Sorry to differ, R. Scott Williams, but this list is also for community building, and that is exactly what Anita is doing. I have made a number of invaluable personal contacts via this list and would not want to see it changed in any way. The delete key is always an option. Perhaps you could wear a thimble to protect your finger? Jim >>Anita Cohen-Williams writes: > >In order to introduce some useful humor here, how about a contest? Tell us >about the 25 (or less) things that drive you crazy! Dealing with patrons, >funny experiences that happened in a museum or library, typos on labels, >silly questions (from patrons and others), etc.. > >If this is too silly a suggestion, please let me know (I seem to be a bit >lightheaded today, too many WWW sites...). >------ > >I do not think introducing humor is silly but I do think asking everyone to >write their anecdotes to Museum-l is very silly. If everyone writes 25 >anecdotes then I will spend a lot of time tapping my delete button. I read >Museum-l to get info, not entertainment. For entertainment I read novels, >watch TV, yell at my kids, etc. > >Please do not send your anecdotes to Museum-l. Instead please send them to >the originator of this idea, Anita Cohen-Williams at >[log in to unmask], who can then collate them, arrange them by >subject, throw out the obnoxious, etc., then send one message to Museum-l >that we can read or delete with a single stroke. > >Sorry to be a killjoy, but I do not want to waste time separating the >information from the other stuff. For me, the ratio of useful to other on >this list is getting dangerously close to where I will have to unsubscribe, >and I do not want to do that because there is good info exchange here, when >it is not too diluted. > > > R. Scott Williams > Conservation Scientist (Chemist) > Canadian Conservation Institute > 1030 Innes Road > Ottawa, Ontario > Canada K1A 0M5 > tel: 613-998-3721 > fax: 613-998-4721 > [log in to unmask] > > > > >______________________________ Reply Separator >_________________________________ >Subject: A lighter note >Author: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at INTERNET >Date: 3/21/96 6:01 PM > > > >Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library >Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 >Tel: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 >[log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH > >The following is an attached File item from cc:Mail. It contains >information that had to be encoded to ensure successful transmission >through various mail systems. 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