I'm sending this from Sydney, Australia, where I'm spending a few days
with family before returning to New Zealand.  I just want to express my
thanks to the Melbourne collectors who made me welcome at their gathering
during the Easter weekend.  A nice, not-too-formal get-together,
visiting major collections, getting acquainted with new contacts and
enjoying music and talk.  Thanks, folks.

Incidentally, yesterday here in Sydney I met with Mark Williamson (see
his posting about acid in yesterday's MMD) and we visited the working
museum that is the Mastertouch Roll Co.  I gather that there are some
potential clouds over the future of the operation.  It would be sad
indeed if Mastertouch were to cease production.

Michael Woolf
Wellington, New Zealand