[*BCM*] Massachusetts Bicycle

[David Watson]

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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