Ursula: you're not an AIM, so I can't tell you that way, but I'm afraid I'll forget. Everyone else, sorry for using the community space to relay such a personal message. Anyway.

I don't know what happened to Pam, but Karen is now the director at the museum. I emailed Pam (or so I thought) to ask if I could use her as a reference in my daunting job search, and got a reply from Karen saying "Pam has retired and I'm the new director." (She also told me to feel free to use her as a reference, so that's cool. Karen will give me a better recommendation than Pam anyway; Karen was actually THERE when I worked, she actually SAW me work, she actually KNEW what was going on at work, et cetera.)

Maybe the rumors that were flying around at the end of last year are true and the board of directors canned Pam? I'd forgotten all about all of that until just now. Interesting.