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"Suzanne Quigley (" <[log in to unmask]>
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The Museum System (TMS) Users
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Wed, 14 May 2003 11:00:51 -0400
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There actually is/was a NYC TMS users group.  We had several meetings over
two years.  Speaking for myself as one of the organizers, it seemed that we
had too many different types of collections, too many different versions of
TMS, too many different ways of using the database, and had too many
different staff roles attending the meetings (IT, documentation, registrars,
etc.).

However, we did devise and present a document to the Gallery Systems folks
requesting prioritized changes for the next version (hmm - I think that was
to be 9.1?)  Given the requests, they were very receptive (and, as usual,
gracious)  to our needs and concerns and, in the long run, many of our
mutual issues were met.

As there are approximately 19 TMS museums of various sizes and themes (if
you will) in NYC proper, it was  difficult to continue to meet independently
on even a quarterly basis.  Prior to discontinuing our meetings, one of our
projects was to send reports on CD to one of the members who expressed
willingness to cut CD's for each of us and send them out.  It didn't happen.
However, Gallery Systems offered to put our individual reports online at
their website (I think that offer has come about...) and then this brilliant
listserve was instituted.  Thus the NYC TMS users group has not met for well
over a year.

Regardless, if anyone is interested in reviving it I am more than happy to
pass on the old Access table of people and contact info so that a group can
be reconstituted.  That, and the members of this listserve should be a new
beginning.

Suzanne

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