Hi everyone,
    Thank you so much to everyone who responded to my problem with one 
of my co-workers not wanting to have a subject file on her (and her 
removing of her file without my permission). I got a lot of e-mails from 
people, which was wonderful. I really appreciate all of the advice, 
support, and suggestions I got. The basic message I got from most 
everyone was that what she did was theft and that at the very least I 
should fire her or have her stop working in the archive.

    Someone posted a message on the list asking for me to post a follow 
up. The short answer is--not much has happened. I haven't been able to 
talk to my co-worker because she's been dealing with a serious illness 
in her family and an increased workload in her main job in the gallery. 
So she hasn't really been in the archive at all. Our Executive Director 
just resigned and so I talked to the Vice Chair of our Board (who is 
also the head of the Personnel Committee on the Board) about the issue. 
I told her I wanted someone with higher authority to back me up. She 
told me she wants to talk to the Board Chair and meet with me when the 
Board Chair has returned from a trip in a few weeks. So that delays 
things. And who knows what they will tell me. The Board tends to look at 
everything with the question of how it can make money (including the 
Archive), so I'm a bit skeptical as to what they'll say after I meet 
with them.

    In the meantime, I have been writing a collection policy for the 
Archive and have started to think about what other things need to be put 
into place for the safety of the collection.

    Hopefully something good will come out of the whole thing. Badly 
needed policies. Perhaps a little bit of understanding from the Board 
about archives and their importance and integrity. I'm crossing my 
fingers that this doesn't end up wrecking things that currently work well.
   
    Anyway, thanks again to everyone who helped me out with my problem. 
It is much appreciated.
Emily

Emily R. Jones
Archivist
Woodstock Artists Association
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498

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