I'd love to join in all three huddles. Mary Yager Associate Director 215 Centennial Mall South, Ste 330 Lincoln, NE 68508 402-474-2131 ext 103 FAX 402-474-4852 www.humanitiesnebraska.org On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Harsh, Carol <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the National Humanities > Conference in St. Louis in November. > > > > Towards that end, we would like to invite you to join us for several > different MoMS activities. > > > > First, we will be hosting a MoMS focus group on *Thursday, November 5, > 2015, from 2:00 to 5:00* at the hotel (room TBD). We want to get your > feedback about concepts for the next MoMS exhibition topic (slated to open > in 2018!); discuss new initiatives your councils are developing; and share > ideas about best practices and lessons learned with regard to MoMS. As you > know Museum on Main Street represents a 21 year partnership between the > Smithsonian and state humanities councils. It’s important for us to dream > together about where we want this partnership to go and how we can keep it > relevant and meaningful in the work of the humanities. We need to have a > head count in order to make sure the room is big enough, so please let us > know if you are able to join us by *Wednesday, October 23, 2015.* > > > > Secondly, we will be hosting “MoMS Host Huddles” so that councils hosting > exhibits can share ideas with other councils that have hosted or are > planning to host the same exhibition. If you want to join in on this new > opportunity, please look at the schedule below and let us know if you plan > to participate: > > > > Hometown Teams Huddle -- Lunch 11:30 to 1:00 on Saturday --(possibly at a > sports bar?) > Water/Ways Huddle - Lunch 12:30-2:00 on Friday – (you guessed it…at a > seafood restaurant!) > > The Way We Worked Huddle - Dinner Thursday after the opening reception - > 8:00 pm -- (what makes sense? BBQ? American Diner?) > > > > Please let us know if you plan to join us by *Monday, November 2, 2015* > so that we can make reservations. These “huddles” will give you a chance to > share your plans and bounce ideas off your colleagues. We are eager to > hear your ideas and provide any information that will help you to make MoMS > a huge success in your states. > > > > Also, please plan to attend the session about MoMS, “What’s new on Main > Street” that is hosted by the Tracy (KS) and Jennifer (MN) and includes > Robbie. It is scheduled for Saturday at 1:00. > > > > This is the first National Humanities Conference in a number of years in > which we will NOT be hosting MoMS National Planning Meetings. For those of > you on the 2017 tour of *Water/Ways* or the 2018 tour of *Hometown Teams*, > we are planning to host your national planning meeting in February/March, > 2016, in Annapolis, MD. More details will follow shortly. The national > meeting for *The Way We Worked *will be at the end of November in > Charlotte, NC. > > > > So, on behalf of the MoMS team, we are looking forward to seeing you in > St. Louis! > > > > With warm regards, > > > > Carol > > > > Carol G. Harsh > > Director, Museum on Main Street and Special Projects > > Smithsonian Institution, SITES > > P.O. Box 37012 MRC 941 > > Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 > > > > Deliveries > > 470 L’Enfant Plaza, SW > > Suite 7103 > > Washington, D.C. 20024 > > > > Tel: 202-633-5333 > > Fax: 202-633-5344 > > www.museumonmainstreet.org > > > > >