Smithsonian public meeting about future Secretary

from an advertisement in the Weekend section of the Post:

The search committee for the new Secretary... is holding an open meeting to hear from the public what qualities the next Secretary should have.

Monday September 17th
5:30 pm
Baird Auditorium
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Ave. NW

Advance questions and comments

Live webcast at the Smithsonian website (don't know where it will be though).
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What they want is God, someone who can hobnob with businesspeople, fundraise, make nice with Congress, deal with research and the agendas of the various museum directors and their separate boards, etc.

See "Twilight of the Sun King" from the New York Times about the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.