[Rhodes22-list] Bashing Bush is fun.Enough Already

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Dave,

Your comments appreciated very much.  I sure as hell don't want the list 'sanitized', nor does any veteran of this board - just think we should appreciate the potential of impact on GB, Stan, and the new guys on this block.  I really hope Wally doesn't throw in the towel cause he is an important member of this gang.

Good emphasis on the importance of the subject line.  Ed has gotten grief for being so strident, but it is important.

I agree about this far flung friendship.  I'm going to try top do the Chesapeake and NC outings and hope for good turnouts - not much said lately.  If this bunch is as lively in person as on the list it will be one good happening after another.  

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
>Sent: Jul 12, 2007 12:14 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bashing Bush is fun.Enough Already
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>Art,
> 
>Clearly JB and Al have a point regarding all the hot air on the list.   I’d 
>bet every person on the list has thought of canceling at one time or  another.  
>But JB, Al, and others  need to understand that all the  chatter is a GOOD 
>THING FOR THEM because it keeps the truly knowledgeable  sailors/owners (and I’m 
>not referring to myself) involved and coming back to the  list. 
> 
>JB and Al need to understand that people with a lot of experience with  the 
>R22 don’t have a lot of questions about operating and maintaining their  boats, 
>they’re here for the chatter - and oh by the way, if they see a question  
>they can respond to, they will.  Without the chatter, those guys  will drop out 
>and there will be no one here to answer or comment on  whatever question JB, 
>Al, or whoever might have.
> 
>I recommend every new list member consider the importance of the subject  
>line in every post - if they don’t want to deal with politics, have their Email  
>filter anything with the word politics in the subject line.  That will  help.  
>The one sure way for them to get help from the list on specific  issues of 
>concern to them  is to post their specific sailing question and  monitor replies 
>to that specific subject line, and then have the courtesy to  respond back to 
>those that offered input.
> 
>In the final analyses, this list is just a group of friends scattered  across 
>the country that have a shared interest in sailing, a great  boat, and life.  
>Most of us even own R22s and actually do sail (the rest of  you know who you 
>are!).   The list has a wealth of information and  experience about sailing 
>and that boat - and perhaps life.  From my  perspective, it's up to new list 
>members to figure out how to tap into  that wealth of information and friendship 
>-  their asking the long standing  list to reconfigure itself to conform to 
>their preconceptions may not be an  optimal approach.
> 
>JMO
> 
>Dave
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