Rachel Cockett has good points; - ensuring active membership is among other things about being able to communicate activities,continueously updated information and providing spaces for communication and discussions (as this discussion proves), not so much about grants to travel. To encourage attendance, creating meetings with crossprofessional/"cultural" themes and marketing them well may prove fruitful. The new ICOM web site may provide all this. - committee membership services and communication need to be improved (point taken!) - "Youth/young" is defined as 15- max 25. But there are also the computerfriendly young at heart/brain. - Student membership is a good thing, but there are so many cathegories that lack financial means to travel internationally. It is a complicated issue. Reflections from Lena Millinger, MPR Committee Malmö Museums, Sweden - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html