Posted by Tracy (witchdoktor@…>)
I agree. too much talk
— On Sun 12/19, bill weber < billpeggyweber@… > wrote:
From: bill weber [mailto: billpeggyweber@…]
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:05:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Re: New Site-Owner Assoc-Name
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I AGREE""""" I've almost sttoped looking at messages
because of that.. nice comment.
--- dsilvadcs wrote:
>
> Excellent questions. Do not understand why we need
> a new group.
> Also would like to stop this flood of messages about
> the new group.
> Isn't there some way to consolidate, reduce or
> eliminate?
>
> DCS
>
>
>
> --- In , "thomas
> irick"
> wrote:
> > Since the question of where the members of the
> message board have
> gone, I thought I'd offer one viewpoint as why I
> have not responded.
> >
> > First, I had asked a question about a rudder
> bearing problem on my
> F-30, of which I did not receive one reply. I since
> have had it
> fixed, fortunately, in a way better than Paul Dennis
> (sp) suggested,
> as his would have resulted in rudder slop-(and also
> the reason
> Freedom installed grease zerks to mask the problem,
> not fix it.)
> Paul is a great guy and very generous with his
> advise, but I chose
> not to just enlarge the hole for the bearing due to
> the expansion of
> the delron bearing.
> >
> > I used to find the information on this board
> interesting, and like
> Jaquie, have saved e-mails for future reference.
> Since the topic of
> an association other than this that we can PAY for
> has created SO
> much chatter, ie. name costs, etc., I would have one
> final question:
> > How do I quit getting the e-mails! I would like
> to find my
> important e-mails without sorting thru 100's of
> comments about what
> we call the new Assoc..
> >
> > Why would it benefit us to have a board that is
> different that we
> could all pay dues to? It sounds like someone has a
> great idea to
> collect $40/year from potentially a thousand
> members. Now I think
> that is a GREAT idea, and would love to have part of
> that action!
> >
> > Lastly, I'm glad that some of the members here
> are'nt on my
> payroll, as by the time of the many messages (during
> business hours)
> I could only ask if I could apply for the job they
> have when they
> leave and I'll give up working for myself. I would
> love to have
> that much time on my hands.
> >
> > Sorry if I offended anyone with my sarcasm, but it
> seems the
> question was asked: "why have we not had more
> interest?". I thought
> the reason I didn't get a response on my latest
> post, was that I was
> on the West (Left, as Jaquie put it so well) Coast,
> and not in the
> right "club". I am always curious what makes people
> want to be a
> member of a "club, cult, etc." that alienates them
> from the rest of
> society that might just want to spend their money on
> other things.
> I really don't need a shirt with a Freedom logo to
> signify that I'm
> a member of an elite club that I have to pay to be a
> member.
> > Signing off...have fun with the new "club"
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jerry_magic1
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:04 PM
> > Subject: [freedomyachts2003] New Site-Owner
> Assoc-Name
> >
> >
> >
> > I hate to be a wet blanket. I just have to
> produce a little rant.
> > Seems to me the chatter on the above subjects is
> a little like
> Mickey
> > Rooney and Judy Garland's: LETS PUT ON A SHOW
> > I've watched this Yahoo site grow from well
> under 50 members
> when I
> > first joined it last year to about 513. I note
> today the
> membership
> > is down to 500. Do you think maybe members or
> dropins are
> getting
> > bored?
> > I also note there were only 30 members
> interested enough to vote
> on
> > the site poll and 27 on the name poll. Less
> than 7% of the
> > membership. That tells me something about the
> general interest
> in the
> > subject issues.......
> > Used to be some very good technical and
> practical information
> > exchanged among Freedom owners on this and the
> original web
> site. I
> > hope it can get back to that.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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