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Robert,
You wrote:

> One, the new one is more public and found by people just starting
> out. It is easer to find that list because it sits were people are >
> looking
> for the list, on a search engine that encourages people to search for
> there hobbies or interests.

And you also wrote:

> The old list is,....
>  It is not marketed and is hard to find unless you have
> had some exposure to the subject already.

This contradicts my experience.
Because the address of the "new list" is impossible to keep in
one's memory or to type without mistake,
I tried several times searching it through Google.
It is not trivial.
Google finds our old list instead:-)

Alex.
 The beginner tends not to be on
> this list. The down side to this is that the list depends for its
> personality on just a few people and it can disappear like any low volume
> population with a minor change to the environment. Sounds like a microcosm
> of the real word doesn?t it.
>
> I have joined the other list and still I find things on this one and I
> can?t give you a sound rational reason to resist the change. Frank has
> made a spam proof identity for me on the new list and spam was my only
> articulated reason to not join the new list. At this point I think the end
> is in sight and I am just hanging out to see who has the last word on the
> old list and then turn out the lights when I leave. It has become a group
> watching a building, a landmark building, burn to the ground and wondering
> why the fire department couldn?t save it.
> Good luck and all the best,
> Robert Gainer
>
>
>
>
>>
>> From: Philip Lange 
>> Date: 2006/05/21 Sun PM 07:14:54 EDT
>> To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
>> Subject: Re: What can I do?
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> I thought the Navigation list was the people who participated in it.
>>
>> As I see it we people are  simply using a different server and address,
>> which of course necessitates a modification to the lists name. The
>> reason,
>> if I understand it correctly, is because of  reliability issues that
>> could
>> not be corrected with the original server.  If I am in error, please
>> explain to me what is going out of existence, and why should try to save
>> what was demonstrably shown to be broken and unable to be repaired.
>>
>> And also please tell me, if some one steps in to save it,  the benefit
>> of
>> having two Nav lists.
>>
>> It would appear to me that some are confusing the cart for the cargo.
>> But
>> then I could be wrong.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>> At 06:26 PM 5/21/2006, Peter Fogg wrote:
>> > > Alexandre wrote:
>> > > Speaking of the Nav-L list, what can I do but to enjoy
>> > > the last days of its existence?
>> > > Unfortunately I can do nothing to save it.
>> >
>> >All you would have to do is take on the nominal manager's role. Can't
>> be
>> >harder than becoming a professor of mathematics. GregR has already
>> offered
>> >technical assistance.
>>
>>
>> Philip & Marilyn Lange
>>     AE4OV & KD4JRC,
>>       ORYOKI
>> Witness 35 Catamaran
>>
>>
>>
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