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o  Prospect identification for the Campaign's volunteer fund-raising committee, the International Founders Council, is progressing rapidly and is moving into the stages of cultivation and recruitment.

o  A Business Supporters Program, to be initiated in April 1991, will be targeted to approximately 750 businesses and galleries which specialize in Indian arts and crafts and will solicit annual unrestricted gifts of at least $100.

o  Several special events are planned for fund raising purposes, including: an April 17 reception in honor of the Museum's Director in New York City; a May 2 book reading event in Seattle, Washington, by authors Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich in connection with their new book, The Crown of Columbus; and a weekend of fund-raising events in Aspen, Colorado on August 23-25.

o  The Campaign has been invited by Orion Pictures to submit a 30-second spot concerning the Museum and its membership program for inclusion in the "Collectors Edition" home video of Dances With Wolves.

o  A conference of prominent Native American writers is planned for Summer 1991 both to elicit their support of the campaign and to seek their assistance in the development of the case statement and other communications materials which must be produced in fiscal year 1992.

SCHOLARS' RESIDENCE

As was reported in the papers for the February 1991 Board of Regents meeting and in the March 1991 Newsletter to the Regents, the firm of Coopers & Lybrand has completed a study of the requirements for, and economic viability of, a residence for visiting scholars. Users of such a facility would be principally scientists and historian coming to the Smithsonian, Woodrow Wilson Center, National Gallery of Art, and Library of Congress for periods of research ranging from a few weeks to a year or more. Based on its review of available documentation, interviews and other fact-finding efforts, Coopers & Lybrand estimated that the number of visiting scholars requiring housing is sufficient to warrant further exploration of a residence having up to 300 rental units. Requirements are heaviest for efficiency apartments but there is also limited demand for one and two bedroom units. An essential requirement for a residence is that it be convenient to Metro Rail. Monthly rental rates would have to be kept at the lower end of the market range given the limited budgets of professional visitors.

As to possible sites for the construction of such a residence, the report addresses presently available commercial and District of Columbia Government sites and the Capitol Hill site of the demolished Providence Hospital as well as a possible affiliation with a local university which might develop such housing to serve its own needs. Given their long-standing interests in the Providence Hospital site as a possible location for the residence, the heads of the four principal user organizations have written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives seeking advice and possible support for use of a portion of the site which is under control of the Congress. Another area for exploration is the Pennsylvania Avenue Development