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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Whether or not you make a donation is up to you, of course, but I can't see how the list-keepers can make an exception just because *you* (or anyone) like to look at the posts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Imagine what the list would be like if this rule weren't enforced. Many people - and I'm sure Fred "Mr. PR" Sternfeld himself would be the worst offender :) - would be posting daily updates on their next show. The truly informative posts would get lost in the clutter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Certainly there's room on a list like this for some informal chat about excess cats and rooms for rent to artists. Really, there *ought* to be such stuff, because we're a community. But we can hope this doesn't start to outweigh the stuff we actually subscribe to the list for. Some rules are just necessary, and I think you should persuade your friend to find a way to post weekly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(I have no idea what posts you're referring to, by the way. Very long ago, I simply began to relegate over-frequent posters of material I find irrelevant to my killfile.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark Cipra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>__<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I looked ahead on my Mayan wall calendar. On December 1st it says "Time to reorder!"</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org [mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vicki Fritzman<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> neohiopal<br><b>Subject:</b> [NEohioPAL] Donation Reconsideration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It seems strange that we still allow a few people to dictate our lives for us. I was all set to donate to NeOhioPal when my tax refund came in, but I now pause and am reconsidering this. The reason for it, is I've been informed that one of my favorite posts to look at will no longer be available because someone decided to complain that this person exceeded his number of weekly posts. Now it's not like this person is posting all kinds of nonsense, etc. and he doesn't over step, in my opinion, so this has taken me by surprise and given me cause to ponder. Especially when there are posts about homes for cats and things to sell, and so on - which I don't mind - I have a delete key just like everyone else. However, I'd like to know how things get addressed when someone complains; no one seems to check with the rest of us as to whether we agree with the complainer or how it was addressed.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So ~<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am now faced with the decision to donate either to a quality run, fabulously informative and massively helpful tool of the arts......<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Or<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Will I just be donating to a mass e-mailing system that is catering to a bunch of WHINERS?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'll apologize for my ire, but this decision really came close to my heart and I am caught off guard by it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vicki Fritzman<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>