----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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