On 26 Jan 2002 at 15:38, John Martinson wrote:

> No offense to anyone....
>
> But since this is a "LIST," it would be nice to have more discussion
> on the issues of our field.  When I first came on the list in 1996-97,
> there were hot topics as museology vs. education, how to attract
> visitors, tourism and the museum visitor, etc.   In short, there were
> some' pretty good debate going on which attracted the interest of most
> on the list.  But lately, it has become a personal employment
> office---help me get a job, or metro this person or that.
>

I could not agree more. There is something aggressive about the
invasion of the list with 250 messages by one subscriber out of 2500
within a month. Such an overkill will always change the character of
a list. There is no objection whatsoever against the postings we are
talking about. But some restraint would be most welcome.

Ton Cremers



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