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Title: Rethinking the role of SAMA


1
Rethinking the role of SAMA
2
Purpose of presentation
  • Introduce ideas that are being discussed by the
    outgoing Council and the National Office
  • Feedback from membership

3
SAMA Mission Statement
  • As a professional body concerned with South
    Africas heritage, the South African Museums
    Association will provide leadership in the
    management of the countrys diverse natural and
    cultural heritage for the enrichment of all
    people so as to
  • develop and support an inclusive South African
    heritage practice
  • build the capacity for an effective South African
    heritage industry
  • address and advocate critical concerns for the
    future of South African heritage management

4
What SAMA is about
  • The core values of SAMA are support, knowledge
    sharing, cooperation, empowerment, co-ordination,
    continuity.
  • SAMA is a network of museum professionals and
    supporters who serve the same cause, namely the
    conservation, interpretation and communication of
    South African heritage. Through SAMA, everyone
    working in a museum are colleagues who share
    responsibility regarding policy and system
    development, mentoring of less experienced
    colleagues and sharing knowledge and ideas
    irrespective of institutional ties. Through SAMA,
    each museum benefit from the expertise from all
    other museums as everyone are working towards the
    same goal.
  • SAMA has committed itself to developing
    professional standards to ensure excellence in
    all museums empowering museum staff in complying
    with these standards through training and
    knowledge sharing.

5
Strengths
  • Long track record as representative of museum
    sector we have been around 1936
  • Extensive network
  • annual Conference is well-supported
  • Transformation Training Programme confirmed the
    need for a vocational training programme
  • Experience in SAMA Office
  • The SAMA Office continuity
  • Decentralised membership base in regions

6
Challenges
  • Making members of our participants
  • Create framework which allow members to become
    involved in committees and work groups.
  • Financial sustainability
  • Calendar that is planned well in advance
  • Support for volunteers to deliver on projects

7
Challenges continued
  • Align structure of Council and Committees with
    SAMA objectives and needs of the sector
  • Integrated SAMA structure
  • Clarifying national and regional roles

8
Introduction to recommendations
  • SAMA should stay true to its membership-based
    structure
  • Legitimacy based on its membership structure
  • SAMA has to continue to build on its strengths,
    namely
  • Professional Standards Ethics
  • Vocational Training
  • Annual Conference
  • SAMA structure and decision-making systems to
    acknowledge and adapt to changing environment

9
Structure National and regional
10
Structure Council
11
Membership benefits
  • Rethink categories of institutional membership
  • Rethink membership benefits of institutional and
    individual membership and how they participate in
    SAMA activities.

12
Communication strategy
  • Internal communication - Improve communication to
    members
  • External communication Creating profile for SAMA
  • Internal and external communication have
    different objectives and messages

13
Internal communications
  • New look Samantics with a greater emphasis on
    SAMA-related news.
  • Weekly SAMA e-news to SAMA members only.
  • SAMA Classifieds that includes tendering
    opportunities and job advertisements.

14
External communication
  • Electronic newsletter aimed at decision makers in
    heritage sector
  • Annual Report
  • Redesigned website

15
Financial sustainability
  • Fundraising strategy
  • Diversify funding sources
  • Raise profile
  • Acknowledge existing sponsors
  • Register SAMA as a service provider
  • Projects requiring extensive consultation with
    heritage community
  • Developing standards and criteria for the sector
  • Heritage training programmes
  • Museological research

16
Way forward
  • Presentation available on SAMA website
    www.samaweb.org.za
  • Deadline for initial comments and input 6 July
    2007
  • Send input to helene_at_futurserve.co.za
  • Council to consider in July 2007
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