All this information about holiday, vacation and sick time really makes me wonder how much time off museum professionals actually use. I know I left my last job with over 3 weeks of vacation time and more than 2 months of sick time unused. RIght now I run a small museum (2 person staff), so time off is still a theoretical concept. We're open 6 days a week and one of us has to be here. Vacation -- hah! BTW the best designation I ever heard for time off was the one day "floating religious holiday" that could be taken at the employee's discretion, depending on their faith. Janice Klein Director Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College [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).