Dear Robin Panza:
I am sorry to belabor my point, but please hear me on this
important issue: When I write about the importance of better
salaries and benefits in the museum field, I am *not* stating that
we (the professionals) should push to get rich. Getting rich has
never been the point of this discussion regarding salaries and
benefits in the field.
Once again I ask: Why do we as professionals see such things as
medical coverage as an added benefit? What other profession
out there does this philosophy transfer to? Teachers? Plumbers?
Accountants? Why are so many museum professionals
unwilling to say that they are worth a good salary and
benefits?
John Handley
San Francisco