On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:20:45PM -0600, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 12:12 -0600, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> > Charles, your comments were and are unnecessarily rude and don't cast
> > you in a very good light.  UUG has been posting meeting announcements on
> > PLUG for years and never has had anyone reacted the way you have.  
> 
> Actually the person who started this whole flame war was not Charles, if
> I recall correctly.  Sorry to intimate that.

Thank you for the correction. No apology necessary.

> 
> > If
> > you really were honestly interested in the meeting (it appears that you
> > are not, but rather just trying to be difficult), you, or the original
> > complainer, could have posted a simple polite message asking for the
> > details and asking that in the future more specific directions be
> > included with each posting.

Actually, what I had hoped to do was to suggest specific things a
meeting announcement could include to maximise attendance and minimise
requests for more information. You are correct, I could have framed
the suggestions more politely. Following on Stuart's mock-whinging
message and style was a mistake.

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