[SustainableTompkins] list digest mode, revisited, yet again

[Michael Burns]

wow

Folks need to tone down the demanding, angry complaints. I'd hate to  
be providing a paid service and see the customer's rage.

Fortunately, there is no consumerism here, and no product or service  
from a profitable institution that owes buyers what they promise.  
Mutualaid provides the software, server space, and bandwith free. I'm  
sure they would like to know that part of the software has a problem  
and when I have some time I'll post a message to them about the bug  
with the digest feature.

Unfortunately, right I now I feel that if I try to solve this I'll  
give credence to the associated sentiments that the owners' "job" is  
to check email daily, and drop all other commitments because someone  
is complaining about a seat-of-the-pants 100% volunteer and 100% free  
server, listproc, and local list ownership. Accused of not being  
inclusive or respectful is provoking some defensive reactions within  
me that make it hard to be level-headed. I'll get over it.

As one of the list "owners," I mostly can only spend more than a few  
minutes online until after nine pm, when my 14000 baud cell phone  
modem connection is free. There are no utilities like phone service  
on my land. Waking at 5 am discourages me from staying online much  
longer than 9. My school monitors the computer use of its teachers so  
I must avoid using them for non-district uses. But don't get me  
wrong, I'm not apologizing for my lack of speed. Some may feel they  
are entitled to better list ownership, but... I hope my excuses won't  
let the dogs loose on me.

In the meantime, I'd like to thank all of you who have sent small  
donations of $5, 20, and more to mutual aid for their service to our  
community.

-Michael Burns

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On Sep 6, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Karen Edelstein wrote:

Steve, your message is baffling to me, as well as to several others. If
it is problem with the list processor (mutualaid), isn't your main job
as list administrator to SOLVE the problem through communications with
them? I'm not going take up space in this forum copying all the links
you posted, since they are only accessible by the list admin (you).

We're really hoping that you can resolve these issues with the digest
version in an expedient fashion, as per Jon Bosak's directions.

Thank you.

Karen

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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:02:20 -0400
From: "Stephen Nicholson" <scnfish at clarityconnect.com>
Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] list digest mode, revisited
To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv"
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Here are the current settings. There must be a problem with mutualaid,
not
your administrators
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