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Thanks for your comments, Calinda. I'd like to clarify that I don't take any
issue with discussions that are tangential to our work, or philosophical in
nature rather than utilitarian. I just don't think political debates that
are completely removed from museums should be going on and on and on here.
There are other places to debate those issues.

I'm sorry if my e-mails have seemed offensive or hostile. And I apologoze
for posting a private e-mail to the list, which was a careless mistake
rather than an attempt to be rude.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of calinda
  Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 3:01 PM
  To: [log in to unmask]
  Subject: Re: Are you the group leade/what's appropriate


  I, too, get a bit irritated by seemingly off-topic posts but I'd like to
ask what the actual parameters of our discussions are supposed to be.  As
often as I get messages that are not of interest to me, I follow debates
that are of significant professional value (in my humble opinion).  I'm a
little tired of people censoring all discussion that doesn't fit into the
"how many widgets does it take to make this program go" category.  And I
find it offensive that people would admonish any of us who are engaged in
any museum-related discussion or debate to "get back to work."  For some of
us, intellectual inquiry and an engagement of the dilemmas of our field ARE
work.  When I subscribed, I was looking for that as much as a "how to"
manual for museum-related tasks.

  Perhaps it would be helpful if our list manager or someone else more
experienced than I clarified our purposes.  Am I way off base here?  If not,
I'd like to make a plea that people keep the museum-related discussions
going even if they seem tangential.  (Obviously, some discretion is
necessary, but the lines don't have to be narrowly drawn.)  Some of us
participants (and lurkers) find these discussions edifying and
stimulating--even if they only inform us of the perspectives of our
colleagues and help to explain why they make the decisions that they do in
their home institutions.

  Two cents,
  Calinda

  P.S. Please note that this email is, in no way, directed as an attack
against Erica.

  _________
  Calinda N. Lee, Ph.D.
  Historical Consultant
  Sources
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  Suite 1107
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  410-547-8762
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Issaquah Historical Society Info
    To: [log in to unmask]
    Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:15 PM
    Subject: Re: Are you the group leader



    I'm not the group leader, I'm a participant on the list. My response was
not directed towards you personally, but towards all the various off-topic
e-mails that have been posted recently. I'm sorry if you find me bossy and
offensive. I suspect, however, that I'm not the only person who is tiring of
non-museum related e-mails.
    Erica S. Maniez
    Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
    425/392-3500
    [log in to unmask]
    www.issaquahhistory.org

      -----Original Message-----
      From: R. Morrison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
      Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:09 PM
      To: [log in to unmask]
      Subject: Are you the group leader


      Just wondering--this is my first posting after reading and sitting
back for months--so I find your email offensive--I did not start this
discussion.  Hence I finally reply--and there have been people like Deb who
have posted 80 emails--yet it is my one email you comment on.  Are you the
"leader" or just bossy?
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