You know, I wondered about the wisdom of insulting the NJ folks who had reacted to a previously forwarded email. Hmmm…don’t you think the email below might be forwarded to them too? Yikes!

 

Best advice: Only put in email that which you would be comfortable having published in the New York Times. I suspect that adhering to that advice would solve a lot of listserv issues.

 

On the subject of recurring questions and the Museum-L listserv in general: I am a fairly new museum director. With small budgets and no real mentor, the Internet and museum listservs substitute as ongoing informal professional development. I’ve learned how to deal with bugs of all types, the correct way to format exhibit text, and acquired an exhaustive reading list. I’ve actually been able to contribute in a few cases – identifying artifacts, etc. This list has the largest membership of the museum lists – therefore the largest “wisdom base.” But, I have learned that when I have a question I should ask it on every other listserv before I ask it on this one. The rudeness is just not worth sticking my neck out. I actually thought about unsubscribing from this listserv last year, but decided to compromise by just not asking any questions of this group...just lurking and reading. Just this month I suggested that the Florida Air Museum join another museum listserv after their query was “blown off” by this group.

 

The Museum-L listserv has the resources to be the very best museum listserv on the Internet. It’s biggest challenge is the elitist and unfriendly feel it has to new members – and some old members too.

 

 

But still, in claiming disrespect by others you again disrespect an entire community by claiming that all NJ employess are moronic.  Do you know all of them??  Where do you get off…

 

A few weeks ago, I sent out an email seeking historic groups and vendors interested in an upcoming event I am chairing. Someone from this list forwarded it to others and the people who responded were great and I thank you. But someone decided to cut out some words, add others and forwarded to people in New Jersey (the site was a state site) I found this out this week from the site supervisor. Someone made the announcement a celebration instead of a commemoration, big difference. Id love to know who was the a^&hole who did this and why? It wasn’t funny even to NJ officials. Sadly the person in NJ had the moronic brain (typical of NJ employees) to believe the wording was sent as written. It created a furor. Now hopefully the moron passes this one on too. THAT’S DISRESPECT

Jim

P.s.I still don’t know how the other was disrespectful, scratches head with foot