Hi,
Bruce spoke to Bob Mattson at the Kushi House in Brookline and he says that he is no longer doing any active research on the directory but, instead, responds to what people tell him, contrary to what you've just written.
When Bruce came up with the idea of the Online Macrobiotic Directory
http://www.cybermacro.com/links/pages/index.html , he imagined that lot's of people in the macrobiotic community from around the world would get involved and put websites in many of the empty locations put there.
He tells me that he finds it difficult to criticize Bob because it must be quite costly to contact all the listers every year (just think of all those stamps and/or phone calls) and spend a lot of time and energy without proper compensation.
Another thing, we long time macros have found that many people in the community move around a lot and are not always considerate of notifying others of those moves, we that are affected by them just learn to take each with a grain of (sea) salt.
Bruce also says that he contacted one of the people in the directory, (some time ago, and just spoke to her, again, recently) a Wendy Bree Giliker in New London, who besides having been a shiatsu practicioner, cooking teacher, and counselor, cares for her disabled adult daughter and can be contacted at
breeland@adelphia.net .
Be Well.
Cool Dude