Roger and the several others who would like to start an Australian/nearby museum discussion list: Perhaps if Roger would draft a list of topics and issues that would better be discussed on an "Australian" list than on Museum-L, and/or Taxacom, and/or NHCOLL-L, both the rest of us and the Australians and their neighbors would understand what the shortcomings of these existing lists are. Jim Croft pointed out some of the good reasons to consider remaining consolidated; they're substantial. I second his suggestion that you post your issues here (or on one of the other lists if they're heavily slanted towards natural history collections) for a while to see whether it's productive. Peter