Hi Federico
Wonderful hearing from you
No worries about sounding terse or tense or whatever. I know you are very busy. We are all enriched by your cooperation.
I'm used to take quick decisions when I was the boss at the Macau Cultural and Recreational services, but I now can only make suggestions.
My suggestion is that:
1. You allow me to move your pieces to the new site and please add in some more by emailing Mark and myself. Remember, images must be numbered as
FM7.jpg - FM8.jpg as examples and then description with corresponding numbers. You may PM or email me to allow me to transfer the images to the new page.
You may ask
why do I have to throw in more pieces?
My answer is:
a. Provides a wider panorama of what you have available and allows all of us to see.
b. Logistically it is much better to have one collector contributing with various pieces than too many collectors contributing with one or two pieces.
It means less shipments, therefore less
logistics.
Coordination-Selection
I suggest that Battara for the Collectors, Mark, Ian & Rick for EEWS (they may choose between them who and how many to elect) and myself for the Museum, will form a
Selection Group (let's not call it a Committee
)
Disclaimer: my ignorance may have ommitted someone but I am still ignorant of all the specialists.
Battara and EEWS will provide the specimens advice, I will provide input on the view of the display that is in my mind. Please be advised that the entire exhibition has to have one style, and I'm here on the field, know the problems and the space availability and so forth.
Here are two examples of different layouts for the same gallery, therefore my role will be very much the constructive Devil's Advocate.
So when every good willed collector throws in his contributions (please do not self exclude anything just because it is a duplicate) we can go into the process of selection. Since this is not a Miss Universe, this is not about loosers and winners but about a really historical event of a group of collectors showing its vitalitity and sense of long term vision
Thank you all
Antonio