Miata Mailing List: March 1995, Message #28
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   From: "Drake A. Daum" 
Subject: Newsgroups -- NO !
   Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:34:45 -0500

     NO NEWSGROUP, PLEASE !!     

     I agree with Miq, Karyl, and others.  Please don't change the Miata 
     Mailing List to a Newsgroup.
     
     The current setup is very easy to work with, especially since so many 
     of us are courteous enough to use appropriate subject headers to allow 
     others to scan for topics of their choice. (For a diverse group of         
     electronic Miata nuts, were are all quite well behaved -- as compared to   
     other computer forums I've had the misfortune to read.)
     
     The current format is easy to copy/paste/download/print information.
     
     It's easy to communicate with the List and individual subscribers.
     
     I enjoy "talking" to MIATA OWNERS & ENTHUSIASTS who share my passion 
     and fanaticism for Miatas.  I have no desire whatsoever to include the 
     motoring public at large.
     
     I enjoy the "Miata Family" of familiar names I've grown to recognize 
     on the List.  I don't want the intrusion of "outsiders" who don't live and 
     breathe Miatas.
     
     I don't want to be deluged with non-Miata messages or read about any 
     other vehicles than MIATAs.
     
     Please leave things as they are.  To paraphrase Miq, "If it ain't broke,   
     don't fix it!"  Why make more work for Andy Poling or others?

     Don't we all have better things to talk about (Miatas ?) than to waste our 
     time on something that doesn't even need changing?

     Or, as the old High German folk saying goes, "Keep der fingermittens uff   
     der knobbenflobbens." ( Don't touch that dial ! )

     (This phrase is applicable to a lot of situations.)

     Cheers,
     DRAKE A. DAUM, President
     Miami Valley Miata Club
     PO Box 33503
     Dayton, Ohio 45433-0503