<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16681" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was mainly referring to the sheer volume of information, not so much as to the bickering.  I haven't been on Pianotech in quite a long time.  When I'd get to work every morning and find 150 new emails, it just got to be way too much.  It could literally take three days to sift through one day's worth of posts, some of which I really liked to read and just ran out of time for.  I don't know how anyone can get anything done with that much information backing up on you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's what I meant.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Didn't mean to be mean and certainly meant no disrespect to those who post there.  But I didn't think Kendall should have been made to feel like he was being exiled into that whirlwind.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidskolnik@optonline.net href="mailto:davidskolnik@optonline.net">David Skolnik</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 11, 2008 5:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Requirements for contributing/posting</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hey Jeffy pie -<BR><BR>Like, I'm sure, with a little effort, you could have said the same thing without sounding so disparaging.  It may be, is likely true that obsessive behavior with either list can affect productivity, and it may also be true that there is more to be found on Pianotech that is of no interest to you than on CAUT, BUT, there is a lot of good stuff, and people are not fighting with each other anymore, too often, so why refer to it as if it were a bunch of aliens?  It's still your family, so to speak.  Play nice.<BR><BR>David Skolnik<BR>Hastings on Hudson, NY<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>