I really have to jump in here... I agree completely with the ban against "advertising", but I think that it's important to be clear about what advertising IS!
Advertising is announcing the availability of products for sale by the person who is selling the product and will be making a profit. It is NOT: - an endorsement of a new product by a person who has used it but does not stand to profit by someone else's sale of same... - a notice of a museum display whether made by the museum or an interested member... - an announcement of a lace day or similar event... Let's encourage our museums and historical societies to keep us notified through announcements on the list! Let's continue to advise each other of lace days and similar events! And let's simply delete, unread, (or better still - block -) offending vendors who post advertisements to the list. The offensive vendor has shown she is making an effort to play by our rules. For that we can be grateful. Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Peach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think we loose out a lot because of the Arachne police of the past, why do > I say this. Well this last week I went to Salisbury Museum having first > taken my grandson to the Army museum. I was in conversation with > one of the curators who told me that just the week previously they had > given a talk "Lace on Costume". Yes the costumes were on display > for everyone to see. Sadly few people turned up for this talk, so will > they have another? Who knows, perhaps if this had been advertised > more widely there might have been more people attend. I also realise > that the museum has a limited budget. I did enjoy the lace display > at the museum, for me the outstanding piece was the "Stumpwork > Mirror". To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
