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Margaret

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I may get beat up over this--but can someone say in SIMPLE language exactly what the $30 goes for? I have read so much that I really don't know what I read? :confused:

I also saw this question asked before, but for some reason the answers became more confusing. I think I just quit reading--too much information at once.

Will this donation lead to the same standards as a conservator? I am a picture framer and do not want or pretend to be anything else.

I have read and feel I understand what FACTS is, but want to know if they will set a standard that is leaning mainly to conservation work rather than framing?

If it is just a study/guidlines of materials I am for it and will send my check. I just need to know if it will go further than that.

I ask these questions because Nona is getting to me--but I cannot send money for anything unless I know exactly why I am sending it.

This maybe good for Nona to recap and get the rest of the money she needs. But who ever responds--please keep it simple!
 
1. Salary for at least one paid staff member (all volunteers to this point)

2. Production of resource and educational materials and mailing

3. Maintainence of website

4. To demonstrate grass-roots support by framers and encourage vendors to contribute toward the anticipated $80,000/year annual operating budget

Financial figures for the entire history of FACTS can be viewed at their website (see my signature.)

Yes, this has been answered before and yes, the answers have gotten buried by the shear volume of discussion, but not intentionally.
 
Conservators don't have a written set of standards like FACTS.

That is one reason that FACTS is such a great accomplishment.
 
Most of us know that FACTS is a good thing. It sets standards for picture framing methods and materials written for the framing profession, not for conservators.

It was determined in Chicago that $80,000 to $100,000 is needed to keep FACTS going and to truly make it useful for the everyday framer.

It will take commitment to raise that kind of money yearly and the question that was constantly brought up was...do framers even care about FACTS? Is it worth the effort to keep it alive?

My $30 campaign is simply to show that yes, framers do. Sending me a check is showing the industry that yes, what FACTS has done and can do, is important to the everyday framer. If at least 1,000 framers don’t care enough to even say yes, then why would the manufacturers and distributors spend the money or effort to help us? FACTS is a tool for framers and they are the ones who will make sure it's still here 10 years from now by showing they do care and they will support it. Framers can't be passive in this and let others do it for them. They have to do it because ultimately FACTS is for framers.

Is that clear? It gets very hard to keep it simple and I apologize if I have failed to do that. Your check is basically a vote YES I care. No check means a vote no I don't care.

The money raised will all go to FACTS and in Atlanta at a meeting that has been called, we'll see if the manufacturers and distributors will get on board and also support FACTS. If 1,000 framers out of 17,000 don't care enough to help save FACTS, then it probably won't be saved and all that work will simply go away.

This is getting long again, sorry.

Nona Powers, CPF, GCF
www.nonapowers.com
 
Conservators don't have a written set of standards for treatments- we can't because every piece we work on is different. We do have a code of ethics to guide our decision making, and many forums for sharing information/research/practical experience. The information we use to make treatment decisions, or to decide what materials to use, is almost always based on analysis or studies done by independent (not funded by industry) conservators and conservation scientists.

As I understand it, the goal of FACTS is to set industry standards for framing materials, and to give guidelines for framing practices. Materials can be standardized because they are just that - materials. Framing practices could only be standardized if every piece to be framed were exactly the same. They aren't. Guidelines give a set of general principles, but can be amended as circumstances require.

Rebecca
 
Margaret:

I trust Ron & Nona have answered your questions about what the money is for.

About how far FACTS will go, the standards are not intended to make conservators out of framers. Conservators are trained and qualified to scientifically improve the condition of an item -- to work on it directly. Framers simply provide a non-invasive, protective environment for it, without changing its condition.

That said, some conservators are already observing the FACTS standards for their own "conservation" framing. Perhaps because a lot of their work is to fix damage from poor framing, conservators understand the benefits of framing standards better than some framers do.
 
Thank you all. The FACTS web site is quite impressive and I did get my PPFA newsletter today--what timing. Sorry you had to repeat again--it was very helpful.
 
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