At 11:15 AM -0500 1/4/07, Daniel Fried wrote: >I think you're right... even just making the contents of the survey/skills >inventory nicely accessible (and useable) to the outside world would be >helpful. There are a lot of questions about how to handle member listings >within that, but at least a lot of the pieces are there. I've been away and am coming in late...but I think a publicly-searchable/no-reg-required directory with search criteria including both a menu of choices and a wildcard match (including close matches as well as exact) would be a big service to both members and prospects. And Amy, while I resect your discomfort with the idea (and understand the reasons), I do think that having a page up about you on the HT site as kind of a permanent tribute for the vast hours you've put in is an appropriate if inadequate way for the group to recognize that. it's a way for the group to thank you and honor the work you've done--but you should have control over the content. It could be an "About Hidden Tech's Founder" page. -- _________________________________________________ Shel Horowitz - 413-586-2388/800-683-WORD shel at frugalfun.com -->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World, One Signature at a Time (please tell your friends) <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> Marketing consulting * copywriting * publishing assistance * speaking How to market ethically/effectively: http://www.frugalmarketing.com Ethics Blog: http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ Books: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/shop.html _________________________________________________