Interview 22891 – Caption Index: 217
How did that transition take place and what was then your role as zoo director with this new organization?… Read More
How did that transition take place and what was then your role as zoo director with this new organization?… Read More
You seemed to indicate it was a newer organization. Read More
A long time. I think I was appointed in ’82. 1982. And then when we developed that Zoological Society and we’re doing fundraising, the Zoo Society had hired a development person that came in. And basically the two of us, he would take me as the one who knew the… Read More
That… Let’s see, I’m trying to figure out exact years, so it was probably by… He left in 2005 and at that point the society and the park district said you know, Jan, you’re the one that’s out there in front and already knows all this stuff and is doing… Read More
So that was- So you were zoo director when you were fundraising?… Read More
Yeah. Well that’s part of – any director should be “selling” the zoo. Read More
And get everybody involved in it so that they know this is our joint mutual plan. This is what we’re working toward. But again, I mean you can do one. And should. And I think it’s required through accreditation processes. But you just need to update it on a regular… Read More
You know, you just gotta manipulate it a little bit. Read More
When you say a new director comes in, how long were you director of the Glen Oak Zoo?… Read More
Master plans. Master plans are good to get people to buy into what you wan to do, but they gotta be flexible. They gotta move. Because as much as you like this set plan, things change. Budgets change, people change. Politics change. So the best thing you can do is… Read More
People went to the bathroom, you know, came back out, they said well we had the meeting. And I said you didn’t invite me. I didn’t get to go in the bathroom. And they’re like oh it’s okay, Jan. So I don’t think anything huge was decided, but it was… Read More
There are some farsighted people out there that, and men, that saw things differently. And it wasn’t man against woman, it was just the way things were at the time and you had to work your way in. Read More
And like you say, just kind of keep moving forward. As we reflect on it now, there are so many more women. Mmhm, true. I think, well you know in that era when I first started applying to work at zoos, I remember going to the Minnesota Zoo that I… Read More
And they were just our little luncheon go. We divvied it up professionally, what did we want to do. Whether it was through AZA or in our zoos or whatever. Personally what we wanted to do to grow as women. And get along, and it was just a little bonding… Read More
Did you call each other or commiserate on issues?… Read More