[pianotech] mailman list - Foul!

[David Skolnik]

Ron -
They were implied.  Every one of them
 >:-o =D> 8-) :'( :-[ >:-} <:-| :-! O:-) :-) >:D< :-* :-D :-X etc.
I'm sorry.  One of the oddities is email itself, which, unless you 
use italics or bold or underline or font size or style, is rather neutral.
It doesn't do well with irony or sarcasm.  And then there are the 
conventions that accumulate as part of a community such as this, 
where, for better or worse, we evolve a distinctive, recognizable 
voice (or think we do), based upon that history of interactions.  I 
acquired some affectations over the years, such as making a 
'European' 7  (with short horizontal line through the middle vertical 
part of the number).  Now it's a part of me that I recognize.  I've 
never been comfortable depending upon emoticons to convey my meaning, 
though I admit that, on occasion, it fosters 
misinterpretation.  Think of it like reading Hebrew without all the 
vowel signs, or figured bass without the numbers.

As I wrote to Duaine, people may have a right, or feel they have a 
right to have negative feelings towards him, as the world is more 
complex than Disney, but the intent and expression of those feelings 
in this venue, in that way, becomes destructive to the venue, most of 
all.  As I also wrote to him, at this time, I don't believe that 
focusing on a severance of the relationship is the most effective 
solution to the underlying issues.  It's an idea to keep in mind, however.

Again, sorry for the adrenaline,

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY







At 07:50 AM 1/4/2012, you wrote:
>David Skolnik wrote:
>
>I have no doubt the people working on this are good.  We're all good
>(except maybe for Duaine).
>******************************
>Hopefully, the ;-) or :-) got left off that post...  I don't think
>there is any excuse for a personal attack here.  I for one am waiting to
>hear why the pianotech list has to go.  What I remember from past posts
>is that there isn't the staff to manage it, nor the cyber-room to host it.
>Both can be solved by a shift away from PTG hosting.  After the recent ugly
>exchange incorrectly stating that the list should be for PTG folks 
>first, and the
>rest second, it may be a good thing to sever this temporary 
>connection to the PTG.
>
>
>Ron Koval

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