On Wed, 27 Apr 1994, Museum Informatics Project wrote:
 
> WAIT! Before you set up a new list on a museum-related topic, I plead with
> you to initiate discussions of that topic right here on MUSEUM-L (I mean,
> discuss publishing, not discuss whether to have a new list about publishing).
> If not much discussion is generated, then perhaps a new list is not needed. If
> lots of discussion is generated, then perhaps the subscribers of MUSEUM-L
> _are_ the interested parties and a new list isn't necessary.
> In any case, after a while, everyone can assess the situation and have
> some more considered recommendations to make about starting "one more list."
> Peter
 
I second this.--Julia