I have to agree with Bob Rogers. If you think there is noise now, I'm afraid of what a newsgroup would invite. Flame wars here are kept to mere tinder compared to the forest fires burning up the net. If we go to a newsgroup we should be moderated, and I wonder if Mr. Chadwick has time for that? It's not a big deal (for me) to delete my mail, I anticipate that I would have to quit my internet connection if we go newsgroup. I enjoy my daily time deleteing Museum-L stuff, I doubt I would have time to navigate the news as regularly, so in a sense I feel I'm the one losing. I have found this group to be extremely useful, knowing that my collegues and peers are nanoseconds away. I have learned a great deal posting to and monitoring this group. Although I accept that change is the norm, do we have to change the chemistry of this group by making it a public access forum? Terry Vidal UNI Museum