[Public-List] Posting or not posting to the list

Gordon Laco mainstay at csolve.net
Tue Jul 22 08:47:47 PDT 2008


Hugh - please stay - the list is more useful, more effective and more fun
with more membership.

Gord #426 Surprise



On 7/22/08 11:09 AM, "Hugh McCormack" <hugh_alberg at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Good day Don,
> 
> I didn't say it because I wasn't aware of it.  I had assumed, apparently
> incorrectly, that the website and list were paid for by advertising and
> sponsorship that appears on the site.  Thank you for letting me know that I am
> wrong.  Like Jeffrey, I am too far away from either the Chesapeake or the
> Great Lakes to participate in either association.  If I lived closer I would
> join the GLAA but I can't afford the airfare from Newfoundland to attend one
> function let alone all of the many that might be of interest.  Consequently I,
> too, can see no purpose in having an annual membership in either.  If I am not
> welcome here please remove me from the list.  I am sorry to have offended you.
> 
> Hugh> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:40:59 -0400> From: dk.campbell at sympatico.ca>
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Posting or not
> posting to the list> > What Hugh has not said is that this list is paid for by
> the Chesapeake > Bay Alberg 30 Association and if you do get any benefit from
> it and want > it to continue, then you ought to be joining the Association for
> the $50 > a year it takes to be an active part of supporting the site
> financially > and make the real commitment. If you do not get to realize
> benefits that > far exceed that, then the advice you think you are getting is
> not worth > that much in the first place.> Don #528> > Hugh McCormack wrote:>
> > I am writing this in response to Rachel's earlier comments about not being
> sure that she feels comfortable posting her thoughts in public anymore.> > > >
> I would urge her, and anyone else on the list who is feeling the same way, to
> keep posting where they feel that they have advice, experience or
> comments of value. If nobody posts answers to questions then there would be no
> purpose in keeping the list going.> > > > As a new owner of an old Alberg, I
> have benefited greatly from the discussions on the list. In some cases one
> person has had a solution to a problem or question and in other cases the
> solution has come from a group discussion. I would hate to miss out on
> someone's knowledge because they didn't feel comfortable posting.> > > > I
> think I may have said this in a previous post (if so it bears repeating),
> there is an amazing amount of combined knowledge and experience represented in
> the members of this list. Unlike other public boards to which I belong, this
> one is very polite, very positive and very friendly. Thank you to all who
> participate and to George Dinwiddie who facilitates it.> > > > Cheers,> > > >
> Hugh> > _________________________________________________________________> >
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