Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:34:32 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Wallaced?
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I'd say the nature of our charming, old fashioned Vanagon Listserv is just
about a perfect match for our charming, old fashioned Vanagons, not to
mention the charming, old fashioned Listers. :)
On Jan 29, 2008 2:11 PM, robert feller <syncro.carboncow@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you want living memory with most forums you simply tell the setup that
> you want and email for ALL posts! Better yet I currently belong to a few
> for
> my Porsche and boats that have RSS. So when I check my reader each day I
> get
> all the same content w/o having to have a separate email address or clog
> up
> my main on. Plus you'd never get "wallaced"...
>
> I know there are many many old timers on here that hate change (I see
> their
> distane regularly!) but at some point it sure would be nice to get such a
> valuable list more manageable and modernized. This would allow better
> searching and client management, plus those of us who are not really
> thrilled with Friday political rants can opt out of off time forums.
>
> Yes there are other sites to join but vanagon.com is the place all know to
> go and love. The Yahoo! syncro is very respectable and I'll guess most
> here
> below but even Yahoo! groups is limited.
>
> Will I continue to use it in this format? Yes. Do I have the time and
> resources to help upgrade the site? No.
>
> But it would be nice to get this list in the 21st century...
>
> Shawn
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 3:08 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>
> > Right now, on another newsgroup to which I subscribe, there is a great
> > debate going on about whether to change to a forum format or not.
> > Apparently, for Moderators, it makes life easier, especial if the list
> > is huge, as in the case of this other group - not large by some
> > standards, but big enough - some 5000 active members.For the moment,
> > it's about 50-50 about changing format or not. That one half feels like
> > I do. - the classic newsgroup listing allows for "living memory" to be
> > more active, and allows for closer personal connection. Other formats
> > appear not to do this.
> >
> > Again, I like our "Living Memory", which typically is made of of some
> > Guru's, some regulars, some not so regulars, and a few Curmudgeons. All
> > of to whom you can make a post, and get an almost immediate response. I
> > wouldn't want it any other way.
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> >
> > John Rodgers wrote:
> > > I kinda like "living memory". Keeps a better people to people
> connetion
> > > - and I think that is as much the lifeblood of this list as the
> interest
> > > in our beloved Vans. If that disappears, so goes the list. IMHO.
> > >
> > > John Rodgers
> > > 88 GL Driver
> > >
> > > Sudhir Desai wrote:
> > >> the wiki is already here~
> > >> just hasn't been updated in a few months :D
> > >>
> > >> On Jan 29, 2008 9:12 AM, robert feller <syncro.carboncow@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> another good reason to figure out how to get this board into the
> > >>> modern era
> > >>> with forums and rss!
> > >>>
> > >>> here it comes...
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Jan 29, 2008 6:26 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Yup, ain't "living memory" wonderful?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Makes it possible to call up such wonderful detritus as "being
> > >>>> Wallaced!" in a heartbeat.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> John Rodgers
> > >>>> 88 GL Driver
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Michael Elliott wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On 1/28/2008 4:44 PM Richard Golen wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> and for a
> > >>>>>> week or more the traffic on this list effectively doubled...for
> > >>>>>> every
> > >>>>>> message sent to the list, all of us received a "on vacation/out
> of
> > >>>>>> office" message from Mr. Wallace.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>> Aye, t'was a dark and troubled time.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > >>>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > >>>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > >>>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> > >>>>> KG6RCR
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Shawn Feller
> > >>> Ohio
> > >>> www.carboncow.com
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Shawn Feller
> Ohio
> www.carboncow.com
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
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