Howard, my helpful friend. Allow me to, once again, say that I do not object to any of the various threads on Mudcat. Mudcat is, as you say, an international forum but, if there can be threads relating to a particular club or tour, if there can be threads about songs or topics that appeal to just a few, if there can be postings replying to just one Mudcatter, why, the hell, shouldn't there be topics that affect more folksingers than you might think? I am glad that the UK has an orginization and a website for these folks. I shall, indeed, contact them. However, as has been written on this very thread, the situations are not exactly the same on this side of the Atlantic.
My purpose, in creating this thread was to reach other professionals and those who who like to sing professionally. I thought that Mudcat would be a good avenue for finding them. All I seem to have done is incur the wrath of those who are not the target of my search. I shall look elsewhere.