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for scholarly research, to international travel for professional collaboration, to program design and implementation, and so forth.

To be determined, with the participation and approval by the Board of Regents, is whether there should be a multi-year or an ongoing campaign, and for what purposes, [[underlined]] or [[/underlined]] whether staff should continue to develop this Institutions on a project-driven basis.

In 1996, the Smithsonian Institution will celebrate its 150th anniversary. For the fund raising staff of the Institution, that event could provide a landmark opportunity that could be framed in a capital campaign context. Or, the sesquicentennial observance could be framed in a variety of other programmatic offerings and funding thrusts. The planning and fund generating experiences in the months ahead will help to determine which would be the best course to follow.