Re: clothing/tool allowance

[bruce bundock <BRBUNDOCK@vassar.edu>]

Title: Re: clothing/tool allowance

> Dear List
> Members,
>  
> I would like
> to know how many preparators out there get some kind of annual
> personal work clothing and/or tool allowance, or get
> personal work clothing or tool purchases reimbursed by your
> institutions?  If so, for what kinds of items are you reimbursed,
> and what is your approximate spending
> limit?   
>  
> Thank
> you,
> Amie Geremia
> Registrar
> Frist Center for the
> Visual Arts
> 919 Broadway
> Nashville, TN
> 37203-3822
> (615) 744-3243
> (615) 744-3991
> fax
> ageremia@fristcenter.org
> www.fristcenter.org
>

 Hello Amie,

    I use a few hardware stores and an art supply store for local purchases. (tools ,paints, etc.) I  am issued blanket purchase order numbers that provide me with pre-determined allowances of a particular amount each year. These amounts vary from store to store, and vary from year to year. If I  need  other supplies  for prep/ exhibit/ storage work,  from places like University Products, Light Impressions, Conservation Resources,etc. I  get an estimate from the company and then run it by our director for approval. It then it goes to our purchasing  department and I am issued a P.O. number,  which the vendor gets when I place the order.  I usually do not pay out of pocket for too many items.  On the very rare occasions that I do, I am usually reimbursed by the college within 2 or 3 weeks. We are talking mostly gas/food/ expenses in this case.

                                                                                                   Bruce Bundock

                                                                                                   Preparator

                                                                                                   Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

                                                                                                   Vassar College