There was a real brief discussion about this several months ago, and I never followed through. The broad strokes of my idea was to put together a questionnaire for anybody who'll answer, with city of residence, area of collecting, maybe real-world occupation and computing experience/expertise, etc. Gather that into a running database, mostly for member consumption only. We all seem to travel a fair amount, most of us seem to enjoy "hooking up" with other collectors, and such a database seems like a natural thing to do, and a very valuable resource. Personally, I'm really curious as to what the map will look like. There seem to be some fair concentrations in some not-obviously-reasonable places. Like the Great North Woods. :) If there's reasonable interest and no huge objections, and someone else will help design and implement the actual db, I'll put together the questionnaire & collate the responses. Preliminary ideas: Public and private info. Some info, like my webpage, I might be willing to put out as a public resource. My address I might make available to list members, but not for publication on a website. So the Q-sheet needs a flag for "privileged" info. All info, obviously, is optional. Areas of expertise & employment could be tricky. A lot of us are contractors and consultants, and there's a fuzzy line between making resources available and solicitation. Whether your collection is organised for viewing, or, like mine, piles here and there {and everywhere} that can be excavated for the needed item, would be relevant info. We'll need a hosting site. I might be able to provide that, but I'm not sure. So what do y'all think? Is it A Fun Thing To Do? Ideas about what info we want/don't want? Volunteers? Doc