Thank you for your responses on the GenConnect question. The opinions were nearly unanimously in favor of opening the gateway. It turns out the process was a little more complicated than I had first thought (what else is new?); what I have done is to "open" the gateway from the List side by indicating acceptance of the posts from Mercer GenConnect. Now the Board administrator for Mercer, if s/he chooses to, will open the gateway from that side. I've sent a request for that to happen. If it does, we will watch and see what happens; problems will be dealt with if/when they arise, and your comments will continue to be encouraged. If anyone has questions, I will be happy to go in search of answers. Barbara