Annemarie,
   I agree with you 100%!  I am a graduae with an MA
in Art History and there were many times I was
hesistant to email the list about looking for work but
everytime someone did, it was Indigo who went out of
her way to send info to the one who sought help. I
don't reply much either, but I felt I needed to at
this time.  I go on the list specifically to read what
Indigo has sent and at this moment I want to thank
her.  The road is rough on the way to finding that
perfect job,but Indigo Nights has made it a lot
smoother.
Noreen
--- Annemarie Brennan Rice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I
am not one usually prone to jumping into the fray,
> but today I feel
> impelled to speak my piece.  I am quite appalled at
> the list's recent
> display of boorish behavior toward fellow lister
> Indigo Nights. As a lawyer
> I encounter selfish, mean-spirited and overly
> controlling people every day;
> sometimes all day.  But that's to be expected.  I am
> a lawyer afterall.
> But I am also a docent in a wonderful museum here in
> Washington, DC, and I
> find that my time in the museum and interact with
> its staff is a wonderful
> antidote to the harsh and graspy ways of my
> profession.  I am also a voyeur
> of this list because I like knowing what is
> important to you all.  And yes,
> I also look for (and often find) ideas and
> information that I use in my
> never ending search to find ways to incorporate
> museum work into my
> professional life.  I have even (evidentally due to
> a clear lack of judeo-
> christian values) imposed on the list on one or two
> occasions for feedback
> about career ideas.  I have always received gracious
> and supportive
> feedback from other listers, but no one has
> impressed me more with their
> unflagging selfless-ness and generosity that Gayle
> (aka Indigo Nights).  I
> am always amazed that anyone would spend that much
> time and effort to
> freely share what she knows and has with others - -
> and for no reason that
> I can see other than she believes in unfettered
> sharing and open-handed
> giving.  I think the list has been callous and
> insensitive toward Gayle.  I
> for one am deeply sorry for any hurt or
> embarrassment this has caused her.
> And it's all the more shocking to me that a group of
> people usually so
> atuned to issues of censorship and expressive
> freedoms would behave so
> callously toward one of its own.  And for what?
> Because her desire to
> help others, and spread the word to people who may
> not have the
> wherewithall to find information on the web is too
> time consuming to people
> already in-the-know.  What if someone complained
> that the text portion of
> an exhibit in your museum was too wordy or contained
> too much information
> already known by most well-educated musuem goers?
> Would you accommodate a
> request for less text from some complaining of such
> things?  What if your
> musuem didn't charge admission?  Wouldn't you think,
> "hmmm, we provide a
> free and glorious service to you ingrates and if you
> don't like the wall
> text then don't read it because some people like to
> know more, not less,
> and besides I've worked damn hard to provide it to
> you for free!"  And I'd
> really like to know why shooting off some half-baked
> query about the
> identity of Indigo Nights and number of her posting
> is not spam while her
> postings by virtue of their consistency and volume
> (not content!) are?
>
> This list without the full and robust contribution
> of Indigio Nights is not
> something I care to be part of. (Not that anyone
> really cares, after all
> less is more evidently).  I suspect I am not the
> only one who feels this
> way.
>
> - A. B. Rice
>
>
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