Actually John it isn't the limited membership that is annoying but the total arrogance of being too good to acknowledge a request to join. An acceptance or a simple go to he** would be find but just ignoring the request tells me a lot about whoever is in charge.
After too many years with the Boston Brahmans and the NY Effete Elite I'll take my tell it as it is redneck neighbors now over those phoneys any day. Carey Carey Probst Member, M.I.T. Educational Council S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On 12/24/2011 3:59 AM, John Degnan wrote: > > FYI, Ed (and everyone), the SSPM does NOT "claim to be" a public > group. It is NOT a public group, which explains why it cannot be > located using the Yahoo group search feature. I already have stated > this fact before. Therefore, this group is not being run poorly... it > is sticking to it's guns (regardless of all the negative banter about > how it is run). I don't hear all you folks raising cane about the > Sn42_Conspiracy_Group which is run basicall the same way! So what > gives? Is this just the latest flogging horse?!? > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn42_Conspiracy_Group > > Had I not posted about the existence of the SSPM group (not realizing > when I did that it was mean to be a private group), all you folks > would still not know of it's existence... so what, then, would > everyone now be bemoaning instead? Oh, I know... it would be the > operational rules of the second of TWO private groups that I know of. > Yes, Virginia... there IS yet another, PRIVATE group that cannot be > found using the Yahoo group search feature... one that I have been > asked by its creator NOT to publicise. I'd LOVE to be able to reveal > the name of this group because it is tailor made (even in name) for > those who are now making such a fuss over the operation of the SSPM. > > And as another FYI to set the FACTS (as opposed to speculative > opinions) out for review... there was NO "pride" of any kind in ANY of > the posts I've made in an effort to explain to everyone some of the > various, POSSIBLE reasons why their applications may not be getting > answered soon enough to satisfy them (as if the groups membership > policy should be amended to satisfy each person's personal > preferences). If I'm gonna be judges so harshly for trying to offer > some suggestions, then let your gavels fall... then dismiss your > courts. I can take it... AND dish it right back out. > > And I am most definitely NOT ashamed of myself for abiding by the > guidelines of ANY group I am a member of... regardless of whether > anyone else likes those rules. So lets do without the infantile, > personal remarks. > > John Degnan > [email protected] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Kozlowsky > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 06:34 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: SSPM Group > > Any group that claims to be public, lets people request membership, > and leaves them hanging for months without a word of explanation, is > run very poorly indeed. A member who knows this type of thing is going > on and defends it should be ashamed of himself. There's nothing to be > proud of. If they are so exclusive, it should be by invitation, not > public. > > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
