Subject: [WSFA] Re: This list
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: Samuel Lubell <samlubell at dmarc-verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 17:32:37 -0400

Keith, as you know your list is not an official club-sponsored list.=C2=A0=

Therefore there is no need to tell anyone at WSFA about it.

Our official list is ewsfa at googlegroups.com

Recognizing that a few people have not transitioned from yahoo to
google, I occasionally, for very important messages like changes in
meeting locations, cc the yahoo lists as well.

--Sam

On 3/8/2020 3:40 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>>> I don't know everyone's reason for avoiding Yahoo, but my
>>> reasons were:
>> I believe Yahoo groups is shutting down.
> I've heard that that was why WSFA moved to Googlegroups.  But I've
> also heard that, while changes were made to Yahoo groups, they didn't
> actually shut down.  I don't know, and I don't much care.
>
> To clarify, I was speaking, not of what happened recently, but of what
> happened in 2005 when I left WSFA.  The club said that the official
> club list shouldn't be run by a non-member.  I agreed, and said that
> my intention was to merge my list into the new official list.  I
> didn't recommend any particular new list platform, but I did strongly
> recommend against Yahoo.  The club then chose Yahoo.  I don't know
> whether that was a coincidence, or malice.
>
> Since so many members refused to use Yahoo, I've kept my list going
> ever since.  It's clear that some WSFA members still hold a grudge,
> since they've failed to inform new WSFA members of this list, and
> since they've refrained from posting important news on this list.
> As a result of the latter, attendance at various funerals and other
> events was lower than it would have been, since many of us didn't
> learn of the events in time, or at all.  Conversely, some events were
> announced only on this list, and were missed by people only subscribed
> to the other list.  And people subscribed to both lists saw many
> messages twice.  It was very suboptimal, and I'm glad the club finally
> dumped Yahoo, whatever its reason.
>