Since we don't really have a faculty meeting in December, I need to say something about Curriculum Space. If we're going to over program the times, meaning several events going on at once, we're going to be competing with each other. If that is to be the norm, then I for one, will never invite an outsider, especially a national person, to the school again. I realize that "LIS" has become a loose amalgamation of interests spanning private and public sector interests, but unless we can agree that a certain invitee can command all our interests, attention, and publicity, I don't see the point. Since we usually have no money to pay for national people, the issue is probably moot, but I am still upset over having the Director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom come at her own expense, only to be eclipsed by a competing APA workshop. In my naivete, I assume that we cared about intellectual freedom and ALA and under-promoted the event. In any case, the increasing competition does nothing to motivate me to participate in this way again. Maybe we need to alternate "housekeeping" months with "programming" months? Mary K.