Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:34:53 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon List Moderator-let's get things underway!
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I must say, I really like what John Rogers is saying here........
that there is good reason and purpose to have other than strictly vanagon
content discussed.........
keeping with a community theme, a family as it were. And the great
usefulness of things beyond strictly vanagon tech.
Re 'not being able' to keep vanagons going .......balderdash. There are
plenty of 40 year old air-cooled buses alive and well.......
No reason 'at al' that vanagons, being very well built vehicles, can not be
kept alive indefinitely..........as long as we can get gas and diesel fuel,
and drive on roads.........
there is no end in sight for the joy and utility of vanagons. - as long as
they're not too badly rusted or crashed............just no end in sight AT
ALL.
Even 15 years ago one might have wondered about the viability of vanagons
...............and they are at least as viable as they ever were, if not
more.
I'm restoring and upgrading about 8 of them..( FS of course ) ..........plus
have a decent stash of parts and parts vans.
no end in sight for vanagons AT ALL , Baby !
Scott
www.turbovans.com
oh............and I basically believe in freedom of expression, so I lean
toward some flexibility about what is OK and not OK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon List Moderator-let's get things underway!
> Mike S wrote:
>> At 10:52 AM 1/15/2009, John Rodgers wrote...
>>> It there any real need to move up to a :"Moderated" level now?
>>
>> Well, there are those who top-post, and consequently quote multiple
>> levels of prior posts, with no effect other than to consume bandwidth
>> and storage.
>>
>> I have no problem with off-topic posts, provided they are given a
>> proper subject line, so they can be filtered, either by a participant's
>> email agent, or by the list server itself.
>>
> Some things need cleaning up, but mostly I would like to see the [NVC]
> become standard fair for off topic subjects. And to see Frydaye Follies
> become a permanent part of the scene. What I fear is the degradation of
> the sense of community by over restrictive rules and actions. The [NVC]
> works for me. And I confess to often asking [NVC] questions of the The
> List membership. It is such a wealth of information it seems a waste not
> to put it to use, even on [NVC] stuff at times. It sure has helped me in
> other areas of life besides strictly Vanagon things. I would be more
> than a bit lost not being able to communicate with such a great bunch of
> folks about other things. In my view, there isn't another group out
> there quite like this one. So allowing [NVC] for me is crucial. It just
> needs to be marked as such so that it can easily be filtered or deleted.
> There are some good things that come across the list that are important
> and even enrich our lives but are definitely [NVC], so I have no problem
> with [NVC] myself, it just needs to become a standard that any [NVC]
> stuff is marked as such.
>
> As for "Moderators" as opposed to "Administrators" I would go very slow
> on that one. Not done right, it can wreak havoc. There will be a lot of
> people that will quit and leave the list, and, fact is, we aren't that
> big. We need all we can hold onto that are interested in Vanagons. As
> these machines age, we will suffer more and more attrition. And there is
> going to be some attrition due to aging list members. I'm 70 years old,
> and I'm not the only one. There are those members older than me and
> there are one or two that are older than dirt itself. One day, and it's
> not far off for those over 70, we won't be here to participate. And
> there will be more and more that drop out over time as the people and
> the vehicles wear out to the point repair and replacement aren't
> possible. But frankly I'm glad to have found a "community" with
> Vanagons, and I hope to hi heaven it doesn't turn into some very dry
> all-techie sort of list. There are plenty of those out there.
>
> By the way, it would be interesting to compare the ages of those pushing
> for tight control and those not . Life experience certainly colors our
> points of view.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
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