As many of you may remember, this topic of low salaries has come up on this list before. The only comment I wish to add at this point in the discussion regards the idea that there is no point in complaining, and that we should just accept low salaries or change careers. I think it is important to remember that complaining is the first step in raising overall awareness to a problem. If women in this country had taken this same position (that complaining does not accomplish a good purpose) then women today would still not be able to vote! What I would like to see from AAM is a greater focus on this problem on a regular basis. Unlesss I have missed something, AAM is awfully silent on this important issue. I still maintain that the greatest resource a museum has is not its collections or programs, but its staff. John Handley San Francisco