We'd like to guage the quality of the individual. The database is a fundamental part of our business and we intend to have an ongoing relationship with this person. Our experience hasn't been perfect with developers and so we'd like to meet the person once. I agree that it limits our choices, and all of it can be done remotely, but at the moment I don't know how to do this any other way. If it doesn't work out then I will change the criteria. If you are a developer and interested in work and would like to point me to your web site I will keep it on file.
Thanks.