I completely understand Barbara. It seems this has gotten very very quite here.
Although I am feeling more and more of an alien amongst the other TM groups
this one has been okay. I appreciate ALL you have done to keep them coming.
Hopefully 2014 will be a bigger and brighter AND healthier year for us all. I
am struggling day in and day out each and every day and am really run down!! I
hope EVERYONE of you has a VERY Happy New Year and that all your dreams come
true!! I will remain here for any messages but do offer my best to each and
everyone of you!!!
Amy SHultz
Columbus Ohio
CC: tmic-list@eskimo.com
From: p...@voorheissigns.com
Subject: Re: [TMIC] End of birthday lists
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:03:09 -0500
To: barbara...@gmail.com
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list, and more and more of them are returned to me because the address is no
longer active.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.
