Thank you for this fine cartoon, Blair. Although the problem is serious it
is probably a good thing not take take it too seriously. Problems exist in
order to be solved, someone once said, but at the same time there are
opportunities that should not be missed, the use of the Internet being one
of them also for philatelic purposes. Question is whether the use we stamp
collectors make of it today could be improved or at least better
coordinated. Many of this groups readers will acknowledge the situation
where you find a very interesting link, you click on it, and you end up with
one of the commercial sites of the internet branches because the site was
closed or moved to another server.

Another proactive way of using the net to recruit new collectors is for us
to tell our stories. I mean 1) How did you become the collector you are? 2)
What is the story behind your favorite collection? 3) What is the story of
your favorite collection? At my recently created blog I try to make some
suggestions and also try to do what I myself suggest. I am still working on
that project. Want to see? http://philatelyoftoday.blogspot.com/

Have a nice day
Svend

PS: On RCSD a series of "looking back # xxx" is running. Its introduction is
long gone and I missed it. Please repeat. And will these pieces of memory be
saved and put at a place where you can find them again? Kind of dictionary.




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Blair