>     Chris Whittle said:
>
>     "Professional sports draw about 6% of all television
>     households (80,000,000 in the US times 2 .3 people per
>     family and 1-2 hours per week per viewer. Are you
>     saying that if people spent as much time in museums as
>     they do with their TVs salaries would not be higher?"
>
>     No, I didn't say that.  I said being upset about what
>     superstars make, regardless of their field of endeavor,
>     is not going to help.  Museums need to make people feel
>     that they (museums) are a vital need if museum workers
>     are to be valued enough to be paid high salaries.
>
>     Chris Dill
>

Chris,
 I agree with you.
People need to feel welcomed at musems and not like their trespassing in a
church or a JUST US club. We need to cultivate future museum visitors now!
Pete

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