Lois Irvine wrote: > >I am in favour of expanding the possibilities for voting members and the use >of the internet but not to charge only those who do not have e-mail. My concern with the >mailing charge is that, once again, we favour those who have the resources >and charge more to those that don't. I am not so sure the division between those with and without access to e-mail reflects a divison between those with the resources and those without. In the ICME mailing list over those (supposedly) without e-mail we find a lot of members in Western European countries, many from large institutions, while on the other hand a high percentage of our members from Africa, Asia, etc. do have e-mail adresses. In fact, e-mail is now used as the cheapest way of communication in several really poor museums I know in Africa. It is far cheaper than ordinary mail and far easier to get through than a fax connection which is dependent on unbroken lines with a relatively long duration, making sending even a short fax into quite a project. Per B. Rekdal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html