Well, so much for the purported "collegiality."
Hey, if there's no support for it, there's no support for it.
But I can't say as my chewing-out here this morning would
encourage anyone to come forward with possible improvements
again.
Mark
On 2/18/08, Brian Thornton <
tieresias@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Mark R. Harris wrote:
>
> "But I'll get off my soapbox now. Here's a
prediction: within two years
> from
> today (one year is more likely), the group will
either have migrated to
> the
> sort of format I describe, or been significantly
rivaled by a group that
> does."
>
> Then he further wrote:
>
> "You guys keep saying that the general membership is
in favor of the
> status
> quo, but I'm not convinced that you're right. As
people get more exposure
> in
> other groups to the functionalities I've described,
I suspect that they
> will
> want them. I know I do."
>
> Hey Mark- is this one of those instances where you'd
like to be able to go
> back and edit your earlier post, you know, the one
where you promised to hop
> off your soapbox and then apparently forgot what
you'd said previously?
>
> This thread is hilarious, by the way. I haven't
heard one member of Rara
> Avis' supposed "Great Silent Majority" chiming in
supporting your position
> that "they" all want this.
>
> Who knows though? I could be wrong. And if we were
on vBulletin instead of
> clunky ol' Yahoo!, I'd be able to come back later
and edit this posting to
> reflect my change of heart, saying, "I never said
that!"
>
> Is it just me, or does that not just give off the
slightest odor of
> Orwellian Newspeak?
>
> All the Best-
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark R. Harris
> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Forum Format
>
> You guys keep saying that the general membership is
in favor of the status
> quo, but I'm not convinced that you're right. As
people get more exposure
> in
> other groups to the functionalities I've described,
I suspect that they
> will
> want them. I know I do.
>
> Mark
>
> On 2/18/08, JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com
<jimdohertyjr%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > Re your comment below:
> >
> > "Not meaning to be belligerent about this :),
but with
> > other web-based formats that are more advanced
than
> > the rather primitive Yahoo Groups,
you
> > can have the very broad range of
personalized
> > functionalities I have described, including
the
> > ability to receive emails but **only** the
emails
> > you want to receive. Let me put it this way:
if
> > formats exist (as they clearly do) that would
allow
> > rara-avis-l members to do all that, what
argument is
> > there for us not availing ourselves of them?
I'm just
> > not getting it."
> >
> > I think there's a sense here that the current
system
> > works, and if it ain't broke don't fix
it.
> >
> > And, of course, it goes without saying that any
system
> > that would give members the option of avoiding
having
> > to read my endless repetitins of all that is
wrong
> > with Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE should be
resisted to
> > the last drop of blood.
> >
> > JIM DOHERTY
> >
> >
__________________________________________________________
> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home
page.
> > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
> >
> >
>
> --
> Mark R. Harris
> 2122 W. Russet Court #8
> Appleton WI 54914
> (920) 470-9855
>
brokerharris@gmail.com
<brokerharris%40gmail.com>
>
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