[alberg30] Take non A-30 stuff off the list please!

[John Birch]

From: John Birch <Sunstone at idirect.com>

I agree Lee, we have a delete button for exactly this purpose. Albergs are great
boats and their owners disproportionately nice people - let us be a little kind.

I learn things, sometimes in the darndest places, and from people who may never
have anticipated the impact their story will have or the extrapolations that may
be made.

Cheers, maybe we are all suffering a little cabin fever ; )

John Birch,
Sunstone KC-65

FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:

> From: FINNUS505 at aol.com
>
> In a message dated 2/5/00 12:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,  writes
>
>  >With all due respect, I have found myself deleting close to 100% of the
>  >A-30 mail in the past few weeks. I -strongly- second the suggestion to
>  >limit the discussion (generally at least) to A-30 related topics.
>  >Nautical literature and comparisons of other boats are interesting to
>  >some, I'm sure, but really they're off topic when they become protracted
>  >discussions in their own right.
>
>  >Most e-mail programs let you make your own small lists for that sort of
>  >purpose. Once you get a thread going, just <reply to all> and everyone
>  >on **that** list will get the replies.
>
>  >George?... as moderator of this list, can you render an opinion on
>  >this... maybe I'm out of line here, but I bet I'm not the only one.
>
> Ohyyy
>
> If this 'problem' of non A30, but nautical topics appearing on our list site
> is being put to an informal referendum, then I feel obligated to state my
> opinion.
>
> How long does it take to glance at an entry, see it doesn't interest you, and
> delete it?
>
> For those it does interest, these threads are a way to communicate with
> sailors who have common interests, and while away some winter down time.
>
> For the interested parties to set up a seperate list for each thread, is
> obviously impractical.
>
> >From the numbers of people on the list who are participating, it is obvious
> that there is interest in these topics, be they good books, other pretty keel
> boats, etc.
>
> Sailing is such a large world, it is not surprising that we have interests
> beside our beautiful Alberg 30's.
>
> Alot of information put on the list in these 'extraneous' topics may be
> applicable to our Alberg 30 in terms of maintainance tips, sailing
> performance tips, etc, so a bit of serendipity may be seen.  Again, a glance
> over the submission is all it takes to see if the information is
> interesting/usable by the member.
>
> This entry is too long already, but I hope you see my point.  George, please
> do not do anything rash before the general membership of the list is
> consulted.
>
> Don't mean to step on any toes here,
> Lee
> Stargazer #255
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