I received the letter and sent a reply directly to the person who wrote it and I copied Tom. I suspect, but don't know for sure, that he sent the letter only to paid members of the user group.
Harry Wednesday, December 31, 20089:32 PMMarta [email protected] >Folks, am i the only person that thinks that the Louisville Computer >Society and the Macuser group go hand in hand and that we are one >happy family? I do know that you don't get the ACCESS if you don't pay >your fee, but then I thought we could all be part of the larger group, >paying or not, and even were invited to the meetings should we choose >to show up. So when Tom recently forwarded this letter of some folks >feeling alienated and with their smallish skills felt out of place, I >marvelled and did respond with a long answer that i did not feel at >all that way, that I had all my questions answered, if they were at >all answerable, that I always was able to have Lee's techno language >translated into bread and butter English and sent it off. Only when I >noticed that nobody, not even the ever appreciative and thankful >"Profile" ( I love to call you that - there are so many Johns) came >out to say a helpful word. > >I then realized the mail had apparently not gone to the whole group at >all, and my good advice was probably lost on those who might not even >know of this email extension group or whatever it is. > >And now I am wondering whether these people even know of us emailers, >and it bothers me. However do people then get to know Lee and his >immense machine to keep us all under control and keep it all running? >How will they take advantage of all the tidbits coming from Ed Wiser? >How will Nolan to be found out in his Sunday night program of scratchy >records? How will they find out about mini dvds, a fact that was lost >on me? And how will they know to what lengths some of our guru types >will go to help out? > >When the Apple store opened and I wanted to put out flyers to >advertise our group, they thought i might desecrate their holy altar >up there, which of course left me speechless, since they could only >benefit from this set-up. > >So- since we are at the start of a New Year, what can we do about not >leaving any novice behind ---- let us not get a Bush reputation here >--- Tell, me then, who did get Tom's letter? >And what do we do about it? > >Marta > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
