[Rhodes22-list] regarding request to MJM

Sun Jun 25 18:11:56 EDT 2006

Dear Bill,
            It just struck me, you know how a single book title that started
out as "Computers for Dummies" now covers everything from cooking to sex.
Why not a  "How to___________in five days"  Gosh you could sell a boat, a
car, get a divorce or achieve nirvana!  The possibilities are endless, in
fact I'll bet the list members can come up with some real winners!  Oh, and
by the way congrats on your forthcoming book.

Chris G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] regarding request to MJM


> I am just finishing the manuscript for the third edition of my book, How
> to Sell Your Home in 5-Days.  I have included the following page, with
> the links taken out because they are not yet active.  After reviewing
> email lists all over the Internet, I decided to set mine up exactly the
> same as Michael's.   I sought and received Michael's permission to copy
> almost everything he has done, and offered to run the list through his
> server if that would be good for him.
>
> "The 5-Day Forum
>
> For the past eight years I have been a member of a sailing group on the
> Internet that primarily discusses a single sailboat -- the Rhodes-22.
> This is a lively group of people with nothing in common except a
> sailboat.  It's an open forum for adults: everything is discussed from
> politics to jokes to personal matters---and sometimes, sailboats.
>
> The program that runs the forum maintains an archive accessible by
> anyone who joins the list.
>
> We have found that the best way to keep knowledgeable people active, is
> to create an open, uncensored forum of adults.  We think of the group as
> similar to a group of people hanging out together at a bar.
>
> Strong bonds have formed, as the knowledge pool has become ever deeper.
> Even people who have long since sold their boats keep coming back to
> this forum to chat with their "friends", and to help the "newbies" with
> their questions.
>
> There is no cost.  Anyone can join.  Anyone can "lurk".  Anyone can
> leave.  List membership is never shared or sold.  Content is completely
> uncensored.  People are free to bring up any subject they would be
> comfortable discussing with fellow adults.
>
> I have set up a similar group centered on people interested in 5-Day
> Sales.  Here you will be able to track 5-Day Sales in progress; go to
> the list for advice when you're in trouble; find out what kind of
> advertising is the most cost-effective in your area; etc.  The list will
> function 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
>
> I will monitor the list, although I hope that most of the comments will
> come from other list members.
>
> To enter the list, simply go to  ....  Click on the tab for the 5-Day
> Forum.  You will be linked to a registration section that will enable
> you to receive all e-mail sent by every list member, either directly, or
> in digest form.
>
> You can remove yourself from the list at any time."
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> Michael Meltzer wrote:
> > Never work, people will not bother and the meta mail, every other
minute, to
> > open the thread the "right way" will be PITA.
> >
> > Beside from what I can tell you are asking to view your email in a
> > "threaded" modes, the email standard has supported thread views from the
> > beginning, is it still  in the email header info, just set you email
client
> > to view the list "threaded" mode, you can do it for yourself with out
> > bothering anyone. That said most people view in time order because the
> > thread view are harder to work with. What the nabbel subgroups are a
> > threaded view.
> >
> > -mjm
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> >> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bud
> >> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:26 PM
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] regarding request to MJM
> >>
> >>
> >> First, I apologize for the way recommendation #3 read - it was not what
> >> I meant
> >> to say or imply.  Looking over how nabble works, no changes are
required
> >> to
> >> the rhodes email list. Nothing. Nada. It all stays the same.  The only
> >> change
> >> required is people's behavior, that is - the way people would post a
new
> >> message to the list.
> >>
> >> I am recommending that folks enter their "new post" messages in a text
box
> >> on the Rhodes forum, but keep doing all their "replies" as they always
> >> have,
> >> through their mail tool of choice. (You can read messages and reply via
> >> nabble
> >> too if you want.) It cannot be all that hard as Ed has been using
nabble
> >> for what -
> >> the last 6 months?  Ed has been an early adopter of nabble, and has not
> >> gone back.
> >>
> >> Right now the Rhodes forum over on nabble is a copy of all Rhodes list
> >> email messages in one big long list.  So,  I would like to do a quick
> >> survey
> >> to see if people would even consider using the existing Rhodes forum:
> >>
> >> 1) If you had a question about Anchors, would you be willing to go to
> >>     the Rhodes "Anchors" forum and search there first?
> >>
> >>  2) If you did not find the answer you needed, would you be willing
> >>      to post your question to the Rhodes "Anchors" forum?
> >>
> >>  3) If you were going to post a new message to the Rhodes list,
> >>      would you be willing to post it in a suitable Rhodes forum
> >>      on the nabble Rhodes web page?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bud
> >>
> >>
> >> Bill Effros wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ed,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.  You are completely right, and since Michael has been through
> >>> all this before, I know he knows it, too.
> >>>
> >>> No time to review the history right now, but we know there is a reason
> >>> for the long standing success of this forum, and that the way Michael
> >>> has run it is the reason.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone who wants to split off and do something else is welcome to do
> >>> so.  I'm staying here.
> >>>
> >>> BTW in my personal filing system I have more than 400 categories, and
> >>> it's not enough.
> >>>
> >>> Bill Effros
> >>>
> >>> Tootle wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Michael,
> >>>>     Please disregard internecine comments of about ceasing this
> >>>> forum.  What
> >>>> the current interlopers have not realized and fully appreciated that
> >>>> the all
> >>>> encompassing format and ease of just hitting reply for many is the
> >>>> source of
> >>>> good activity of this list.
> >>>>     Now if the interlopers wish to categorize the post for the masses
> >>>> after
> >>>> posting to the list for the benefit of others, they are welcome to
> >>>> try. However, I think that they need to get written releases of the
> >>>> original
> >>>> posters to do so.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ed K
> >>>> Greenville, SC, USA
> >>>>
> >>>>      --
> >>>> View this message in context:
> >>>> http://www.nabble.com/Arrrgh%21-t1833954.html#a5010690
> >>>> Sent from the Rhodes22 forum at Nabble.com.
> >>>>
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