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On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Barbara Patterson wrote: > Since February 22, we have had 146 new members join us. Many of them, and > many others who have not joined us (yet), are requesting information......> > Dear Barbara Your message comfirmed my observations. Is some handholding in order? I think it would help. But 146 emails is a bit much, it would be better to have information in a central location for easy access. The pleasure and strength of the list resides in the variety of views held by the contributors most of whom are not medical professionals --and most of whom know more about Parkinsons <;-)/ IMHO a basic understanding of Parkinsons is necessary before patient and/or family can make sensible decisions re treatment. The Parkinson List discussions cannot and should not be their only resource. I don't know what is available in the USA but here in Canada most Parkinson organizations have free or inexpensive booklets, hold educational meetings and send newsletters to members. Although postings a few days old seem not to be noticed by new list members, I would be willing to re-post the names and addresses of Canadian information sources from my files. I remember a recent posting of US addresses and some book titles. This would be useful. We must not forget the instructions on searching the archives. They work really well. These and other "how to" and "PD 101" postings could be repeated or put into a WWW site. Other views? Anne Rutherford