Re: Commercial Offerings

[A. Brown]

Title: Glacier

I believe the appeal of the group is its wide range of intellect and depth of knowledge, not its ability to be a billboard for goods and services. One mans "purchase opportunity" is surely another's junk mail. I think Patrick's idea of a page probably on the British, American or European Sundial Society websites dependant upon the service or item, its location, portability or universal appeal makes good sense.  A standard format for the pages could be suggested with a directory tree with major classifications relating to various aspects e.g. Sundial Design, Manufacture, Installation, Restoration, Research each expanding to contain relevant sections as required.   E.g..   Manufacture -  Metal - Engraving - Cutters - Wanted           Research -  Books - Greek and Roman sundials - Offered   A simple notification and URL link could then be posted on the newsgroup. A similar process indicating  new websites, interesting photos, or program revisions currently operates without I think creating offence or irritation. Would the combined talents of the group be well applied to creating a website or page format, and formulating an updating and reporting procedure.  I appreciate that this may put an additional workload on the various webmasters. Perhaps an early opinion of the Webmasters and administrators could be sought.