Thanks Barbara. You are correct in all your reasons. I'm still here on TMIC as well as on FBk and that's where I try to remember to send birthday greetings.
Patti - Michigan > On Dec 31, 2013, at 8:46 AM, "Barbara H." <barbara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > Some of you may remember how the birthday lists started many years ago. > Someone found an online site that would send e-cards to others as a support > for a charity, so many of us sent in our names and birthdays so as to use the > site to raise funds for the TMA. Not surprisingly, the site died after a > while. A girl on the TMIC named Carrie and I had accumulated the birthday > names and lists, and after she left the list, I continued to send them out > once a month. > > I've decided to stop doing so, for a number of reasons. > > 1) Not many people are here any more. Many are on Facebook and it is easy to > send birthday greetings there. > > 2) I don't think many (if any) people use the birthday list to send > individual greetings to anyone on it. (A few of you have faithfully sent > happy birthdays on TMIC to those celebrating each month as a whole, and I > have appreciated that.) > > 3) Since all mail that goes through the TMIC is archived online, I have > wondered if it is a problem to have lists of names and e-mails there, if that > increases anyone's spam content. > > 4) I have been sending out individual birthday greetings to everyone on the > list, and more and more of them are returned to me because the address is no > longer active. > > 5) For those who are no longer on the TMIC, I don't know if they welcome the > birthday greetings or if they don't want me to "bug" them any more. > > So for all of those reasons, plus the amount of time involved, I have decided > to stop sending the birthday lists out each month. I've just finished > updating it with the latest information I have - if anyone else wants to take > it over, I'll be happy to send you the list. > > I'm still here on the TMIC and plan to continue to be. I wish all of you a > very happy and healthy 2014. > > Love, > > Barbara H.
