Re: [IRCA] Possible Yahoo e-Group for Ultralighters

[kj8o@xxxxxxxxxx]

I agree with Mark's comments as well. I am attracted to the idea of being 
able to send file attachments (thank you Yahoo for filtering out the 
infected messages). Also, the ideal reflector would include an active 
moderator and be free of off-topic matters "just the facts ma'am". So having 
said that, maybe the time has come. Let's keep talking.

73 JM

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:18:59 -0400, markwa1ion wrote
> I think that a group that covers all Ultralight subjects (loggings,
>  modifications, etc.) makes the most sense.  Too much fragmentation 
> leads to too much good stuff never being seen by people who could 
> make good use of it.  I know a lot of great stuff has come up on 
> some of the closed lists but the DXing populace as a whole is 
> blissfully ignorant of much of it since it may not even be 
> "Googlable" (... Mr. Webster, is that a word ?). Membership should 
> be for anyone who asks the moderator to be a member: pretty much a 
> rubber stamp unless the moderator sees some convincing reason why 
> the person should not be allowed in (e.g. Bellabarba / Smilksteen 
> type blatant misdeeds in the hobby). A reasonably open "membership" 
> policy, versus the rather closed nature of some other lists, would 
> tend to spread the participation over a global base.  Participation 
> would be frequent, varied, and lively: not one post every two weeks. 
>  There would be "regulars" and then there would be others who get a 
> flash of interest, become active for a little while, enrich our 
> perspectives, and then drift off to other pursuits. IRCA is largely 
> perceived as a western US / western Canada club with only light 
> participation on the East Coast (e.g. many of our top DXers -
>  Dangerfield, Conti, et al. - send logs to NRC IDXD but not IRCA 
> DXWW-E).  There is very little overseas participation.  The 
> Ultralight List should not be tethered too tightly to any one club - 
> NRC, IRCA, MWC, or what-have-you. That's my five cents worth. Mark 
> Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA, USA


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