I PERSONALLY THINK A LOT OF THE 'NEWBIES TO THE LIST ARE DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN A FORMAT OR PRESENTATION THEY CAN EASILY ABSORB WITHOUT INTERACTION ON A PERSONAL BASIS, AND WHEN THEY SEE E-MAIL FROM THE LIST THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO AN IMMEDIATE INFORMATION SOURCE REGARDING THEIR REASONS FOR JOINING IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY GET FRUSTRATED [WHICH, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, IS EASILY DONE IF YOU HAVE TM, DEVICS OR OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS] AND GIVE UP AND UNSUBSCRIBE.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE LIKE A FAMILY SITTING DOWN FOR DINNER CONVERSING ABOUT WHATEVER ENTERS OUR MIND, AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT EFFECTS THE 'FAMILY' AS A WHOLE. NEWBIES ARE AFRAID TO INITIATE SUBJECTS FOR CONVERSATION, BUT ARE JUST AT THE TABLE TO LISTEN FIRST AND SEE WHAT IS BEING SERVED UP. IF THEY DO NOT LIKE THE MENU, THEY LEAVE BEFORE DESERT IS SERVED, OR BETTER YET, THEY WAIT IN THE FOYER AND LISTEN TO WHAT IS GOING ON [EVES DROPPING] , AND IF THE MENU DOES NOT SOUND INTERESTING, THEY LEAVE WITHOUT SEEING WHAT IS FOR DESERT. SAID SIMPLY, WE POST LOTS OF E-MAIL THAT IS NOT ALL TOGETHER THAT INFORMATIVE OR INTERESTING TO NEWBIES AND THEY PACK UP AND LEAVE, MANY DO SO WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING THEY WERE SUBSCRIBED. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE INFORMED WHEN A NEWBIE JOINS, AND THEN THEY CAN BE SENT A FORM OR 'PAT' E-MAIL INFORMING THEM THEY ARE WELCOME AND TO BENEFIT FROM THE TMIC, THEY SHOULD INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND POST THEIR INQUIRIES FOR RESPONSES, OTHERWISE, THEY WILL BE COMING IN ON A CONVERSATION OF E-MAILS THAT MAY WELL NOT MAKE SENSE TO THEM, THEY GET BORED TO A FEELING OF THE LIST NOT BEING WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS, AND LEAVE, WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A HOWDY-DO. IF LUBIN CAN'T HAVE THE SYSTEM MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEWBIE JOINING FOR US TO WELCOME THEM TO THE DINNER TABLE AND TO JOIN IN, THEN MAYBE A SHORT SENTENCE AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR E-MAIL COULD WELCOME NEWBIES AND ASK THEM TO JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION OR POSE THEIR INQUIRIES AT ANY TIME, KINDA LIKE A SIGN AT THE DOORWAY SAYING, 'COMMON IN, THE WATER'S FINE' AND JOIN IN' , OR SOME SUCH. JMTCW. BOB FROM SPRING, TEXAS TM CLASS OF ' 94 T-1 PARA A DES This electronic message is confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, you are hereby notified, that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this, transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended, recipient, please immediately notify me by reply electronic message and delete the message from your system. IRS Circular 230 Notice: Any advice contained in this message was not written and is not intended to be used, and cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties with respect to taxes that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. > [Original Message] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <TMIC-LIST@eskimo.com> > Date: 10/10/2006 9:04:50 AM > Subject: Re: [TMIC] hELP WITH UNSUBSCRIBING > > > > I feel like I am acting like a big bitch (sorry if I offended anyone) . How > > do people find their way onto the TMIC List? > > Jude, > > This is one of the mytsteries of the internet. > > I think that people are generally lazy. > > They are motivated when searching for us, then unmotivated (satiated) when leaving. > > We used to have an official "Un-Greeter", but I believe they either died, retired, or Un-subscribed. > > Frank >
