Posted on Mar 31, 2020

Instead Of Laying Off Workers, Kansas City's WWI Museum Redeploys Them To Expand Digital Archive

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Even when the National World War I Museum and Memorial is open, the majority of its vast holdings aren’t on public display but stored for safekeeping.

Now, with a metro-wide stay-at-home order keeping the Kansas City museum closed until at least April 24, museum employees who usually work with guests are helping transcribe about 10,000 digitized pages from letters, diaries and journals.

Instead Of Laying Off Workers, Kansas City's WWI Museum Redeploys Them To Expand Digital Archive

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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You just made me think. Government salaries are budget driven. Private enterprise salaries are profit and revenue driven.

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MSgt Gene B.

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Not sure where you are coming from, sir. The museum is a 501(c)(3) charity. It is not a government agency or a for profit company.

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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MSgt Gene B. - In other words, the organizations that are profit driven will lay off people more than organizations that have salaries already budgeted.

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