[GreenKeys] Take our Teletypes!

[Paul Heller]

I just checked out their website. This is a pretty awesome museum. Need to check it out some day.

Paul



> On Apr 3, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
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> Paul/Gil/List ...
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Flipping back the other side, MOC may have already done so, and such a reflector may exist.
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> 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.
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> So bottom line, if you donate it is gone.
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> 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.
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> https://goo.gl/HIYcTw <https://goo.gl/HIYcTw>
> 
> -pete
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