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          there has been some discussion outside the list regarding
          map sales. can we optomize use of the net to reward
          enterprise and eliminate congestion? one approach might
          enlist the International Map Dealers Assn. to sponsor a
          dealer's listserver, with links to each participant. map
          libraries could "point" to this homepage on their homepage,
          greatly expanding each dealer's "reach".  IMDA could insure
          the integrety of their links, sell space, etc.
 
          the other approach i'd like to experiment with is for
          dealers to add us to their new titles lists ON REQUEST so
          these lists would go only to interested parties. we could
          reserve a thesarus descriptor for this service.
          Then recipients could flag, relay, download, file, delete,
          whatever, knowing the catagory of information.
 
          as an adjunct, i'm trailing this message with "dealers
          pt. 2" instructions on e-mailing to fax numbers, which might
          interest dealers in a more general way.
 
          LC