Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1998/02

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: How _not_ to ask for help
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 04:41:35 -0500

Jack,

Thanks for your reply - it was quite informative. If I need more help,
I'll look you up.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD USA

> ----------
> From: Jack Kissinger[SMTP:kissingerjn@-----.EDU]
> Reply To: kissingerjn@-----.us
> Sent: 3. helmikuuta 1998 14:29
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: How _not_ to ask for help
>
> 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
> >
>