From: bob_at_intelenet.net (Bob Myers) > Yi! > > Not this again! > > Well, actually I've always felt that it was just a matter of time. > > I tried to create rec.boats.paddle.seakayak back in about 1995, but > the time wasn't right for a split then. Most of the actual contributors > to the newsgroup, including sea kayakers, were against the split then, > and the supporters were mostly lurkers to whom it "sounded like a good idea". > I gave up on the idea when I realized this. I was one of those against it at the time. But I must say, it has been a very long time since I have regularly read the newsgroup. I would support a split now. The flavor of the group changed when Tim Ingram chased off all the seakayakers with his "sponson blitzkrieg." > Good luck! I haven't read r.b.p in ages now, so I no longer have any > opinion on this particular split. Understandable. There are probably many that think the same way. However, it might be worth a shot.... :-) Jackie (glad to see they aren't considering rec.boats.paddle.flatwater) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 20:32:06 PDT
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