Hello,

My name is Gerry Crouse.  I worked for Parks Canada for 20+ years before
retiring in 1996 due to health.  During that time, I spent more than 10
years with the National Historic Sites Directorate in both policy- and
program-type positions.  For the last few years, I was the co-ordinator for
a program called the National Cost-Sharing Program, which helped fund the
restoration of national historic sites NOT owned by the Canadian government.

These days I work from home as a part-time travel agent.  My particular
interest (and my reason for joining this list) is heritage-related travel.
I would be especially interested in making contact with anyone who has
experience with travel programs related to museums.  Over the next couple of
years, I hope to be able to develop travel packages that would be of
interest to both heritage professionals but especially heritage supporters
such as museum members and "Friends of" organizations.  Please e-mail me if
you have any experience/knowledge in this area.

I am curious as to how this list operates.  It seems that I get a "burst" of
messages and then nothing for days at a time.  Is this just a volume thing,
or is it due to how the list is moderated and administered?  By the way, I
know first hand what a tremendous job it is to run a maillist effectively
and I admire and respect anyone who takes on the task.  They perform a
yeoman service for those of us who reap the benefit of their efforts.  My
thanks to whomever performs the task for this list.  You are a brave and
generous person.

Best wishes for the new year to all.

Gerry Crouse
Aylmer, Quebec, Canada