Thanks Geoff - definitely the right decision! Dave.
> From: Geoff Perlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:48:04 -0600 > To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]>, REALbasic Plugins > <[email protected]> > Subject: Update regarding the fate of the REALbasic mailing lists > > First, I want to thank those of you that wrote to me directly > regarding this issue. I appreciate your feedback and the chance to > have a dialog with you about this. > > We know the community is important to you and we appreciate that. > Upsetting you with this decision was not our goal. While we > anticipated that some of you would not like this decision, we did not > anticipate that you would react so strongly. > > We are a company that has always valued the feedback of our > customers. We have heard your feedback loud and clear on this issue. > Based on that feedback, we will keep the REALbasic NUG list and the > Plug-ins List. We do feel that the forum is the better place for > discussion around games and getting started with REALbasic, so those > lists will be moved to the forum. The mailing list registration page > will be back up tomorrow. > > Our goal to is grow the best possible community. There are many > aspects to doing that. One of those is providing a place for members > of the community to congregate on-line. We realize that no one > solution is perfect for everybody. Forums are right for some people > and not right for others. It's important to have the solution that is > right for you. > > Dana Mason, our Marketing Manager, has taken a lot of heat on this > list over this issue. Dana posted the original message because as > Marketing Manager, communications is part of her responsibility. That > said, these decisions have all been discussed and approved at the > executive level. Please don't shoot the messenger. > > The community is important. It's important to its members and > important to the success of REAL Software. We will continue to value > the community and work hard to build and improve it. Again, I > apologize for any grief this episode may have caused you. I hope you > see this change as proof that we are a company that listens. > > -- > Geoff Perlman > President and CEO > REAL Software, Inc. > REAL World 2007 Conference > May 9 - 11 in Austin, Texas > <http://www.realsoftware.com/realworld> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
