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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff>Nik.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff> Thank you for all
your contributions to keeping this list on course. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=middletn@gbrcaa.org href="mailto:middletn@gbrcaa.org">middletn</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 13, 2003 5:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A european perspective</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Guys, <BR><BR>I'm aware that some people have posted
messages regarding the fact that some <BR>messages appear to have been
moderated and so do not appear in the list. I <BR>have no idea as to why
this is happening, all I can say is that the list <BR>server is behaving a
little odd. Big brother is not looking honest! <BR><BR>As I sit here in
a gloomy Oxford England, I reflect on when this list was <BR>setup some four
years ago. It's a credit to you all that in that time I've <BR>only had
to forceably eject one loon. <BR><BR>When the list was started, there were a
number of other lists running, and <BR>there was some doubt as to whether or
not the NSRCA starting one would work. <BR>It was setup in part, due to the
number of offensive posts and junk in those <BR>lists. At the time I was
living in sunny VA (miss it like crazy, not to <BR>mention the folks I got to
know). I have always believed that the pattern <BR>crowd where an
inteligent bunch and that they did not need to resort to <BR>profanity to get
a message across. Those that have wandered over the years <BR>have only
needed a gentle reminder. <BR><BR>It's kinda weird, that while the list has
been hudgely sucessful in the US, <BR>it's failed to take off elsewhere.
Don't ask me why, maybe it's a cultural <BR>thing. In europe, it seems
the order of the day to use on line forums. <BR>Indeed the one I setup
for the British association blew apart the Microsoft <BR>forum sofware, it
simply wasn't designed for the number of posts! <BR><BR>To that end I have
setup a new forum for discussion, accessed from <BR><A
href="http://www.gbrcaa.org">www.gbrcaa.org</A>, (direct link <A
href="http://www.gbrcaa.org/phpBB2">www.gbrcaa.org/phpBB2</A> )
It's only been <BR>available for a few days and already the posts are
expanding rapidly. The <BR>software I managed to obtain to run this is
quite outstanding. The server <BR>the system runs on, is actualy located
on the west coast USA, so access <BR>should be fairly snappy. So if you
want to know what the Europeans are up <BR>to give it a try. <BR><BR>I should
add, that this is in now way an attempt to subjigate this list, <BR>it's
simply another way to get valuable info. This list will always be the
<BR>oracle to getting info you want RIGHT NOW! <BR><BR>God bless you all, and
may the list continue to expand exponentialy <BR><BR>Nik Middleton<BR>List
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