[neact] Re: Changes coming

Hi Marie,
    Thank you very much for the kind words.  They are much appreciated.
I hope I¹m not at it forever!  We sure do need to continue efforts at
recruiting.
    Thank you too for all you have done and continue to do for NEACT.

Cheers,
Steve


You wrote:

> Dear Steve,
>  
> My faith in NEACT is everpresent  thanks to you.
>  
> Your ability to perceive the future and respect the past is enviable.
>  
> May you forever eat ,sleep and breath  NEACT.
>  
> Thanks for all you do for NEACT
>  
> marie reluga
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 02/09/08 01:58:08 Eastern Standard Time,
> sstepenuck@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>> Dear Faithful members of the NEACT e-mail list:
>>     As you might recall, some time ago the Executive Board voted that--rather
>> than have a separate list of e-mail addresses available to the president for
>> messages to the entire membership, and this one for discussion among the
>> members who joined voluntarily--all members should be added to this existing
>> discussion list.  For various reasons, this has not yet come to pass.
>>     Several announcements have been made inviting members who do not wish to
>> belong to such an all-inclusive list to be excised from it before it is
>> effected.  Happily for NEACT, not one such request has yet been received.
>> 
>>     I do hope to ³take the plunge² and try this expansion soon.  We¹ll be
>> going from the present 65 ³volunteer² list members?you--to over 400
>> subscribers.  Thus you can expect a rapid and perhaps substantial increase in
>> the volume of messages on this list.
>>   
>>     The list is now a ³closed-post² list, meaning that only subscribers may
>> post a message to it.  However, the list is also ³open,² meaning anyone
>> [including non-NEACT members] may subscribe.  Lastly, the list is presently
>> ³un-moderated² -- posted messages are automatically sent to all list members.
>> Moving to >400 subscribers will probably lead to some inappropriate or
>> off-topic messages.   Should that happen inordinately, I shall have to change
>> the list to a ³moderated² one, which will mean that every message will have
>> to be approved by the moderator before it goes out to the list.  A move to
>> ³moderated² will mean a delay in the posting/promulgation of your message.
>> That delay could be in seconds or weeks, depending on whether I was on line
>> when the message was first submitted, or away for a couple of weeks.  For
>> purposes of speedy communication [and what¹s left of my sanity], I would much
>> prefer to leave the list an open one, as it has been.
>>     The list owner [yours truly] has the authority to place any member on
>> ³tempban,² where the person is temporarily banned from posting to the list,
>> or to outright blacklist the person, if s/he persists in posting
>> inappropriate messages.  I intend to use that authority.
>> 
>>     So please ³hang in there² as we try this expanded experiment in better
>> and faster communication for our members to help one another.  I shall try
>> mightily to minimize any problematic messages, but we might all have to
>> endure a flurry of messages until things settle down.  Thanks very much for
>> your wonderful behavior on what has been a nice quiet, but useful, list.
>> We¹ll see how quiet it remains [hopefully not too quiet, to be sure].
>> 
>>     One last reminder: any reply to this message, or any message to an e-mail
>> list, goes to everyone on the list.  If you wish to communicate with an
>> individual sender, you have to change the address accordingly.
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your faith in the NEACT e-mail list.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Steve Stepenuck, Jr.
>> P.O. Box 101
>> West Swanzey, NH 03469-0101
>> 603.352.7540
>> sstepenuck@xxxxxxxxx
>> 
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