May I say, HERE! HEAR to the below quote. I think 
that is British for, I agree wholeheartedly and CHARGE FORWARD.



At 10:12 AM 3/31/2009, you wrote:
>Histarch is a valuable tool to all professional 
>and avocational historical 
>archaeologists.  Please let Anita continue her 
>moderation as list owner without giving her 
>grief .  Anita provides a service to us that 
>is without parallel and is actually much better 
>than many of the other arch related lists I 
>belong to.  Her moderation is very fair-handed 
>and carefully considered.  She does an 
>excellent job of keeping the list and topics focused.
>
>
>
>dan allen
>
>staff arch / president
>
>cumberland research group, inc.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lucy Wayne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:46:38 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: Should HISTARCH continue?
>
>I agree.
>
>Lucy Wayne
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:36 AM
>Subject: Re: Should HISTARCH continue?
>
>
> >I second that. There are a lot of us who read and lurk who would miss it if
> >you quit.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 7:31 am
> > Subject: Re: Should HISTARCH continue?
> >
> >
> >
> > Anita -
> >
> > Thanks for running this list. Please don't get discouraged and give it up.
> > We
> > all appreciate it and learn from it. I for one am not in an academic
> > environment, so this one of the few places I can interact with other
> > professionals who consider themselves "Historical Archaeologists."? In my
> > opinion, you are the greatest, and moderate the list wisely.
> >
> > Carl Steen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 6:51 pm
> > Subject: Should HISTARCH continue?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Considering all the discussion around whether or not Marco Polo should
> > be included in a discussion of Historical Archaeology (i.e.
> > archaeology of the modern world, 1400 forward), I am wondering if I
> > should continue running HISTARCH.
> >
> > I have been running this discussion list alone since 1994 without pay
> > from any source, as a labor of love. I am not a professor nor
> > librarian in any university, the SHA does not pay me (although they do
> > use this forum), and I am not an employee of any governmental agency.
> > Nor am I paid to run ArchaeoSeek, although several people have stepped
> > up and donated monies for the $20 a month that it costs.
> >
> > In light of that, and the fact that, while I do keep an eye on the
> > discussions and attempt to keep them on topic, this list is NOT
> > moderated nor censored. Considering the current tone of this latest
> > discussion, I am wondering if it all was a waste.
> >
> > --
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