Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 1998/02

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: How _not_ to ask for help
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:34:44 -0500

Nancy,

I might suggest a couple of possibilities. One would be to ask the list
instead of Mark, directly. Maybe someone else can provide an answer and
take a little of the load off him. Second, sometime when (if?) you have
a free half hour or so, access Sneezy and look around and see what's on
there and how it's organized. Try the menu choices. Find the Klarinet
archives (hint: they're under Databases). Search for "double-tonguing"
or "alto and clarinet" (see also "nerd" ;^)) Play some of Oliver
Seeley's midi files. On second thought, better allow yourself a couple
of free hours, it's like an amusement park. Then, when you need to find
something, you'll have some background to help you track it down on your
own. Or, at least when you send Mark a message, you'll be able to say:
"I'm trying to find xxx. I looked at yyy and zzz but that didn't work.
Can you help me out?" In my experience, Mark doesn't expect everyone to
be an expert on everything there is to know about Sneezy. It *is* an
enormous reference area and sometimes things aren't where you or I might
expect them to be. Common courtesy and respect for his time (it *is* as
valuable as yours and mine), however, requires that we spend some of our
own before asking him to spend more of his.

Just my 2 cents.

Warm regards,

Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Buckman, Nancy wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> This is not in any way meant to demean you or the service that you
> provide to the list, however there have been times when I have wanted
> information which I am sure is available in the archives that I am not
> certain how to access. I am afraid of getting "a snippy response" if I
> ask how, so I just don't bother.
>
> Maybe it wasn't obvious to you, but I don't think the writer of that
> post understood the meaning of the word infamous. It sounded to me like
> he meant to say famous and just has his vocabulary mixed up.
>
> The point is just that e-mail doesn't always imply what is meant to be
> said. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings - this is just another
> viewpoint. Thanks for all you do for Klarinet.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy E. Buckman
> Anne Arundel Community College
> Arnold, MD USA
>

   
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