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Committees, Affinities and SPCsAffinity Committees are groups with a common professional affinity that represent specific disciplines within the museum profession. They provide a network for people with common interests and similar professional positions. Standing Professional Committees (SPCs) are affinity groups that meet specific requirements to have a vote on the MPMA board. Affinity Committees and SPCs provide MPMA members a chance to gather in a small group with like-minded professionals who do the same thing. For example, those who belong to MPMA NAME (National Association of Museum Exhibition) meet exhibits designers and techies from ten different states and find out about their projects, where they buy exhibit-related items, and what their opinion is on the latest exhibit issues. MPMA’s groups operate informally and formally, provide a means by which colleagues can network and discuss issues AND are open to all MPMA members. Affinity groups typically gather annually at the MPMA Annual Conference and are in contact with each other throughout the year. Feel free to attend these groups’ meetings at the next MPMA conference. You will find that they are your ticket to getting to know others around the region who do what you do. For more information, call or email the contact people listed below to find out more about the group (or groups) that interests you. MPMA SPCs and Affiliate Committees offer opportunities to network with colleagues from similar professional backgrounds. SPCs are Standing Professional Committees which have a vote on the MPMA board. Advocacy (Board Committee) Shelby Tisdale, Ph.D., Director ACUMG (Affiliate Group) Association of College and University Museums and Galleries Susan B. Moldenhauer Archivist (Board Committee Group) Matthew P. Wilson ARTSCOM (Affiliate Group) Holy Turner Board Development (Board Committee) Dee Harris, Director of Visual Arts and Humanities CARE (Affiliate Group) Committee on Audience, Research and Evaluation Vacant COMPT (Affiliate Group) Committee on Museum Professional Training COMPT is an affinity committee of the Mountain Plains Museums Association and a standing professional committee of the American Association of Museums. Mission: To advance the career learning experiences of museum professionals and pre-professionals, educators and trainers, to address the continuous need to develop and enhance professional knowledge and goals, and to engage with new trends, innovations and best practices across the field. Career Development and Networking Opportunities: COMPT sponsors MPMA annual meeting sessions, including an annual session that offers museum studies/public history students a forum for the presentation of papers. COMPT also organizes, in cooperation with the Association of College and University Museum and Galleries, an annual member luncheon and roundtable discussion. For further information contact the MPMA COMPT Representative Dr. Carolyn Pool CurCom (Affiliate Group) Curator’s Committee Elisa Phelps David Kennedy Distance Managers (Affiliate Group) Vacant EdCom (SPC) Education Committee Kathrine Schlageck Emerging Museum Professionals (Affiliate Group) Students and people new to the field. Kiersten F. Latham Inclusive Practices (Board Committee) Ella Maria Ray Anita K. McNeece Marketing (Board Committee) Jay S. Smith Membership (Board Committee) Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections Management NAME (Affiliate Group) National Association for Museum Exhibition Charles Counter RC-MPMA (SPC) Registrars and Collection Managers Mark Ryan SMAC (Affiliate Group) Small Museum Administrators Committee Heidi Vaughn Christina Bird Technology (Board Committee) Jeremy Clark Tribal Museum Network (SPC) Tribal Museum Professionals Vacant Volunteer Coordinators Committee (Affiliate Group) Beth Campbell |
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