Hello Alex,
We are about to enter our second MoMS exhibition tour here in NC. If you wish, you can call us babies of the bunch in this endeavor. New Harmonies toured in 2010. We had each of the sites pay a fee towards the shipping of the crates – pick-up and delivery. The trucking company that we contracted did a wonderful job and it allowed the Council the comfort of knowing that our maiden voyage with MoMS had one important loose end covered. Yeah, the price could be said to be “gut-punching,” but in the long run we were fine with paying after each delivery. For this iteration of the Journey Stories exhibition we have each of the sites taking on the responsibility of pick-up and delivery from the previous site to their location. All except one of the five have decided to contract with one single trucking company. I will send in a separate e-mail a scanned copy of the contract we signed with the trucking company for the 2010 New Harmonies tour.
Good Luck
Darrell D. Stover
Program Director
North Carolina Humanities Council
122 N. Elm St., Suite 601
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 334-5723
From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack Shortlidge
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: trucking contract
Hi Alex,
Our experience with shipping MOMS in Ohio used to be the same as what Ken said about Montana (which I admire--there's a lot of distance in your state!). In short, two staff drove the exhibit crates around to each site ourselves in a rental truck.
For the last two MOMS tours, though, we have had a gentleman who is a member of a county historical society who has done the exhibit transport for us in his own box truck. His county hosted the Between Fences exhibit in 2008 and at our first orientation meeting he talked about his interest in doing the transporting. We tried him out and everything went fine with that exhibit tour and with the next one, which was New Harmonies. He has also moved another traveling exhibit for us a few times, a photo exhibit that Council staff designed ourselves.
I know that other states have made other arrangements. You might talk with David Morgan in Mississippi if you haven't already. I believe their Council uses drivers from a truck driving school associated with a community college, or something like that.
New Mexico a few years ago had a contact with their state national guard (I don't know how) and I believe the guardsmen were transporting a MOMS exhibit between its sites for them (might have been Key Ingredients).
There seem to be lots of solutions to the exhibit transporting issue. It depends on who you know, what you want to do yourself, and also what the MOMS staff will deem okay.
All the best with your search,
Jack
Jack Shortlidge
Senior Program Officer
Ohio Humanities Council
471 E. Broad St., Ste. 1620
Columbus, OH 43215
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From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stolz, Kenneth
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:33 PM
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Subject: Re: trucking contractSorry Alex – we just rented a 35ft Ryder truck and drove it around ourselves J.
~ Ken Stolz
Associate Director, Administration
311 Brantly, Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 243-6022 (desk) or (406) 544-0572 (cell)
From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex Buell
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:17 PM
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Subject: trucking contract
Hi everyone,
We’re new to MOMS and in the process of courting a local truck driving school to help move the exhibit from site to site. We’ve never contracted anyone in this capacity. Does anyone with some similar experience have a sample contract they might be able to share?
Thanks,
Alex Buell
Program Coordinator
Florida Humanities Council
599 Second Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 873-2001
Fax: (727) 873-2014
