AMEN! OStarella@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/1/2000 1:35:10 PM Central Daylight Time, > barroncogene@webtv.net writes: > > > Now you all know why Barron County Genealogical Society will NOT be > > putting more TOUR offers on the mailing lists. > > > > I've been kinda sitting back, watching this debate. May I just say that 1) > yes, it was a little annoying having constant notices about the tour; 2) all > I had to do to alleviate the annoyance was click delete; 3) I would hope to > have A notification of any tours like this in the future because there may be > one to any area where my family was; and 4) I don't really think it's > necessary for anyone to get nasty with each other. Each of us is trying to > learn something about our roots, and, hopefully, we're also trying to help > others on the list. I delete many many emails every day because they either > don't pertain to my family or because I have no information to offer. I > shouldn't holler that only messages that are of interest to me should be > posted - nor should I get upset if people don't like getting repeat messages > about the same thing. Many of us are on multiple mailing lists, and it's > unlikely we will miss something sent to several lists. So I guess what I'm > saying is we need to watch out for overkill, and we need to remember we're > adults when we don't like something that occurs on a list. Now, could we all > smile, "shake hands", and get back to what we all love? > > Star O > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ====