"Most jobs are given to recommended candidates before the selection process even starts. These candidates are chosen not on grounds of merit and capacity of renewal and innovation, but on the contrary, because they are already known and amply proved to guarantee the continuity of political control of static administrative museum management." This is a blanket condemnation of all museum operations, and I find it offensive. That isn't my museum, or any that I work with you're talking about. Sour grapes, methinks. Chris Dill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C. L. Dill, Museum Director State Historical Society of North Dakota 612 East Boulevard Bismarck ND 58505-0830 USA P: (701)328-2666 F: (701)328-3710 E: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -