Hi  Ton,

I  know Roy was attempting to differentiate between Gayle's efforts for the
profession and our own, but like yourself I certainly would NOT classify
Global Museum as a commercial activity.

Like you, I have no commercial company in the background and the webzine is
done in my own time and at my expense.  That said, we DO invite donations
for those who wish to support Global Museum and accept some advertising in
limited sections -  all of which is ploughed back to pay for the annual ISP
costs and equipment upgrades.

What we all have in common is a marketing approach to our work ,but always
with the profession and their needs in mind -  we are business-like in our
approach but NOT a business

best wishes
Roger
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From: "CulPropProtNet/MusSecNetwork" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:18 AM
Subject: Re: (no subject)


> On 21 Apr 2004 at 2:32, Roy Hemmat wrote:
>
> > Apologies to list for perpetuating this thread, but feel compelled to
post my views
> > on a few issues:
> >
> > (3) Those of us who make a business of web "stuff" .. Museum Security
Network,
> > Global Museum, and my own MuseumStuff.com .. we post frequently as well
.. and with
> > an eye towards self-promotion .. (not that that's a bad thing) ..
>
> One small correction: the Museum Security Network is, like Gayle's on
> line activities, a completely free service and absolutely non-
> commercial. There are no sponsors, it is being paid for from private
> funds, and both mailinglists - Cultural Property Protection Net
> Mailinglist, and Museum Security Network Mailinglist - are moderated
> in private time.
>
> There is one great advantage in moderating a mailinglist (see the
> recent threads on this non-moderated Museum-L), and one major
> drawback: it takes a lot of time, and the moderator finds him/herself
> in an undemocratic decisive role about mailings that go through to
> the list.
>
> Those who were already on the Museum Security Network Mailinglist
> before the war in Iraq started will remember why I decided to make
> the lists moderated ones.
>
> As for Gayle's postings: most of the time I skip those because I am
> on Museum-L to read expert opinions, and not private opinions about
> all kinds of matters. Still, I do not mind the above average (in
> quantity) postings by Gayle. Denying people to express their opinions
> is a lot worse than ignoring opinions one is not interested in.
>
> Still, all 2500 plus subscribers on Museum-L must realize that they
> are responsible for the quality of the list, and must be attentive
> not to make this list another Hide Park Speakers' Corner.
>
>
> Ton Cremers
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