Computer Museums

Unless one collects just the dies of microchips, the rooms will fill fast. Collectors of just about everything have proved this. I suppose it would be hard to collect everything - for example, one could make a huge collection just with VT100 clones! I think it is very important that even if a museum specializes (probably the most realistic option), an objective view of history must not be lost. Not static displays! TC"M" started that way - great for us geeks, but not for the average person. Current museum thinking is for teaching the public, not saving the past. A bit of a shame, really. Going tax-free and everything like most large museums is quite difficult. Generally a number of people are needed to form a board of directors, in order to run the corporation. Unless you REALLY plan on doing a serious job, it would be best to call it a private collection. This means that any monetary donations really are personal income with no tax advantages for either side of the transaction (generally a bad thing, as so many people view donations with an eye to write off some taxes). Currently RCS/RI is looking to incorporate _eventually_ - we would like a few more members. Now, we are simply a collective - rent gets split evenly. How is CHAC handling this? William Donzelli william(a)ans.net