Dale wrote:- BUT, I also see a huge pile of mail coming in that is often soft on content , that could be edited, condensed, refined & very often best saved to be sent later when more "meaty". This frequent posting discourages participation by other members, clogs up our mail boxes and unnecessarily builds resentment toward those too-frequent contributors
I am one of the discouraged participators or more correctly a disillusioned
member. I have accepted long ago that we in the UK are in the minority and quite often our efforts have been lost because the larger population of members are living in the States. Its not so much a feeling of resentment towards the offenders as far as I'm concerned ,I just chose to use the delete key which ofcourse should not be necessary in a forum such as this.
I often wonder why certain people have break rules resulting in spoiling something freely given which would be enjoyed in greater numbers if these people were 'nt so thoughtless!
I applaud Dale in his decision to stand firm but like all leaders and any proposed discipline does 'nt always go down well after bringing offenders to order. I for one look forward to future of more constructive and interesting subjects with the mundane , boring and repetitive subjects be a thing of the past.
We can always live in hope!!
Doug Smith
North Dorset
UK