The Museum-L list has featured robust discussion over the past fortnight demonstrating that postings for Fire Museums can end in FLAMING. It is reassuring to learn that the majority of List members are not prepared to sanction any postion description, where an implied pre condition is ones race or colour. __________________________________________________________________ A second thread has been the request for fundraising information: Might I suggest the following titles for your reference in the Not For Profit section of DR DRUM'S BOOKSHOP: **The Artful Journey: Cultivating & Soliciting the Major Gift William T Sturtevant/Hardcover/Published 1997 **Critical Issues in Fundraising Dwight F Burlingame(Editor)/Hardcover/Published 1997 **The Charity & Not For Profit Sourcebook Arthur B.C. Drache/Paperback/Published 1995 **How to Raise Money in a Not For Profit Organisation Joseph P. Simini/Paperback/Published 1983 **Common Costs & Fundraising Appeals: a Guide David J.Harr **The Fundraising primer: A first book for Individuals raising funds for N-F-P's David G. Bauer/Published 1993 **Not For Profit but Not For Loss John Short / Guidebook for Marketing & Contracting __________________________________________________________________ DR DRUM'S NOT-FOR-PROFIT BOOKSHOP Hundred's of Titles online - Museums, NFP's, Arts, Marketing http://members.tripod.com/~DrDrum_2/Bookshop.html