No biggie, Janko. This list has a loooong history. From a forum or whatever on Sailnet to a Yahoo group to the list we have today. We moved from Sailnet when they went to a member fee site. We tried the Yahoo group thing but it never caught on. We have found a warm cozy home on Stu's List and here we are today.
One of the main reasons we use Stu's site is his wonderful support and our control over the content and fees. Having said that, Stu maintains this incredible resource in large part by contributions from our listers. All who wish to continue this resource, please go to cncphotoalbum.com and click the "Donate" link in the left side bar to help maintain it. Thank you. Dennis C. On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Janko Puls via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello list, Bill, and Dennis, > > Thanks, Dennis, for this helpful and constructive advice. I'll try to > organize this in thread view in gmail. > > Bill, thanks for pointing this out. It was and is not my intention to step > on any seasoned list veteran's toes. I just joined the list this summer and > merely asked why this fantastic, knowledgable group clings to a seriously > outdated technical approach which makes it IMHO hard to read and fickle to > contribute when there are so many easier solutions around. I am well aware > that this is the place where I find the collective C&C wisdom. That is why > I am here (and a regular on the website). I hope to learn from you all and > certainly want to contribute my part. > > I can see why you are a bit crabby because you are tired of a debate of > which I didn't know, and certainly have no interest in rekindling - I > simply tried to contribute a thought. > > I still fail to understand though why the contents - the brain trust of a > group - would mandate an oudated techical approach. A break up? Seriously? > Google, Facebook, pretty much anyone who offers a user interface online > changes and (mostly) improves it permanently, I think that a interest in > our topic, the C&C, could wheather that. Especially people who can tame a > list. But enough of that. Hush. > > Why would it offend anyone to ask the obvious? Maybe the archive can > answer that rather than an active member. I am curious to learn about the > advantages of a list over a forum. Since we winterized 'Messing About' > today, I can chew now through some miles of redundant, unclipped material > in the lis archives. I have done that before, and THAT is a painful > experience. > > Don't get me wrong, this list is a treasure trove. In my humble opinion it > deserves technical improvement when it serves all members - and I think > it's worth considering if you are interested in younger members - on the > water and online. > > Sorry for asking, no harm intended. > > Best, > Janko > > -- > Point of View New York City: A Game of The City You THINK You Know > A photo book by Janko Puls. > > +++ Photos, reviews and more at www.pointofviewnyc.com or > www.facebook.com/pointofviewnyc +++ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:14:07 -0400 > From: Bill Bina <billbinal...@gmail.com> > > This has been discussed at painful lengths and was settled long ago. A > forum would break up this well established community and you would lose > most of the brain-trust of long-time list members, who have been here > CONTRIBUTING regularly for well over a decade. There are plenty of > forums out there, if that is what you want. If you want the collective > wisdom of all of the long-time regulars here, this is where you will > find them. The website backs up the list with a permanent library of > resources and articles pertaining to C&C > > There is also a digest form of this list if that is your issue. > > We don't need another 100 post thread about this. It has been discussed > to death. > > Bill Bina > > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:22:19 -0500 > From: "Dennis C." <capt...@gmail.com> > > Many emails can be set to thread view. I use gmail in thread view. Easy > to follow a particular thread or to ignore it. > > Dennis C. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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