Hello fellow Conch-L'rs,

With all the recent talk about trading shells, I thought of a possible
idea I would like to get your feedback on. I live in Colorado, at least
for the next two weeks. My wife and I will be moving to Maui, Hawaii the
beginning of June. I started collecting shells a few years ago after
graduating from college. I've recently began trading with fellow
collectors from all around the world. Trading has been my best and by far
the most fun source of shells, next to diving for them myself.

My idea is for anyone that is interested in trading/selling etc... to drop
my a "private" email stating that you are interested in trading. Then, I
will develop a comprehensive list of all the respondents and their email
addresses and forward this list on to everyone who emailed me with their
names and addresses. My thought is that there are probably a lot of
collectors out there who would like to trade and with a comprehensive list
of other interested in the same, maybe we can cut down on some of the
emails this listserve receives and get everyone in touch with each other
easier/faster.

So if anyone out there is interested in being on the list, please email me
ASAP and I'll try to get the finished product sent back to you prior to
our move.

Best regards,


Mike Schenk
Colorado Springs, CO