And a follow-up post:need4art wrote:I guess the best thing is if you cannot go see it yourself-deal with those you know or get someone who is in the area to go look at if possible. That brings up another thought-we do not have a directory of members by name-but could we produce one that lists where we have members for just such purpose?
I have no clue how many people would be interested in doing this, but if there is interest in the idea, I would be willing to help organize it (even though no-one in their right mind should request my opinion of machines).need4art wrote:O.K.-so is the group wanting to or willing to form a directory of some form and if so how do we proceed?
Abe

I think that for something like this, while it would only need to have the general area where each participant is located, we might want to restrict access to it, either specifically to members who wish to participate, or perhaps to the membership of the forum.
I have a few ideas of how to implement this as a list that members could opt into and be able to update their location and contact information (if this is desired; e-mail or via private message may be preferred), as well as be able to opt out at any time, while properly securing it. I think that a lot of us prefer to protect our privacy, at least to some extent.
If there’s interest, please share your ideas/suggestions in this thread.
— MordEth