As a lurker, with the occasional two cents thrown in for good measure,
I have to say, let's keep it to one list. True for the most part,
it's a technical chatter, what size strings, rosin, how-to's and such,
but if you want to see more technique posts, start to post them.
There have been comments of what books to buy, chats about intelectual
property and so forth, but true there is the rarely a post on "how to
play it".
I think it would be nice for the populis of the board on occasion to
mention which tehnique to use, from time to time, it would throw in a
nice tone now and then.
Lastly, I was practcing my chnook last Sunday in my living room, and
when I was done, my neighor called me: "I love the sound of the pipes,
I didn't know you played", what I found out, she had her doors and
windows closed, she lives across the street, and I forgot how loud
these buggers sound. I wonder which is louder, one highland pipe or a
gurdy.
Ok, so I gave a quarter, keep the change for further posts, time to
return to my "lurker" status ;)
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear HG List members
There are several issues I would like to address here. Please read
them all,
as they concern you whether you are an active poster or a lurker.
First, I can appreciate that off-list discussions occur, which is
appropriate.
There are many things that should not be discussed on the list:
Sarah Palin,
the Argentine national debt, how to transplant begonias, and so on.
The list
is meant for hurdy-gurdy discussions. The time to take the
discussion off the
list is when it's no longer about hurdy-gurdies or some aspect of
them. As
listmaster, my definition of this is pretty broad. If it is about
some aspect
of hurdy-gurdies, then the discussion can and should stay here, even
if you
don't think it will interest everyone on the list. Consider that no
matter
what the topic, someone on the list is certain to simply delete it.
Second, our community is pretty small, so I hope we can keep
everything in one
place. If we were overwhelmed with messages from list with 20,000
members
(just think of having that many HG players...) then it would be time
to
subdivide. Let's cross that bridge when we get there.
Third, my thanks to Arle for reminding me of the need to move this
list to a
new location. I went out this morning and tested Google Groups,
which seems a
reasonable place to relocate to. I will be moving the list to
Google Groups
within the next day or two. This transition should be transparent:
I'll set
everyone up to receive the list posts just as you do now. After the
transition is complete, you will be able to go to google-groups and
change
your parameters. For instance, you will be able to choose to
receive the list
as a digest. If you do nothing, you will continue to receive the
list posts
as you do now.
Listmasteringly yours,
Alden
"I pressed on, taking fresh trouble for granted"
- Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
