[CPProt.net] future MSN Mailinglist, and new CPProt.net mailinglist

[CulPropProtNet / MusSecNetwork]

Dear subscribers, 

Starting today the Museum Security Network mailinglist will be closed 
in it's present form. From now on this list will be restricted to 
security related information. The Museum Security Network website 
will stay on line. A new list has been set up: the Cultural Property 
Protection Net mailinglist. This list will be aimed at all non-
security related information, most of which did already reach you the 
past six years via the Museum Security Network Mailinglist. A new 
domain has been registered: http://www.cpprot.net/   

Characteristics of the list:

- subscribe requests will be monitored by the list moderator;  

- unsubscribe requests will be accepted automatically at 
unsubscribe at cpprot.net  

- archive will be maintained automatically (address will be announced 
within a few days);  

- messages to the list: list at cpprot.net ;  

- messages to the list can only be send by subscribers;  

- if needed subscribers can be placed in 'moderated mode';

- the list is protected against spams; in case spams do get through 
the moderator is able to put the list temporarily in moderated mode;  

- I will continue collecting and disseminating relevant information 
the way I used to for the Museum Security Network mailinglist;  

- addresses of subscribers to the Museum Security Network mailinglist 
will be transferred to the new list;  

- the list of addresses is not publicly available;  

- the mailinglist and it's archive are located at a server in The 
Netherlands;  

- the moderator will refrain from editorial comment, and is not 
responsible for the contents of the list with one exception: I will 
monitor the list, and make sure that it's content will not deviate 
from cultural property protection issues.  


MONEY

The Cultural Property Protection Net is not for profit, and the list 
will remain FREE OF CHARGE for everybody. The Cultural Property 
Protection Net is in no way affiliated with any organization that 
supports this net financially, nor will there be any sponsoring or 
commercial affiliations. In other words: the list is free of charge, 
but does cost some money for domain registration, website and archive 
hosting, website maintenance, and server co-location (= separate 
server PC placed at an ISP).  

The past six years I paid for the MSN and it's mailinglist from 
private funds. Financial support will be most welcome, but in no way 
is a condition to be subscribed, and by all means voluntarily. One of 
these days all of you will receive a request to donate a small amount 
of money via PayPal. This will not be a recurrent subscription fee. 
If donations cover the costs of the Cultural Property Protection Net 
for several years, new requests for support will not be send until 
the money is finished. I suggest that individual subscribers support 
this endeavor with an amount ranging between Euro 5 and 20 (which is 
about as many US$), and that institutions participate with Euro 100 
to 200. Institutions can be billed upon request.  

Again:payment is NOT obliged to remain subscribed.  


Ton Cremers