{"id":1256,"date":"2021-09-08T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:16:46","slug":"can-you-separate-the-wheat-from-the-chaff-join-the-rmn-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"Can you separate the wheat from the chaff?  Join the RMN Committee!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Separate-the-Wheat-from-the-Chaff-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Separate-the-Wheat-from-the-Chaff-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Separate-the-Wheat-from-the-Chaff-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Separate-the-Wheat-from-the-Chaff-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Separate-the-Wheat-from-the-Chaff.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><figcaption>Image credit: The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rural Museums Network is looking for some new members to join its Executive Committee. It\u2019s an excellent way to develop your CV, meet people working in museums across the country and share ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an exciting time to join as we are currently looking at our future vision for how the organisation can best serve its members in a post-pandemic world. You will be able to help shape the future work of an active and lively Subject Specialist Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rural Museums Network Secretary Melanie Williamson remarked \u201cit\u2019s a fantastic opportunity. I have gained so much from joining the committee, it\u2019s given me the chance to try things outside of my day job and develop my skills. I\u2019ve been able to network with specialists and work with professionals from renowned rural institutions; I\u2019ve been involved in planning and promoting events; and it\u2019s given me ideas for interpreting the collections I work with and wider knowledge of the sector, including the issues affecting museum professionals working in rural organisations. The role is low maintenance, which fits easily into my schedule as I work part time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee meet six times a year.&nbsp; At the moment these are exclusively online Zoom meetings, but we hope to return to meeting face to face at least once or twice a year in due course. The Committee manage the day to day running of the Network, organise an annual conference, and run projects such as the ACE funded \u2018Reap the Rewards\u2019 programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You certainly do not need to be an \u2018expert\u2019 in agricultural collections, and we would love to hear from a wide range of individuals who can help ensure that the committee continues to represent the diverse museums and collections that we\u2019re delighted to have within the network. If you are interested or would just like to find out more, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rural Museums Network is looking for some new members to join its Executive Committee. It\u2019s an excellent way to develop your CV, meet people working in museums across the country and share ideas. It is an exciting time to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1256\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}