Date:         Thu, 11 Jul 1996 22:37:45 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         No Quarter <dl63832@ltec.net>
Subject:      *THE GREAT SPLITTY DEBATE*


You know, when I first subscribed to the vintagvw 'serv, I honest to god 
thought that all air cooled vw's would be talked about there.  I was kind 
of confused as to why only Beetles are the mainstay.  But I soon found out
that the bus people had their own 'serv.  Great - now I could subscribe 
to 2 lists.  Wow!  What could I say...the volume of the vanagon 'serv rocked!

I am still quite puzzled as to why there aren't just 2 main 'servs like 
acldvw and h20vw or something to that effect.  Aircooled busses have a 
LOT in common with beetles and so one would reasonably expect that those 
2 would go together because for simple efficiency sakes, more people 
would benefit from any given message.

Now of course I am speaking my opinion and that ain't worth a hill of 
beans, but I fail to see what aircooled VW's and watercooled VW's have in 
common that warrants putting them both in the same 'serv - other than the 
fact that they are used for campers (the busses).

I'm trying to speak from the vantage point of how each message on a 
listserv benefits the recipients.  It does get kind of bothersome at 
times having to delete messages that have to do with post-80 busses as 
they don't interest me.  What I want is aircooled VW Bus info but I have 
to wade through a bunch of unrelated material until I find it.  

So based on that fact, I think the seperation is warranted.  However, I 
can plainly see if someone is subscribed to the 'serv merely for the 
comraderie, then certainly the vanagon 'serv should be left alone.

I percieve the split as method of "net efficiency" and "courtesy" to each 
other.  We don't want to split because we're mad at each other, we want 
to split to make it easier on everyone.

What do you think?


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|___ Beatrice, NE,| 63 Ragtop Bug       |"My friend got killed in a head-on
    |40 mi. south  \--------------------|in one of those."  "You're weird."
    |of Lincoln.    |e-mail:            |"Wanna drag? HA HA HA" "Put a
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