This is probably not news for many readers of this list, but perhaps the eulogies may now begin. There has been a short discussion over on r.b.p. bemoaning the dearth of sea kayaking-related postings, and a dramatic decrease in their quality over the last year or so. OTOH, the WW-component of r.b.p. seems to be very active and as healthy as can be expected. I posted a brief mention that lists like this one were now filling the need formerly served by r.b.p. The result was many folks emailed me directly requesting subscription information. I've been sending out subscription info for both Paddlewise and Wave~Length, filtering obvious kooks. It will be interesting to see what happens over on r.b.p. BTW, I did NOT post subscription info on r.b.p. -- I make 'em email me to get it. Damn spam! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
> From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_seasurf.com> > > This is probably not news for many readers of this list, but perhaps the > eulogies may now begin. I've seen it. It is really unfortunate because it used to be a great place for sea kayakers to hang out on the net. > There has been a short discussion over on r.b.p. bemoaning the dearth of > sea kayaking-related postings, and a dramatic decrease in their quality > over the last year or so. OTOH, the WW-component of r.b.p. seems to be > very active and as healthy as can be expected. r.b.p. deteriorated in the last year for sea kayakers to the point there was hardly any point in looking at it. It seemd most of the sea kayakers migrated to lists because of the fracas. > I posted a brief mention that lists like this one were now filling the > need formerly served by r.b.p. The result was many folks emailed me > directly requesting subscription information. I've been sending out > subscription info for both Paddlewise and Wave~Length, filtering obvious > kooks. > > It will be interesting to see what happens over on r.b.p. > > BTW, I did NOT post subscription info on r.b.p. -- I make 'em email me > to get it. Damn spam! I would say it is ok to give subscription info on the newsgroup for PaddleWise. I've done that for GASP without problem. We have some pretty good deterrents working to prevent spamming of PaddleWise. :-) Cheers, Jackie _ _ _ _ _ \\ / \0/ \ / \0/ \ \\ " " `\ ,sSSs,\, )\w/( ,sSS..)/{) <<..> sSSS_v)/ \ )<*> sSS[(\_]___\ <(_/_o_o_ 'sS[_`-+---+) \----+-------+-------'---`-----\-------------') ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ o \ o \\ o o \\ o o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
On Thu, Feb 05, 1998 at 08:37:42AM -0800, Dave Kruger wrote: > This is probably not news for many readers of this list, but perhaps the > eulogies may now begin. I think the death of rec.boats.paddle may be exaggerated. ;-) The newsgroup has been around for a long time -- I remember when we all got together to get it created many years ago -- and has survived any number of...uh...disagreements, including the ejection of the rowing crowd, who-knows-how-many flame wars over PWC, invasions by He Who Must Not Be Named, and about a zillion other things. I imagine that it will continue to limp forward unless something truly catastrophic happens. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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