I would agree with Ted that less info would be available to the list members. Herb Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain & Margaret MacIntosh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] A Birthday Bicentennial and Appreciation > Hi all > > I also think that the list has been a major success story, however, it has > also been a victim of its own success. Shortly before Ted's passing, I > had > been discussing the negative side of the researchers database with him. > It > appeared that as more and more of the listers developed a closer > relationship with other listers, they started corresponding directly > (including myself), hence the reduction in the traffic to the list. > > On the one hand this is a sign of the maturation of the list, with close > relationships developing between researchers focussing on particular > families. However Ted agreed that he also had concerns that the > researchers > list reduced the volume of information publicly available to other > existing > and new members. > > What do you think? > > Regards > > Iain > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of laurel > Sent: 01 February 2010 4:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] A Birthday Bicentennial and Appreciation > > Hi Steve, > Good to know you are "still lurking", me too. Was just thinking of you > the > other day. Remember the "Islay Gathering" in BC fondly. The Islay list is > still one of the very best for help and information. > Hope all is well with you and family. > Laurel of Tacoma > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4822 (20100131) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. > Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message