so long, and thanks for all the fish

[Frederick Smith]

Once again Mr. Dikeman manages to demonstrate another of his 
vast array of social skills. (Brett, Have you ever 
considered a career in the Diplomatic Service??)

Twiki has definitely been at the head of my list this 
holiday season but the need to earn a living, make seasonal 
travel arrangements, year end accounting etc. have caused it 
to slip a few notches................ Now I find that I and 
a myriad of others, have been banished from the Kingdom of 
the Audi Twiki despite our good intentions. I'm sure that in 
Mr. D's perfect world there are no excuses, so, I won't 
offer one. Instead, I'd like to offer the suggestion that 
instruction replace criticism.......... as in "here's how it 
  works folks". Perhaps the existing approach to getting it 
done, is the real reason that the effort failed the first time.

Banished, but workin' thru it!!

Smitty

By the way, thanks for the kisses Brett, you missed a spot!!


Ed Kellock wrote:
> I keep trying to figure out why this is an issue at all.
> 
> What is the downside of letting people remain "active" even if they don't
> contribute? 
> 
> Personally, when I first sat down to have a look, I, too, realized that it
> was a bit more daunting than I originally thought.  I have been waiting
> until I could devote sufficient time to figure it out before I tried to
> contribute for the very simple reason of not wanting to hose anything.  Up
> until now I haven't had that time.  I have all next week off however...
> 
> So, what's up?  Someone having a bad day?  Or is there a real cost or
> consequence of having 32 inactive contributors?  Based on the way the note
> was written, it leaves little doubt that it is the former and not the
> latter.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan [mailto:mailinglist at endosquid.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:46 PM
> To: brett at cloud9.net
> Cc: Rbade12 at aol.com; AWHdcny at aol.com; bbell at surview.com; cody at 5000tq.com;
> davidtorrey2004 at yahoo.com; dgray.bos at gmail.com; ed.kellock at msn.com;
> enzeder at comcast.net; frankbauer at thevine.net; geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca;
> gold123 at ntelos.net; knealeski at sbcglobal.net; laraa at sympatico.ca;
> melguy1 at yahoo.com; nap026 at cox.net; osmanparvez at gmail.com;
> pan637man at yahoo.com; pineridgeremodeling at adelphia.net; pyro_10314 at yahoo.com;
> r3dmist at gmail.com; rfitton at vt.edu; ron_01056 at yahoo.com; scottp at ippe.com;
> streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com; toml99 at todomundo.com; urq at pacbell.net;
> airbil at gmail.com; audijim at comcast.net; chapchuk at hotmail.com;
> njroadfan at gmail.com; sam at edgetoedge.co.nz; smitty at pcrealm.net
> Subject: Re: so long, and thanks for all the fish
> 
> Brett,
> 
> Perhaps posting a 30-second quick intro to finding sections, editing
> sections/articles that already exist, etc, might be useful for some of the
> more intimidated members of this list. If the point is to get content, then
> this seems to be a good place to start/restart.
> 
> B
> 
> 
>