[Rhodes22-list] Re: [rhodes-list] New list

Michael Meltzer rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:52:56 -0400


Well alex, what can I say, I am trying to do a good thing but people have to
want, It not like I am calling people to have them signed up(well not to
many :-)

if people find it usefull that is great, if not sailnet should still be
thier, I wonder is Auther Anderson did thier books :-)

MJM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rik Sandberg" <racerrik@rea-alp.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:42 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: [rhodes-list] New list


> Uh....Alex,
>
> Maybe those other lists don't have an MJM :-) :-)
>
> For me, it's a good thing this last deal happened on a weekend when I'm
too
> tied up and too far away from the computer to get my email. 'Cause I get
> WAY frustrated when I'm home and I can't get my Rhodes list sailing (or,
is
> it people) fix. 4 or 5 days is just too long.
>
> I like the idea of having more control over incidents like the last
flaming
> deal too. And you have to admit, being able to send a picture once in a
> while will be nice.
>
>
> At 10:54 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have some reservations about this whole thing. What if MJM gets upset
> >with GB and sells his boat? What if, what if, what if. I don't know if
> >it's a great idea to leave the Sailnet list just cause we had a few days
> >off. I found that to be a slight blessing in disguies. A couple of my
> >zinger posts got blown away in ciberspace. AFter reflecting on it, glad
> >they didn't go through.
> >
> >I appreciate the idea that someone wants to improve on things, but I
> >think it has been going just fine. If there is a way to locate the
> >archives and to see attachment pictures at another site, gee what's the
> >big deal? I am on another Sailnet list and don't see anyone else wanting
> >to jump ship to another service. Sailnet has been a very good
> >organization for us. I gained many friends, a "wife" and several boats
> >because I discovered Sailnet about 5 years ago. Hummmm. Maybe I should
> >just drop off these lists before I "acquire" something else.
> >
> >
> >Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >Rik Sandberg wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > Michael is right, just do it. The sign up page at
> > > http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> > > is easy to understand and signing up is very painless. Just put in
your
> > > email and a password, then reply to the confirmation email and your
done.
> > > Takes two minutes. Nothing will really work any differently, other
than the
> > > address on the posts will be different.
> > >
> > > This new list seems to be much faster and we can now make an
attachment if
> > > we want to. Plus, with MJM administrating, we may be able to have some
> > other
> > > options that were never available to us before and the choice of what
to
> > > have or not to have in this case, is ours (the groups). I can't see
any
> > > downside to this. So just go for it, you've got nothing to lose. You
can
> > > still unsubscribe from either list at any time, if you should decide
to.
> > >
> > > Before too long, I would guess that there won't be much traffic on the
old
> > > list anyway. Probably just some folks that have been out of touch for
a
> > > while, trying to figure out where we all went. Some of us will keep on
eye
> > > on this, so nobody gets lost.
> > >
> > > Rik
> > >
> >
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