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Let \(G\) be a topological group acting by uniform isomorphisms on a uniform space \(X.\) Say that the action of \(G\) is Eymard-Greenleaf amenable if there exists a \(G\)-invariant mean on \(UCB(X),\) the space of all uniformly continuous bounded functions on \(X.\) The author observes that, if \(G\) is a locally compact amenable group, then any such action of \(G\) is Eymard-Greenleaf amenable. This is no longer true if \(G\) is not locally compact. Using subgroups with the stronger property of extreme amenability, he gives another proof of Glasner-Weiss' characterization of the universal minimal flow of the infinite symmetric group [see \textit{E. Glasner} and \textit{B. Weiss}, Geom. Funct. Anal. 12, 964-988 (2002; Zbl 1025.37006)]. In a previous paper [Geom. Funct. Anal. 10, 1171-1201 (2000; Zbl 0976.43001)], the author showed that a unitary representation of \(G\) in a Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\) is amenable, a notion introduced by the reviewer in [Invent. Math. 100, 383-401 (1990; Zbl 0702.22010)], if and only if the unit sphere in \(\mathcal H\) is an amenable uniform \(G\)-space. Here, he extends this notion to representations in an arbitrary Banach space and shows that every such representation is amenable if \(G\) is an amenable topological group. Using the fact that amenability of representations is inherited by subgroups, he obtains the interesting result that the general linear groups \(GL(L_p)\) and \(GL(\ell _p),\) equipped with the norm topology, are nonamenable for \(1\leq p<\infty.\) In contrast, the group \(\text{ Iso} (\ell_p)\) of isometries of \(\ell_p\) is amenable for \(p\neq 2,\) but not extremely amenable. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0996.00031].