When I’m contacted by people working on bed bug problems in other cities, I try to reply with a detailed email. Occasionally, I get no response.

Instead of accepting this state of affairs, sadder but wiser, I find myself thinking about how to make those exchanges (or failed exchanges) more useful.

A mailing list for non-profits and public sector workers engaged in bed bug problems seems worth attempting. As opposed to New York vs Bed Bugs, it would be a low-maintenance project and potentially very useful.

Obviously, those who could create this kind of resource, those assorted three-letter-agencies, haven’t.

All the details here.

I’d be grateful for your comments and suggestions via email.

I’ve persuaded the incredibly generous Paul Wenning who chairs the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force to participate (as time permits).

By the way, the COBBTF is holding its third annual Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit on October 20th. Amazing.

These pages may be of related interest:

1. “This may be the problem that puts the family into crisis”
2. Ohio’s Section 18 exemption request, draft labels and public comment period
3. “Correctly respond to the first outbreak”
4. More keen understanding, from another city: “Bedbugs are endemic in our city”
5. COBBTF’s third annual summit: presentations