Couple of years ago appeared an online auction for independent consultants. Might still be ghere, who cares. Just saw an on line auction for contract employes. This observation and yours shows a sign of the times. Right now, anything is fair game for auctioneers. Like EMS work, contract hourly rates, and consulting rates are down the tubes but for the good guys. No big deal this phenomonon. The economy, however, is. MoonMan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------