Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:18:15 -0400
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Who knew? This list has a Facebook group
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Lol! on the “very talented media director” gaslighting!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 14, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Hi Jim and others,
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> I find the history of this list really interesting and there are a lot of pieces I don’t know. I was a member early on but then was without a vanagon for about 12 years.
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> The email list Facebook group claims to be the Oficial Vanagon.com <http://vanagon.com/> Facebook group. And was started 10 years ago.
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> Now 712 members but hardly any posts recently. Still has 8 moderators.
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> One of you out there responded to me on the group.
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> So, I’m going to dig up the subscription directions for this list and post them there.
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> Only use I can think of for the Facebook group would be a place to post pictures and videos to go with our posts here. Our posts here go into archives and I suspect the links might continue to work for some time.
> It would be fun to see things go full circle and people start returning from Facebook.
>
>
> Meanwhile in other areas I continue to leave Facebook.
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> Only a small presence left and the one Westfalia camp event group I administer with the help of a very talented Social Media Director!
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> If I get more pictures of the work happening on my van I might post there for members from this list to see. I might even be able to do it in such a way that you don’t need to be a Facebook member to view the contents.
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> Eric Caron
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>
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>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 10:37 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
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>> Vanagon.com is owned by Ken Wilford (vanagain.com). A few years ago, Coyote (Ron Lussier) transferred it to him.
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>> Jim
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>>>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> Hmmmm, Who knew?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> I finally figured out how to delete myself from Facebook groups and in the process found a big surprise.
>>>>
>>>> There is a group called Vanagon.com <http://vanagon.com/> email list group!
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>>>> It has over 700 members and looks extremely quiet last post was July 21.
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>>>> So, We are certainly more active than that.
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>>>> But, I wonder if most of the more than 700 people there even know this email list exists.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone on this list a member of that group?
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>>>>
>>>> I just joined, and when I get a chance I plan to post the info on how to join this email list!
>>>>
>>>> Eric Caron
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