[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-06-06 Thread Richard Evans
-Original Message- From: Bill Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:47 AM To: 'Richard Evans' Subject: RE: [NSP] Re: Proper piping group Richard, are you referring to a uillean pipes yahoo group? I am a member of several yahoo groups on a variety of topics and cant imagine a better format

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-28 Thread Tim Rolls
No reason why there shouldn't be John. You should be authorised by now, so feel free. cheers Tim On 28 May 2011, at 00:14, John Dally wrote: Would it be possible to have a forum on the pipersfourm dedicated to TOTM? There might only be two of us interested in it, in which case it

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Shuttleworth
Dear Adrian, Why cannot all this very positive work be done on the current group that Wayne Cripps set up many years ago for exactly this type of discussion? Richard - Original Message - From: Inky- Adrian inkyadr...@googlemail.com To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, May 27,

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Evans
-Original Message- From: Richard Shuttleworth Dear Adrian, Why cannot all this very positive work be done on the current group that Wayne Cripps set up many years ago for exactly this type of discussion? I agree totally- it all sounds very interesting but there's no way I'm going to

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Francis Wood
Hi Richards (both of you good folk!) I rather agree with Adrian that this kind of discussion is best held in a dedicated area. Some people are passionately interested in this aspect of piping, whilst others will find it totally boring. The problem with Dartmouth is that it is very difficult

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Julia Say
On 27 May 2011, Francis Wood wrote: this kind of discussion is best held in a dedicated area. Perhaps the best destination for this interesting discussion is a dedicated area of an already existing forum. Peacock's Parlour perhaps? http://www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/ is

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread smallpipes
I agree with both Francis and Julia. A good, well run, forum is a great and flexible tool for the discussion of all matters piping. I have been a member of a number of forums for my other interests and compared with the mailing list style of interaction there is no comparison. I have

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Evans
Mike is right about the value of a forum as compared to a list. There are a couple of uilleann pipes forums which each contain a superb archive of discussion and information going back several years. Easily searchable. And no need to join Facebook! Cheers Richard Richard Evans To get on

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread Tim Rolls
Hi All, When you register on the northumbrianpipers.org.uk/pipersforum/, please use a recognisable version of your own name. Problems in the past with aliases have led us to request this transparency. Thanks Tim nps forum admin On 27 May 2011, at 19:35, Julia Say wrote: On 27 May 2011,

[NSP] Re: Proper piping group

2011-05-27 Thread John Dally
Would it be possible to have a forum on the pipersfourm dedicated to TOTM? There might only be two of us interested in it, in which case it might as well stay here--no need to make more work for Julia. I hoped that pipers like Inky would participate so that they can show us what