplicates of mostly everything.
>>
>>     You can find them here: http://imgur.com/a/fzf4A
>>
>>     Guidelines:
>>
>>     1. If you want em, you gotta come pick them up in Seattle, or
>>     arrange for shipping.
>>     2. Many of these were donated by George Hutchison. *George, if
>>     you're reading this, you get first dibs on all of your machines.*
>>     Come on over with your van, and we'll go out for burgers!
>>     3. They're free, but if you could make a small donation to the
>>     museum, we're a non-profit and we'd really appreciate it!
>>     4. I can not vouch for the working condition of any of these
>>     machines. WYSIWYG :)
>>     5. We'll hang on to these for a month or 2. After that, they're
>>     all going to go to scrap. This makes me really sad, so I hope they
>>     all go to a good home!
>>
>>     With love and admiration,
>>
>>     Sarah Autumn
>>     Panel Witch
>>     Museum of Communications
>>     Seattle, WA
>>     USA
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