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<DIV>Pattern is not dying, it's changing. As is the way we all communicate. Cell
phones, emails, bulletin boards, mailing lists, etc. If we don't change with it
we could indeed do some harm.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>BTW just use this link for RCU: <A
href="http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_101/tt.htm">http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_101/tt.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>RCU gets joked about, laughed at and generally put down by a certain group
of people. But there is a valuable resource there, and to ignore it or treat it
like a joke is a bad mistake.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>-Mike</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hewson5@on.aibn.com href="mailto:hewson5@on.aibn.com">Alan Hewson</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">NSRCA List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mailing List/K Factor</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>The following is a documentation of my
experience: Please be patient.....there is a point to this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>I do not have an opinion yet about RCU
because I have never been on it.......SO.....I just went to <A
href="http://www.rcuniverse.com">www.rcuniverse.com</A> and waited three and
one half minutes for the home page to download. I then clicked on new member
login in to spend another minute to download that page......no problem. I
entered my email address twice as required and clicked "next".........opinion
started a little now. It took three times refreshing that screen before it
would go through without saying "script error".......NOW I'M REALLY
IMPRESSED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Ok, now I am registered. Now I choose
"Express" or "Custom" registration. It tells you that one can customize and
the other you cannot. That would be great if I knew what was in there so I
knew whether I would need to customize something or not.......GETTING MORE
IMPRESSED</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>NOW I AM REGISTERED.......30 MINUTES
LATER.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>I now went back to the RCU home page to
log in and waited only two and a half minutes this time for it to download. I
now find out that I am already logged in........HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I OPENED
A NEW SCREEN TO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Ok, now what......I searched the word
"Pattern"......got five results that were not in the section of someone trying
to sell something and FOUR of them were about someone trying to sell something
and the other was an interview with Jason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Now I am really bored (and
disappointed)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG>IF ANYONE IS WONDERING WHY
PATTERN IS DYING, CALL ME </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Alan Hewson (705-458-9922)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pattern4u@comcast.net href="mailto:pattern4u@comcast.net">Grow
Pattern</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tkeithb@comcast.net
href="mailto:tkeithb@comcast.net">Keith Black</A> ; <A
title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mailing List/K
Factor</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I tend to use the RCU forum as a general pattern forum. It has the best
functionality that I have tried. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If the NSRCA invested in it's own forum it could have a public section
and a members part of the forum. Publicity is paramount.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Eric.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tkeithb@comcast.net href="mailto:tkeithb@comcast.net">Keith
Black</A> </DIV>
<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> Thursday, November 03, 2005
12:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mailing List/K
Factor</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The suggestion was to consider using RCU as the official forum for
the NSRCA SIG. The point wasn't that RCU currently has more discussion
than this list (though lately it seems to). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If we used RCU as the official NSRCA forum there would be more
content on RCU and we'd have better tools to carry out our discussions. In
addition we would have more exposure to non-pattern fliers that may be
interested in what we do..</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Keith Black</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=THERUPMAN@aol.com
href="mailto:THERUPMAN@aol.com">THERUPMAN@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=fishgod@pobox.mtaonline.net
href="mailto:fishgod@pobox.mtaonline.net">fishgod@pobox.mtaonline.net</A>
; <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 02, 2005
10:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Mailing List/K
Factor</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'd sure like to know what you find concerning."Pattern" on RCU or
RCG. In the Pattern forums on RCU there are agonizingly few each
day. </DIV>
<DIV>"Help, Please"</DIV>
<DIV>Bob Ruppel in
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