On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Dale Brown wrote:
> So, starting with tomorrow, Sept 13, I am beginning a "week long
> suspension of membership" to be issued to violators of the 3
> message-per-day limit. If someone suddenly goes silent, you might
> guess that they "had to go to the principals office" and maybe got
> suspended. Funny to use that high school terminology, but honestly,
> sometimes I feel it applies to some of the Internet behavior I
> witness. Luckily it is not nearly bad here compared to other forums...
Dale,
In the past I've always responded on the list because I have always felt that in doing so, everyone could participate in the discussion and learn something that way. Discussions taken off the CR list don't further anyone's knowledge except of course the two participating in the off list discussion. And then there's the large group of list members who like to listen in to the "conversation" but are too shy to actually participate.
Pretty much on a daily basis I've responded to discussions on topics that I've been asked to answer that have obviously stretched beyond three posts in one day due to lively discussion. For the future I've decided it's probably best to take all the discussion on my part off list as it obviously conflicts with your three post a day limit as is your wish. I'll still be responding to CR list members but it will just be off list in the future and I'll still be posting ride announcements and Velo Rendezvous announcements of course.
Maybe the off list e-RICHIE-style forum between friends is the way to go in the future.
Regards, Chuck
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)