Thank you Reg for putting in very eloquent terms what I¹d been thinking this past week but was unable to put into words in a clear way. Your words reflect what I feel about the topic of what¹s appropriate or not.
As a novice and relatively new user of the group and member of WAMUG I was quite dismayed at the über-response that Paul Sherriff¹s email/question triggered. Michael in On 8/2/02 9:36 PM, "Reg Whitely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Look down, for the response is at the top. The foot is at your head." > - 21st Century 'Think Differenter" > _______________________________________________________ > > Dear WAMUGers > > In the tedious debate about email ettiquite, let's not overlook some basics. > > When someone needs help,they call for it. In WAMUG, members use the > list to call for help; to share knowledge and experiences, and to > express happiness and other emotions of friendship and support. > Others listen, read, respond or ignore. > > Does it matter if members haven't followed "appropriate protocols"? > They are all real people who seek answers to real problems. Ignoring > the protocols, shouldn't we answer the questions? Members seek advice > and help and we have a responsibility to respond. Surely that is a > basic premise of membership > > ************* > > If your advice is: "Read the appropriate response standards and > follow the 13 rules before asking that question again", say goodbye > to that member. > > If your advice is: "Research the archives, because there is a > "thread" from 3 months past", so be it. Our member might ask again > and remain as such. > > If your advice is: "I remember 'Sean' said that last week!", then so > be it, they can contact Sean. > > If your advice is: "That happened to me yesterday: this is what I > did. Why not go and try it yourself." Fantastic, now you're getting > personal. > > After all, even though these people are only names and words on a > mailing list, they are real people, with wives, girlfriends, babies, > grandchildren, friends, a job, another life, and most probably a Mac, > which they love just about as much." > > Please WAMUGers, don't lose sight of what we are about. > > Cut the crap and let's get back to core service. Our members are our > friends and the future. > > Regards > > Reg > > ********************* > > PS Sorry about the GMUG / WAMUG error. > > Why not come to Sunny Gero one day and meet all the GMUGgers? > > Reg > > > Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/> > > To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
