[CAUT] CAUT appropriate; was: How do you spell fraud?

[Dennis Johnson]

These are precisely some of the same reasons why I did not post the heading
entitled "Proposed Amendment to PTG By-Laws" a while back on Pianotech.
There's no point in posting to something you aren't able to monitor.  No
matter, as we plan to wait for next year and start over with the usual
procedure... and meet the deadlines. Not a big deal.

When this proposal resurfaces I hope you will consider it strongly. It is a
good thing for all if the organization we pay dues to encourages some modest
acknowledgement and visibility of the services we provide to public events,
on or off campus.

It doesn't seem to me that there is a real problem to be concerned with over
our varied posting to this list.  As one of the charter members I can
testify to plenty of changes over these years, and with software
improvements it's even easier now to bypass certain conversations if
desired.  If something you (or I) post doesn't garner much comment or
interest, that seems like a strong enough hint to me.


Dennis Johnson
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Jeff Tanner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>wrote:

>  David,
> I just meant I can't subscribe to it.  I meant no disrespect to that list,
> but even accessing it in the archives demonstrates that the volume level is
> still exponentially larger than CAUT. I get to my email box now less than
> twice a week. Even now I just stopped by on the way out, but wanted to
> respond.
>
> It may have been before 2006 when I last posted to pianotech, but it was
> after a similar suggestion that pianotech had calmed down and the volume of
> emails had dropped off dramatically. And, at the time, I was at the
> university (different email address there) and on broadband.  What took half
> a day was reading the responses I was looking for, other posts not related
> to mine and deleting emails I didn't have time for, even though I wanted to
> read them.
>
> When you've got three children, a store and a pretty full service schedule,
> it is impossible to sit in front of the computer enough to manage the volume
> from both lists.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>
> *To:* caut at ptg.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:46 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] CAUT appropriate; was: How do you spell fraud?
>
> Jeff -
> I don't mean to single you out in this recent climate of Pianotech bashing,
> as Rob,G, for one, has made some similar statements, nor do I want to get
> into issues  of list protocols or appropriateness,  per se, but, free speech
> aside,  I do take issue with a your perpetuation of a dated and distorted
> impression of that list.  First of all, the issues of the cost of Broadband
> and its accessibility, or the frustration with the speed of dial-up, while
> valid concerns, should have *nothing* to do with assessing the quality of
> the content of these lists.  If you *did *have high speed connection,
> you'd *still* have to come up with an effective approach to dealing with
> the increasing information overload, of which these lists are just a part.
> That it took you half a day to do this might speak to some other aspect of
> your process.  Also, I'd be curious as to what recent email posting of
> yours, to Pianotech, I may have missed.  My own current personal archive of
> Pianotech goes back only to May of 2006, but I can't find any posting from
> you.
>
> The character of the 'lists' is defined by the characters *ON* the list.
> There is nothing constructive to be derived from posting these sorts of
> comments on CAUT.  If you think there is some problem with Pianotech, work
> it out there.
>
> David Skolnik
> Hastings on Hudson, NY
>
>
> At 03:28 PM 4/25/2009, you wrote:
>
> Ed,
>
> I did subscribe to the pianotech list not long ago just for the purpose of
> posing one question, getting a few responses and unsubscribing.  When I got
> back to my mailbox the next morning, it took me half a day to sort through
> the responses I was interested in and just hitting the delete key for those
> not related.  In my case, still on dial up for very good reasons (saving
> over $40 a month to have access from both home and the business), that also
> means quite a long time to download the emails into the inbox.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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