YES!  A long time ago I reserved the right to exercise my delete key.
This time it has been no different.

Thank you for your comments.

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:08:12 -0500 Mancuso/Klindt
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>It seems to me that if someone in the arts or museum field -- a museum
>professional, an art history graduate student, etc. -- is planning a
>stay
>in NY for work-related or study-related purposes then the Museum List
>is
>the PERFECT place to request information about housing leads. There
>are
>people on this list who live in NY and might have information about
>sublets
>that may be useful to their museum colleagues.  Often, museums and
>arts
>organizations have bulletin boards where staff members can post
>notices
>about rentals and sublets.
>
>I have patiently sat through what I feel were some of the most inane
>and
>never-ending discussions conducted on this list.  However, it would
>never
>occur to me to pass judgment on what is or is not acceptable or
>"right" for
>this forum if in some way it is useful to even one soul in the museum
>profession. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, no matter how
>"unusual" it might seem and trying to legislate what is right or wrong
>for
>this list is not a very constructive endeavor.   All our browsers are
>equipped with a delete button and there is no reason to avoid using
>it.
>
>Mary Mancuso Klindt
>
>----------
>> From: Phillips, III, J.A. <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: SUBLET WANTED IN MANHATTAN
>> Date: Monday, November 03, 1997 11:41 AM
>>
>> Pardon me, but AW has a point. I dont think anyone joined this list
>> thinking they would be getting posts apartment hunting. I need a new
>gas
>> cap for my car, but this is not the forum to find it. Spam from
>outside
>> sources is one thing--but inside?
>>
>> Respectfully,
>> John Phillips
>>
>>
>> Shana Chambers wrote:
>> >
>> > CHILL OUT!!!!!!
>> >
>> > On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Adrian Wortley wrote:
>> >
>> > > >Single, male professional seeks alcove studio or larger by
>January
>> 1. For six months to a year. Contact: [log in to unmask]
>> > >
>> > > perhaps someone would like to explain to me how it is that the
>> museum-l is now being used for apartment hunting. in all fairness, i
>> think there are limits to the requests that should be made in this
>> forum. are there not apartment-seekers discussion lists available
>> somewhere? quite frankly, i don't think it is appropriate to use the
>> list in this capacity and i would canvas people to think before they
>> write on occasion.
>