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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2006/08

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Fwd: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:06:30 -0400

Democratic process? Whaaaat? From our organization?
Herb

On 8/5/06 3:28 PM, "Rich Gordley" <rgordley@-----.net> wrote:

>
>
>> I'm going to have to weigh in with Herb on this one. The actions
>> over at the IDRS list have always been high-handed, but now they want
>> to eliminate the list and have everyone use the forum without so much
>> as a poll to determine what the dues paying members want. There are
>> plenty of forums scattered hither and yon about the net and if I
>> wanted to use those daily I would. I prefer the give and take of a list.
>>
>> No reasons for this action have been given by the members of the
>> board other than "that's the way we want it". Complaints that the
>> forum is quirky, hard to use and prone to crashing have met with "you
>> don't know how to use it". I can tell you from years of being in the
>> software development business, that blaming the users gains you few friends.
>>
>> I'm really hoping that there will be a migration to this list, the
>> administrative tone of which I have found over the years to be much
>> friendlier.
>>
>> Thanks Mark
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> ----------------
>> Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to
>> have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
>>
>

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