I wanted to provide my response to the decision concerning your club's e-mail list I read in the e-mail digest, issue 789.
As a non-member lurker and very occasional poster, I have to say that one effect of this e-mail list decision may well be to _increase_ membership in OBC. I've watched some quite nasty flame wars go back and forth over the last several months, and frankly the attitude I see being promulgated from the club's executive makes me less interested in becoming a member. Maybe I'm stupid, maybe shortsighted, but I've got better things to blow $40 on than a truly dysfunctional organization. If you make it more difficult for non-members to get an 'window into the organization' by watching e-mail exchanges, those non-members may join the club, only to have a reaction similar to mine once in. Like many associations, you seem to be going through difficulties caused by: (1) ego; (2) conflicting visions; (3) poor communication skills; (4) lack of tolerance and spirit of compromise. Dump me or don't. I may check the list the other way, or not, depending on how much time I have. But for what it's worth, I think your decision is, as Frank Zappa put it so deliciously, "like curing dandruff with decapitation." Cheers, Bob LeDrew, who's quite proud of his 1100 km bicycling season, and wouldn't be averse to someone letting him know where the best-value spinning classes in the city are so he can keep his legs from turning to jelly-like pencil stems over the winter. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
