[Scmusenet] It Wasn't Raining When Noah Built the Ark: Minimizing Financial Risk and Loss for Cultural Heritage Organizations

[Christian M. Cicimurri]

>Please join us for our 2006 Annual Conference to be held on November 16th 
>in Columbia at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
>
>Featured speakers are Jan Thomas, SC Emergency Management Division, and 
>Tina Mason of SOLINET.
>
>Jan Thomas, the Public Assistance Officer, State Public Assistance 
>Program, SC Emergency Management Division, will walk us through the 
>'Applicants Briefing' process.    She will also share some the hazard 
>mitigation opportunities available following a disaster (that means doing 
>stuff to keep the same sort of damage from happening in the future).
>
>After lunch, Tina Mason, of SOLINET, will focus on the 4 main factors of 
>risk management:  identifying your vulnerabilities, quantifying the risks, 
>avoiding risk, and controlling loss when they occur.  The speaker will 
>discuss tools and resources to help institutions with the risk assessment 
>process.
>
>Our fee includes presentations and handouts from our speakers, a tasty 
>lunch, and -- if you are one of the first 60 participants to enter and pay 
>your fees –a free "Disaster Combo & DVD" from Heritage Preservation on us 
>[limit one per institution]!  Please note: When the Disaster Combo & DVD 
>sets are gone, they are gone. Where else but PALMCOP could one get such a 
>fabulous deal?
>
>PALMCOP is all about sharing information and resources, while having a 
>good time learning to be better stewards of the wonderful cultural 
>materials for which we are responsible.
>
>We welcome new members; returning members; and even visitors who are just 
>interested in knowing more about these very crucial – but not necessarily 
>very sexy – topics for cultural herritage organizations.
>
>  If you know of someone else who may be interested in our conference, 
> please feel free to send this flyer to them.  An electronic version of 
> the Conference Registration form will be on our PALMCOP home page found 
> at 
> <http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/palmcop/palmcop.html>http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/palmcop/palmcop.html 
> should be up very, very soon.
>
>-- Grace, Chair, 2005-2006
>
>Grace Cordial, MLS, SL, Historical Resources Coordinator
>Beaufort District Collection, Beaufort County Library, Library Administration
>311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
>843.470.6525 gracec at bcgov.net
><http://www.bcgov.net/library>www.bcgov.net/library
>
>For Learning ~ For Leisure ~ For Life

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Christian Maloney Cicimurri
Curator of Education

Campbell Geology Museum
Clemson University
103 Garden Trail
Clemson, SC  29634
864-656-4602 (voice)
864-656-4600 (fax)
cmcici at clemson.edu
www.clemson.edu/geomuseum
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