Hi Peter,
Peter Nobes wrote
It's still "on topic" as my decision about the raid will depend on what's happening about Barton Turf.
I fully accept that your decision on where to go may depend on the dates of clashing events.
I just feel it would have been a little safer if you had alluded non-specifically under this topic to clashing events and asked the specific question in the appropriate topic/thread.
I'm sure that had the clashing event been some family affair you'd ask the appropriate member of your family about the date. The appropriate thing to do about a potentially clashing UK-HBBR event is to ask in a separate message under a topic/thread with the appropriate subject line.
The trouble is that there is a pronounced risk that by posing the question here and in quite the way you did then, knowing the ill-discipline and lack of technical knowledge of some here, it's quite likely to turn into the definitive Barton Turf discussion too. Something we need to avoid as our group grows ever bigger with ever more venues and dates proposed.
We need to bear in mind that this is no longer a small mail list, where everyone knows everyone else. No longer will everyone will read every message. Some here post exclusively by email and read everything. Some will skip messages on the basis of subject line, some will only visit the forum and only go to topics with an appropriate subject line.
Apologies if I seemed to be getting at you. My post wasn't intended to be personal, just a gentle reminder to all that as we grow bigger more discipline is required, especially, since our group moved to this multi-various forum/mail list vehicle, which does tend to complicate things a trifle.
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