Emily J. Van wrote:

>Look folks.  We discuss over the net ways to make our museums more
>approachable to the general public....
...
>The way I see it, we, ourselves, have to learn that as well.  NOT
>EVERYTHING IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.  Granted "crowing" about one's
>home town athletic team may not be of interest to the majority of the
>group, but LIGHTEN UP.  Really. ...
...
I think the problem in this case (celebrating a team's advance to the third
round of the NCAA basketball tournament) is that the athletic achievement was
so limited.  Fifteen other teams did the same (my Wolverines not among them,
alas).  If every graduate from every quarterfinal qualifier in every major
sport sent a "yahoo" to MUSEUM-L, the list would be crowded indeed.

An occasional crow appended to an otherwise relevant message is a good way to
"lighten up" the list, but first you need to something legitimate to crow
about, say a national title in basketball, or Australian rugby, or whatever.

Gerry Prokopowicz, Ph.D. (BA,JD University of Michigan, 1989 National
                        Champions, 1996 eliminated in first round)
Historian, The Lincoln Museum
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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