pursue the development of a Chip Guide (of some sort) I would suggest that it be in such a privileged area of the website. I am NOT discussing whether or not the Club should launch off in that direction, I am simply suggesting that if a circumstance arose where a member (or group of members) should opt to bequeath a life's work of such an endeavor to the Club, that the Club might consider continuing that effort. And if such an undertaking is done, it should go under the domain (no pun intended) of the Club's resticted access area.

I would also suggest that member acquisitions of manufacture records that are made available to the Club with some degree of exclusivity should also be considered for such an area. WHILE I APPLAUD those who have previously made such records available to the public at-large, if the records had been loaned to the Club for cataloging, database development and other similar activities, the results of those efforts (being a Club supported effort with Club volunteers) rightly belongs in the exclusive domain of the Club.

This location would also be a good place to put the Club's Directory of members, i.e., those that are currently listed in a hardcopy version available from the Membership Officer for $10. (While I don't know what the current revenue source to the Club is on sales of the Directory, perhaps the income alone may suggest that this is not a good idea. However, if the revune stream is not that great, I'd bet that having access to the Directory by being a member will be seen as a valued added benefit of membership.

Thanks Doug for posing the question.

Jim