Craig Deller asked for more information about the regional museum associations and their meetings. My apologies to those who already know about these things - and please feel free to add or correct any information. In addition to the "national" American Association of Museums, there are six regional museum associations. These associations are affiliated with AAM ('tho I understand this is an area of much discussion within some regions). In parallel to the SPC's (Standing Professional Committees) of the AAM, there are regional SPC's; e.g., Registrars, Curators Educators, NAME, etc. The regional organizations and meetings serve a somewhat different constituency than the national organization, often focusing on more hands-on and "basic" museum activities. In my experience those attending the regional meetings often do not have the funds to travel to the national meeting and so I meet different people at them than I do at AAM. (As an aside, I find the same thing at state museum organization meetings -- yes, Craig, there are also state museum associations; I see different people at the state level - who can't afford to get to the regional meetings) The regional museum associations meet in the Fall of each year and they are: New England Museum Association Mid-Atlantic Museum Association South East Museums Conference MidWest Museums Conference Mountain-Plains Museums Association Western Region SEMC is meeting in Memphis, Oct 5-8 MPMA is meeting in Corpus Christi, Oct 19-22 MMC is meeting in Chicago, Nov 9-12 WR is meeting in Honolulu (!!) next week MAAM is meeting in Annapolis (don't know when) Sorry, I don't remember where or when NEMA is meeting. Also, I don't have my hands on contact names and numbers for the associations -- anyone want to help Hope this information helps. Janice Klein, Field Museum