The list is made up by those participating. You cannot ask the Americans to be less US-oriented when their US-orientation actually works. When some of the Americans ask about things European, they receive answers - also from Europe. Which proves that there are Europeans out there reading messages, but mostly otherwise silent. The challenge for us non-US is to use the list actively. If Germans used the List as if it was German, French as if it was French, Dutch as if it was Dutch, and all of us as if it was global ... well it might definitely be fruitful. At least for a while. Another thing with relevance to the above: I have noticed a couple of messages in Spanish. Would messages in German and French and Japanese and Russian and Chinese be just as welcome, or is this an English-language List? Per B. Rekdal Museumsleder/Museum Director Universitetets etnografiske museum Frederiksgate 2, N-0164 Oslo, Norway Tel. -47 - 22 85 99 64 Fax -47 - 22 85 99 60 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. 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).