Agreed, I do appreciate Paul keeping this thing going. I do have to say, however, that the OT discussions are one of my favorite things about this list. If people want to stay on topic they could either filter the emails or just use the WISPA list.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > And I do have to say thank you to Paul for keeping this thing alive. > Without him it would have died. > > *From:* Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:37 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] List topics and verboseness of non-WISP > non-businessrelated discussions > > I agree, it gets out of hand. > Sometimes I say something but most of the time I let the self policing > nature of the list do what nature does. > > For many of us, this list is as close to social media we want to go. > Many of us have been on here since it was part-15. 15 years or so. > > Personally I don’t have any desire for the list to grow or shrink or > change other than to remain a place where we can hang out. This list is > most certainly not a “safe place” and you will not see trigger warnings > unless you see the occasional literal “trigger warning”. It is kinda like > a friendly bar that I can hang out in without my Mormon neighbors seeing me > parked out front. > > Once upon a time Doug Clark was a semi offical list daddy. That lasted > until Doug got pissed about something. > > As always ALL opinions will be more-or-less welcomed. > > > > *From:* Paul McCall > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:25 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] List topics and verboseness of non-WISP non-business > related discussions > > > I shared this with Chuck McCown, and he suggested I share this with the > list directly, so here goes. > > > > *Just FYI, in my normal business conversations with WISPs, I get one or > two people a week tell me they no longer look at the list because of all > the BS, politics, etc. I also don’t use AFMUG nearly as much as I used to > because of that. * > > > > *While it costs me $$ for every email sent (I have never complained), AWS > is very solid and reliable, so it was a great choice. That’s not the point > of my comment.* > > > > *People need to take that junk to some other venue, so we can focus on > important technology and business needs, IMO. * > > > > *It probably won’t change but it’s my 2 cents.* > > > > Paul > > > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > >
