Hi Jack, I appreciate your feedback, however these rules have been put in place for a reason, and need to be followed as they would be on any email list. To just say "lighten up" to the admin or those who are trying to keep the rules in place is certainly no solution over time. Anarchy can be a bad thing, particularly on an email list. I've seen these lists go like that when the admin or moderators lose interest or pass away, and suddenly all goes to hell. I've stayed with it even when I was off the air for 5 years from 2001 until now.
If I remember, you have been a member of this list for likely 10 years. You know we have had polls, etc., about the "very few" rules we have here. I do expect those "very few" rules to be followed and do not expect people to tell me to lighten up when I remind them about them. Go to some of the other lists we know so well and tell the admin to "lighten up" ! See what happens. As I've said many times in the last 10 years, I have NEVER banned anyone from this list, and hope I never have to. That is simply not my way of taking care of a problem unless it continues, and I have grown very tired of this particular rule being ignored. I should be given a bit more credit for my dedication to keeping us a "family", and not have someone tell me to "lighten up" publicly on the list for trying to keep the rules en tact. To you, it might mean hitting the delete button, but for the 400+ members of this list and the extra BW on the web, it means a lot more to me. In closing; many years ago, and you should remember this Jack; most of the founding members of this list agreed that for sale items were perfectly fine, however we all agreed that any negotiating or replies to items someone wanted to buy would be made OFF LIST. This list is free to all the members, storage and bandwidth of said replies above simply add costs to those who financially support the qth.net server, which I am one. Kindly yours, Brian - w5ami
