[*BCM*] Massachusetts Bicycle

[Greg Howard]

yes, I was confusing the two, sorry.

I stand by my rant about the "massbike" email list, however.  :-)


greg


On 6/28/06, David Watson <david at massbike.org> wrote:
> Just to be clear, MassBike as an email list for announcements only -- that's
> what I was suggesting people sign up for at http://massbike.org/gather/.
> MassBike also has separate Google Groups listservs for discussions.  So you
> can get the newsletters without seeing the discussions.
>
> -David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]On Behalf Of
> Greg Howard
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:48 AM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Massachusetts Bicycle
>
>
> > I'm saying they should have their own list (which they might have) and not
> > clog up this list with their stuff.
>
> I completely disagree.  Occasional notices and newsletters are fine
> and don't substantially affect my email bandwidth; and I would like to
> stay on top of as much local bike info as I can.  A couple emails a
> month is no big deal, and it's good to keep us all apprised.
>
> (massbike email list aside: I finally gave up on the massbike list
> because of the frequent and unpleasant arguments -- of a sort we have
> seen on this list in the last 24 hours.  The list had become a forum
> for perennial debate and no apparent progress was ever made.  I think
> MB does itself a real disservice by allowing a few people, especially
> people who are or were board members, to dominate a list named after
> the organization, giving the impression that the organization itself
> is as crotchety and impotent as the list discussions are.  indeed,
> this is why I have not been involved with MB at all, despite many
> years of passionate involvement with other bike organizations.)
>
>
> greg
>
>
> On 6/28/06, Ian Thistle <idiotkid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm saying they should have their own list (which they might have) and not
> > clog up this list with their stuff.  So, y'know, people don't assume that
> CM
> > and MassBike are one and the same.  And people who are interested in
> > MassBike can join their list.  Pretty simple.
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/06, turtle <turtle at zworg.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ------=_Part_12888_20630061.1151511648276
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > > > Content-Disposition: inline
> > > >
> > > > It has long bothered me that Mass Bike posts their monthly
> announcements
> > to
> > > > this list which is in no way affiliated with MassBike (and in fact,
> many
> > > > CMers dislike MassBike).
> > >
> > > So you think MassBike should be elitist and not talk to us?  Or are you
> > > thinking that we should be elistist and not listen to them?  And do you
> > > realize that some of us are some of them as well?
> > >
> > > -Turtle
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > "One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we
> > > seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal.  We must
> > > pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." - Martin Luther King Jr.
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