And another thing: In the fast faced world that we share, the informal banter of newsgroups like this could be taking over and are possibly far more useful ways to communicate . . especially with regard to their spontaneity, searchability and (usually) self correcting nature.
Has anyone any idea what proportion of Australian gliding pilots actually lurk here? It is a great shame if pilots were not aware of it's existence. Perhaps an article in the mag would be appropriate with instructions on how to enrol in this list! Incidentally, how does one join this list? (I just followed instructions by phone from a fellow pilot long ago . . .). As an aside the rec.aviation.soaring newsgroup offers value on a global scale, but I am frequently amazed at how few people even know what a newsgroup is, let alone have discovered the value of peer knowledge available in them. Try one of these to get started (See the pattern? Substitute your own ISP as necessary): news://news-vip.optusnet.com.au/rec.aviation.soaring news://news.bigpond.com/rec.aviation.soaring news://news.tpg.com.au/rec.aviation.soaring You will see a new entry at the bottom of outlook express full of gliding news from all parts of the world. If you have trouble call your ISP for exact instructions. Before you actually post a message or reply, it is a very good idea to disguise your email address by adding a phrase to the right hand side eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This apparently thwarts the "spam harvesters". The 'groups' tab at www.google.com can show you years of history from the rec.aviation.newsgroup newsgroup, but using outlook express shows the thread hierarchy very cleverly, and lets you flag threads to 'watch'. Unless you change an option in 'tools' > 'options' > 'maintenance', the outlook express messages will disappear after a few days, so save any that you want to keep for reference! Enough for now . . . Merry Christmas all, Jim Kelly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] RE: AG | Andrew, I know how you feel, I too awaited with keen anticipation the | arrival of AG and it was read from cover to cover on the same night. What a | difference. The "thing " we get now is consigned to the WPB without opening | and there are many other folk who do the same. We are doing a fine job of | subsidising the HGFA, they must be laughing their heads off. I feel sorry | for the sub editor for GFA as she can not print what she has not got. Partly | this is her fault. Does she have overseas correspondents feeding her the | latest news? does she have translators reading the overseas magazines she | surely gets. Where did all the adisory notes get to. How about the Year | Book, stuffed full of statistics. Its no use trotting out the old worn out | cliche...that members do not have any right to critisize if they do not | contribute. They simply do not want to contribute to a lost cause. If you | want some idea of what AG used to look like, take a gander at Gliding Kiwi. | Perhaps it would not be such a bad idea to amalgamate with them, but | forget it, it would never get up. I too begrudge paying a sub to a mag that | I do not read or care about. I took it up with GFA and was told that it was | if not impossibe, then near to it. Thats the system in tech age !. No | worries Andrew I might not agree with you but I would fight so that you had | the right to have your own opinion and thats quite obviously more than some | of the correspondents believe in | | _______________________________________________ | Aus-soaring mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring | _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
