Well said. You articulated exactly what I've been thinking and feeling. I'm gone, too, for the same reasons. -- Jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Andrews Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: List tone > As a lurker, I've learned a lot from the members of this list and > will readily admit that I've contributed little, mostly because > I'm so aware that my Mac knowledge is far eclipsed by many of the > members here. So I know it makes little difference to anyone here > whether I stay or go. > > That said though, I still feel the need to post this about my > departure from the list. Quite frankly, Kyle's tone whenever a > thread has to be killed has completely rubbed me the wrong way. > On mailing lists and bulletin boards I frequent, I expect the > moderators to maintain and, when possible, improve the tone. On > this list, it seems that whenever Kyle steps in to actively > manage an aspect of the list, the tone deteriorates. > > I recognize the amount of work it takes to manage a list like > this one; however, it doesn't take any additional work to do so > in a more pleasant manner. Perhaps the difficulty in keeping > killed threads dead would be alleviated by a different tone in > the initial request to kill the thread. Catching more flies with > honey, and all that. > > So I'll be unsubscribing from this list, though I'll still be on > the other two LEM list's I'm subscribed to. I'll get my g-book > advice and information somewhere else from now on. > > Thanks, > Sarah > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
