On Jan 3, 2016, at 9:03 PM, Beth <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sadly, after 22 years on TIPS, I am done. It was a wonderful resource, as it > was intended, for many years.
By the early 1990s, the internet and email offered academics new ways of interacting and collaborating that were unimaginable just a few years before. I remember hearing about TIPS from a colleague and joined early on (my memory is that it was 1992 or 1993). I was a very active participant for many years and learned so much from other TIPSters, as well as from researching questions asked by others and trying to answer them here. I'm absolutely amazed that TIPS is still here, when so many other listservs have either "passed away" or, at least, have been on life support for a long time. There just are too many other ways now to learn and grow professionally. The fact that TIPS is still here probably is due to the dedication of a number of members over the years. But many of the most devoted and thoughtful subscribers left long ago. And it seems ironic (to me, at least) that one or two of the more vapidly provocative members--those whose primary goal seems to have been to goad and nettle the rest of us--still are very active. I think it is because of this situation thatTIPS became increasingly irrelevant to me. But old habits are hard to break, so I'm still here. I even try to contribute something substantive occasionally; but such attempts rarely lead to the sustained and informative discussions of the past. Nevertheless, I'll probably remain until TIPS closes its doors and turns out the lights .... So it goes. Best, Jeff -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social/Behavioral Sciences Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Fax: (480) 423-6298 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJeffryRicker/timeline/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeffry-ricker/3b/511/438 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47744 or send a blank email to leave-47744-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
