[CAUT] lab woes

[Michelle Stranges]

ok- I'm the worst one when it comes to this...so I'm sorry.
I feel like a  heel.
(Sometimes though- I read a post and get silly and start typing  
immediately... that's my lousy excuse.)

I see what you mean- and I didn't realize it was *all* archived.

:(

Thanx.

:)
Michelle










On Sep 23, 2005, at 12:11 PM, Alan Crane wrote:

> At 09:28 AM 9/23/05, Michelle Stranges wrote:
>
>> Yayaayyyyyyyyyy for the Wurly's!!
>>
>> :D
>>
>
> Might I be so bold as to suggest (strongly) that the CAUT list is  
> not the place for these one-liners and posts simply expressing atta- 
> boys, me-toos, and the like.  I'm not picking on Michelle here; in  
> truth, its all of us cluttering up what has been a fairly  
> professional and useful list in this manner________ especially lately.
> This is one of the reasons a great many of us no longer participate  
> in the Pianotech list (which, BTW, originated with this group as  
> the first caut list) ... it simply took up too much valuable time  
> to sift through useless material, most of which should have been  
> sent privately, off-list, in the first place.
> Not only do these extraneous posts bog down the CAUT list itself,  
> they also nest in the CAUT list archives, making that excellent  
> tool more unwieldy and less useful for everyone.
> Filters, you say??  Well, really, I can't think of one person on  
> this list whose wisdom and experience I don't value and I'm just  
> not content to solve the problem by throwing anyone out with their  
> bath water (as it were) but its that "bath water" that is beginning  
> to make a soggy mess of the list.
> If you have something to say, by all means say it____________ we  
> all benefit from your wisdom, experience, or questions.
> However, if you just want to add your own "awesome!" or "way to  
> go!" (etc...), please send it off-list to the person(s) you're  
> addressing.
> If all you really want to do is grandstand in front the rest of  
> us... well, then I guess you have to post it to the entire list and  
> expect us each to spend the time you wouldn't putting your post in  
> its proper place (albiet that doesn't address the problem of the  
> cluttered archives).
>
> It is no accident that this list (and the Pianotech list before it)  
> is an un-moderated, open-subscription, tool available to anyone.
> It is in the interest of the CAUTs and other participants for it to  
> be that way.
> If the CAUT list subscribers do not take active care of the list  
> and what they post, it may well begin to be just another unwieldy  
> Pianotech list for which most of us can not spare the time required  
> to participate.
>
> Michelle, thanks for "volunteering" to be the poster child here;  
> would that you were different than any of the rest of us.
> Truly, though, most of us can rightfully put our names here instead  
> of yours, and *all* of us need to attend to the list, and our posts  
> to it, accordingly.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan B. Crane,  RPT
> School of Music
> Wichita State University
> alan.crane@wichita.edu
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