TO: VFB MEMBERS FROM: VFB LIST MANAGERS: JIMMY D. MOORE, ALLAN FISH, SALTY DAN
For several months, I and several other VFB members have felt that our Beloved VFB is slowly dying. There are several indicators that point to the demise of the VFB. (1.) From an alltime high of 600+ members just a few years ago to the current 220 VFB members. Of the 220 members, (2.) I recognize only 41 names/email addresses. I've been on the list for nearly 10 years and pretty well knew all the active members. I had over 70 VFB members on my Joke for the Day list. (3.) There's very few posts each day, not at all like the 15 to 20 we used to have, back in the days when some would complain about the VFB clogging their In-box. (4.) When a question was posed to the list, you could always count on 5 - 10 good sound answers for your problem. Nowadays very few questions get answered. We had some mighty good threads, like spine vs spline, furled vs mono leaders, and on and on. And yes, there was a lot of (5.)good natured "Banter'. People now seem to be afraid to kid one another for fear of being taken the wrong way. What I'm getting at is for VFB members to e-mail me off list with your suggestions of how to "jump start" the VFB and get'er running at full throttle again. I'll take your suggestions and incorporate them into an answer back to you. All suggestions will be listed in my e-mail answer to the group. I don't want the VFB to die. It would definitely put a big hole in things I love most. Before I forget it, if you'll look at the bottom of each VFB post you'll notice that LinesEnd fly shop is the sponsor of the VFB e-mail list. We have Byard Miller, list owner to thank for keeping the VFB available. One last thing. The Virtual Flybox Website no longer exists. It got to the point that Byard just didn't have the time to devote to keeping it current. Best Personal Regards, JIMMY D, <ray...@earthlink.net> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
