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Re: How to get link pages made
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lugnet.admin.curators
Date: 
Thu, 9 May 2002 02:28:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 
> <snip>...or maybe even start by
> collecting the links and making an HTML page. But collect them offline via
> email or do it in an effective thread that has nothing else in it and that
> has good search keywords so it will be easy to find again.

That was done months ago, but thanks for reitterating what's been done already.

> As to my "I don't do link pages" policy, since you chose to question it:
> 
> I set my policy for what I feel are my own good and valid reasons. I
> personally decided I didn't feel they were as important to me as posting to
> .debate occasionally (1) ... we each get to decide for ourselves how much
> time to spend on VOLUNTEER activities and how much to spend on FUN. It's not
> your place, Eric, to criticise how much I choose to volunteer or how I
> choose to apportion that time.

:)

> My wife has a tactic that's even blunter than some of mine: whenever someone
> complains in one of her volunteer orgs (arts council, PTA, bond issue
> campaign committee, etc. etc.) that something wasn't done right, she smiles
> sweetly and says "You're so right! And what's more, that position just
> opened up, how nice of you to volunteer to take it on" which usually just
> shuts them up, but occasionally actually generates an active and successful
> new volunteer.

Ah, so I guess she's never dealt with the person who volunteered, but got no
response from her. That was the person who finally walked away wondering why
they were ignored.

> If you want something done right, do it yourself. The tools are there. Or
> don't do it at all, as you like. But don't complain about what volunteers
> do. That's a lesson that a number of people need to learn, not just you.
> (c.f. the mess that complainers made when I first took over the curatorship
> of .trains)

Agreed. I remember when that occured, Lar. One BIG difference in the situation
though-you got your curatorship fairly quickly, while other curatorships are
still shelved until Suz gets around to updating the list.

> 
> 1 - Eric: why is this in debate again? It's not .off-topic... quit resetting
> the FUT.... Also, why ask why people are commenting about this that aren't
> build.mecha readers? You put the original post in admin.curators. Good
> curators watch that group, and comment.

No, us wannabe curators watch and comment as well. Some of us just don't comment
as much as others (by choice).

=Dave



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Help Please Links! -----> .Mecha
 
(...) I think that's about the size of it. Suz and the other admins, I suspect, don't have time to maintain links pages. I would suggest that you might want to mount an effort to find another curator candidate among your ranks. You said you (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.build.mecha)

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