" Yes - it’s Chuck’s list though occasionally the members donate money for the cost of hosting it."
Hows that stand right now BTW? are the coffers still overflowing? On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > You have to go back a long way in WISP history for how we got here…. > > The list was Part-15 at one time, and existed prior to WISPA. Can’t > recall the last name - Michael somebody ran the organization. One day > Michael was mad about something and posted the infamous “I quit” email - > and that was pretty much the end of Part 15 and the list. I actually think > that was during a Animal Farm session if I recall correctly. > > Chuck took over the list after that - I don’t think it was called AFMUG at > the time, but it later became that. Might have even been Motorola > specific - not that it was ever on topic anyway. > > There are WISPA lists - but the AFMUG list has lived on. Yes - it’s > Chuck’s list though occasionally the members donate money for the cost of > hosting it. > > This list has it’s advantages. It’s membership leans toward a group of > people who have known each other for a very long time. You probably > shouldn’t say bad things about WBMfg products (makes Chuck get all kranky) > but everybody else if fair game. I like it since it’s a place I can say > things I can’t really say with a WISPA hat on (or at least I can’t say > without blowback to WISPA). > > Mark > > > On Feb 13, 2018, at 2:13 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > > > Fair warning, Forrest has spam rights too... > > > > -----Original Message----- From: ch...@wbmfg.com > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:03 PM > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Spam from Chuck > > > > I merge my AnimalFarm email list with my MailChimp list about once a > year. > > > > You do realize that this list is my list, right? > > > > So essentially every time I make a posting here I am spamming you, right? > > > > I used to do it every Friday right here on this list. > > But I think it is cleaner and better quality to use MailChimp. > > > > Did you unsubscribe from the Mail Chimp? That will prevent it from ever > > happening again. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: fiber...@mail.com > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:58 AM > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Spam from Chuck > > > > I just got spammed by Chuck McCown. What's up with that? > > > > I sure as hell haven't signed up for any of his email lists nor done any > > business with him, or even indicate I would like to. I find it in > extremely > > poor taste to mine the Af list for spam targets. > > > > Jared > > > >
