[pianotech] Really, really irritated with the New forum system

[David Boyce]

It does not well become the PTG to ignore the significance of this List.

I became a Member of the PTG absolutely BECAUSE of this List.  Over the 
years (I first subscribed in 1996) I gained such a sense of a willing 
and helful community of experienced and less-expereinced practitioners, 
all willing to help and dedicated to sharing and increasing mutual 
knowledge, that I formed a very favourable impression of the PTG.

Not all List subscribers are PTG members, of course, but a great many 
are.  I saw this list as representing something of the character and 
ideals of the PTG, and was so positively impressed, that I decided to 
join the PTG. In time I may hope to become an RPT.

Had it not been for this List, I would not have joined the PTG  several 
years ago or paid to attend MARC in April.  It was a great pleasure for 
me at MARC to meet regular contributors here such as Joe, Jon, Jurgen, 
Dale and others, who in some measure I felt I already knew.

If the PTG does not value this List, then I must re-assess to some 
extent how I feel about the PTG.

I am sure none of us is against progress and new ways of doing things. 
The very nature of discussions on this List proves that.  But we have 
all felt that a) the new Forum seemed to be sprung on us "out of the 
blue", without ever having been mooted or discussed here on the List 
where it matters most, and b) after months, we are not happy with the 
practicalities of the new Forum.

Personally I have been willing to give the  new Forum a trial, and have 
posted to it a good number of times.  My most recent post seems to be 
formatted very oddly, with lines a mile long,  It has been difficult to 
decide where one should post, on various topics.

I have now taken the decision to "vote with my feet" and post only to 
this List, until such times as issues are resolved in some measure.

Best regards,

David.
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