Gabriel and Etidorpha Orgrease kindly petition your attention in making a common space for them, and their cyber-friends, so that they may live free beyond the oppression of censorship, prudery and single-vision as they struggle to form an organization dedicated to Single Occupancy Structures (ie. historic outhouses, biffies, jakes etc.) or Save Our Shitters, whichever matches your particular taste. They also need a place where trade/craftspeople in the historic preservation industry can talk with each other freely without being flamed by the police of high-culture. They also need a place where the serious minded person can get practical answers, based on real experience (as opposed to book reading) on how to fix old things on their old buildings. They also need a place where they can share strategy on preservation of the built environment, which is an important ecology within the global environment. They also need a place where they can laugh and run amuck, talk about loose parrots in the attic, using Sea of Galilee water in mortar mixes, preserving Farmall tractors, and the prospects of measuring the face on Mars through remote viewing. I am confident in the desire to build a list that will serve a diverse community, and that I am representing a small group of creative individuals in the historic preservation industry who have a need to subscribe and promote a list where the likes of Gab and Eti may flourish. I am vice-president of a small contracting firm specializing in historic preservation of buildings, based in Brooklyn, NY. I have been in construction for more than 25 years. My trade is as a stonemason, specialist in fireplaces. My current duties are management, estimating and marketing. I am involved in several public service projects. I am a board member of The Association for Preservation Technology International, chair of the APTI Internet Subcommittee of the APTI Publications Committee, a founder of the Preservation Industry Network, and a member of the Preservation Trades Network. Examples, including solicitations from others desiring this list, available on request. Please return correspondence to [log in to unmask] I thank you for your consideration. ]<en Follett, VP Apple Restoration & Waterproofing, Inc. 132 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 599-5055 FAX 718 599-3588