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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Speaking of programmers can a couple of programmer wiz
kids contact me off list?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Grimmie</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ldgrimhun at cox.net</FONT></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=barat@cox.net href="mailto:barat@cox.net">Barat</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=namron@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:namron@ansteorra.org">Barony of Namron</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 27, 2006 11:42
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Namron] Official or not
(it's merely pining for the fjords)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Or we get one of our computer whiz kids to set up an autodialer
program on a computer with a modem.
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>We record one message and send it out to the phone list.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>I have seen software such as this that lets a user phone the computer,
punch in a password, record a message, then select which phone group the
message goes to (all members, just members of the OHSS, the a&s crowd,
brewers, whatever).</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Donnachadh, up to giving this a try?
<DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Helvetica><B>H.L.
Barat FitzWalter Reynolds</B></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
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<DIV>On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Samarrah bint Annaan wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I like your idea of an outgoing message on an</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">answering machine.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>If we could have a member
willing</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">to change their outgoing message everytime we have
a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">change and then other members could call that
one</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">number to check on the meeting status.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I would</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">volunteer, but my number is long distance to
everyone.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">(sorry). <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">--- Matthias the Brewer <<A
href="mailto:matthiasthebrewer@cox.net">matthiasthebrewer@cox.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">wrote:</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I promise, I don't have any money like that
laying</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">around.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Welcome back Bubba.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Long time no read.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">When I was in the Marine Corps, we had a
"frost</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">call" system.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>The Platoon</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">sergeants called the squad leaders (or
section</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">heads), who called their</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">subordinates, who called their subordinates, and
so</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">forth ad nauseum.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">even this system had problems and was not
100%</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">effective.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I think it might be worth finding a way to post
the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">information.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Be it on</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">the Web site, or on an answering machine
(which</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">would have a recording</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">announcing the current plan/changes), or
something</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">like that.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">HOWEVER, I think we've beaten this dead horse
to</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">death and beyond.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>We've</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">gone way past the point where we've established
that</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">some of us perceive a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">problem to exist. Let's quit bitching and
wanking</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">about this, and solve the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">problem. <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Does anyone have a solution for this?<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>A way to</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">communicate to diverse</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">people across half the state?<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And it has to be easy</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">and cheap.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Any takers?</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>_____ <SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">From:</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">namron-bounces+matthiasthebrewer=<A
href="mailto:cox.net@ansteorra.org">cox.net@ansteorra.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">[<A
href="mailto:namron-bounces">mailto:namron-bounces</A>+matthiasthebrewer=<A
href="mailto:cox.net@ansteorra.org">cox.net@ansteorra.org</A>]</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">On Behalf Of</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">William Herron</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:44 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To: Barony of Namron</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Subject: Re: [Namron] Official or not (it's
merely</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">pining for the fjords)</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">OK ADDRESS: 14 E-MAILS TO OFFICERS IN 4
MONTHS</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A SINGLE</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">RESPONSE.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>And I know the Senechal and I are not on</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">the best of terms, But I</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">had to ask for the location 5 hours before the
last</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">meeting.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>nothing had</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">been said.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>weather called for freezing rain
and</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">nothing had been said.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">ended up not being able to attend because we
had</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">freezing rain here 85 miles</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">from Norman.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And if you note, I stated I
would be</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">willing to contribute to</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">the cost of the room, I think most would rather
than</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">have to go to a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">restaurant and feel oblagated to order food.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Even the Herald doesn't answer e-mails. so why
post</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">e-mail addresses at</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">all??</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">joy</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">radei</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">First off, just because you've sent an email
doesn't</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">mean that it got there.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I send emails all the time that are trapped in
spam</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">filters, that get</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"accidentally" deleted, or just disappear into
the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">ether that is the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Internet that we know and love.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>If I was trying to</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">decide if I should make</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">a two-hour drive in inclement weather, I would
*not*</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">be counting on an email</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">message.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I don't live in Namron, of course.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I love to come</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">home and visit my Society</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">family and friends there.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And I try to keep up on</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">what's going on by</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">information inputs like this mailing list.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I don't</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">think "we can't find a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">regular place to have a meeting" is a new
issue...it</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">was going on 10, 15,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">and 20 years ago when I was there.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>And I suspect</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">it'll continue long after</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I'm gone.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Unless the Barony is going to go and</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">purchase something (and I'm</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">betting Matthias doesn't have that much money
laying</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">around), this issue</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">will continue.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Radei, we haven't met yet.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>The only impressions I'm</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">getting of you is what</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I see here on the list, and so far I'm</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">under-impressed.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I appreciate the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">fact that you have to make an extra effort
to</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">participate, but it seems like</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">you have a lot of gripes about how things are
going.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>If
I was a baronial</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">officer, and I was getting constant emails
from</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">someone, and they were</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">growing to be a larger pain in the neck over
time, I</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">might start</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"accidentally" deleting them too.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I won't speak for</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Thomas, since he has</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">been (to my experience) a very professional
baronial</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">seneschal.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I'm</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">guessing he's not going out of his way to dodge
you,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">but he may also be in a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">position where he can't easily reply to
your</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">messages.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>As a start, the man</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">works in the field of meteorology, so
inclement</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">weather may be a busy time</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">for him regardless of what else is going on.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I certainly don't want to infringe upon
anyone's</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">desire to sit around and</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">bitch.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>I do it, all the time.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space>
</SPAN>Just be aware that</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">bitching on a mailing</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">list like this, "official" or not, is likely a
form</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">of mental masturbation.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I wouldn't count on the world to change because
of</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">it.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Care, Bubba</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><DIV>Lady Samarrah bint Annaan, Princess of
Pie Procurement, Den Mother of Puhka Lovr University, Mother to Michaella
the Merguard and Billy the Mortally Mundane,wife to her beloved Rouda Bjorn
Wilhelmson, The Iron Bear of Bjornsstead</div></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><DIV> </div></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><DIV>God be with you in every pass. Jesus be
with you on every hill.</div> <DIV>Spirit be with you in every
stream, headland, ridge and law,</div><DIV>each sea and land,
each moor and meadow, lying down and rising up,</div> <DIV>in
the trough of the waves or on the crest of the
billow.</div><DIV> Each step of the journey you go, go with
God.</div></DIV>
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