Tim, The reason I sent the original post this morning was to be mindful of the fact that many museums and historic sites has very tight staffing and to encourage supervisors and co-workers to be supportive of those who may run late with the large vote today in the USA. If someone from England or Canada or Brazil posted a message with similar scope I would encourage that too - and the same goes with any discussion of current events, such as the receding economies around the world, that may affect museums and preservation even if in a more peripheral way. If we are to effectively communicate culture, art, and history to our visitors and colleagues we have to also be aware of the dynamics of current events and issues that are in the collective consciousness of everyday life. Often History is a mirror, as it were, of the present. Cheers! Dave David Harvey Conservator Los Angeles On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Timothy McShane <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I'd like to echo Deb's comments that this thread is not appropriate for a > Museum discussion list that enjoys International subscription. Please, > American cousins, exercise your franchise if you are able to do so, but > please, keep the traffic on this list museum-related. > > I don't recall any mention of Canada's recent federal election on this > list, nor discussion of elections in any number of other democracies around > the world. Let's keep it that way. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History > Esplanade Museum > 401 First Street SE > Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2 > Tel: (403) 502-8587 > [log in to unmask] > > > >>> Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> 11/4/2008 9:00 AM >>> > Dearest members, please let us remember that this is an INTERNATIONAL > list, and to my knowledge, only one country is holding elections > today. While voting is an important right for anyone regardless of > nationality or location, I think it is extrememly off-topic for this > list and urge people to save their encouragement to vote for more > relevant venues of discussion. > > Respectfully, > > Deb Fuller > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Darlene Perry <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > I second that! Everyone get out to vote because if you do not--you have > no > > right to complain about your government. > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > > Disclaimer: The information transmitted is intended only for the > addressee and may contain confidential, proprietary and/or privileged > material. Any unauthorized review, distribution or other use of or > the taking of any action in reliance upon this information is > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender > and delete or destroy this message and any copies > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).