[KCDXC] Aired out

Wed, 18 Dec 2002 06:29:52 -0600

Bill,
   Thanks, for your comments! You expressed very well  what I was feeling
last night but couldn't quite explain! AB0X
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Henderson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [KCDXC] Aired out


> Tom, thanks for your posts. You have no reason to apologize..I know your
> intent has been to encourage activity in what seemed to be an apathetic
and
> listless club. You've been really successful - I've haven't seen such
> enthusiasm from the membership in years. And the participation in the last
> two contests has been tremendous! I love the 'contest sign up' and all the
> score reporting and hearing how the contest went at all our qth's.
>     I'm sure you didn't mean to s..t...i...r up a big hassle, but
reflector
> responses are reknowned for getting out of hand quickly. We all try to be
a
> little more clever than the last comment. What begins as innocent humor
can
> get mean-spirited in a hurry...Sometimes we should just hit the delete key
> before we continue with the resonses.
>     Everyone in this club enjoys humor. However, email and other forms of
> written communications are  *very* difficult ways of expressing ourselves
> humorous emotion. Really good humor is often quite close to reality. To be
> conveyed and received and interpreted successfully, humor needs the
personal
> touch impossible to transmit with the printed word alone. The listener who
> is getting jabbed (intended as friendly, I'm sure) needs to see the facial
> expressions of the speaker, or, at the very least, the expression and tone
> of his voice to understand. Little smiley icons don't come close to
helping.
> For example, a comment I saw about 'Where were Quantrill's Raiders when
you
> needed them?' conjured up images of murderous outlaws killing innocent
women
> and children and burning the fruit of other peoples lives' work. In that
> context its not funny at all! Had it been remarked in person, like at a
club
> meeting, in context with our joking, and seeing the smiling expression of
> the speaker, it would be more acceptable.
>     Email reflector sparks sure seem to turn to flames quickly. Its just
the
> nature of the beast. We see it on many of the reflectors. The time we have
> to read and respond to an email message is many times longer than the time
> we have to respond during a real life conversation among friends. An email
> reflector doesn't replace a meeting, or even a club repeater. I feel we
> really need to keep this in mind when we try to poke fun via email.
>     By the way, I don't claim to have come up with these theories about
> written humor. You find references to it in many 'Introduction to the
> Internet/Email' and 'Email etiquette' articles.
>     Don't sit on the sidelines - We appreciate your thought and hard work!
> 73 Bill vbu (Now I'm going to bed - Aired out too!)
> Next chapter tomorrow: My thoughts on what the reflector is for.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Baugh" <[email protected]>
> To: "KCDXC reflector" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:40 PM
> Subject: [KCDXC] Aired out
>
>
> I'm going to bed after this last comment. I hadn't read all the additional
> posts after Bill's request for me (and all) to lighten up.
> I'm not sure if this club enjoys humor or not, if it's sense of humor is
> appropriate for all audiences.
> Due to lack of activity in the early months of the contest season, I made
a
> strong effort through the only avenue we have (or adequately use) to
> communicate, this reflector. The activity level increased not only on the
> reflector.. but also on the air and for that I am happy. I'm not sure what
> gets certain people's drawers in a wad.
> We found out that AA0MZ has a sense of humor (some like it and some
don't).
> When he called me "Tommy Boy" I didn't jump up and holler.. he didn't mean
> anything by it.
> Some people who are saying others should not post non-amateur radio post
> have some of the most blatent (sp) examples of the very thing they say
they
> don't want.
> After two years in this club, I'm still not sure what it stands for.
> But one thing which I have tried to bring to the club is an openess and
> inviting atmosphere for new people.
> I've obviously come up against some opposition to that. I'm not sure why.
> I think I'll go back to sitting by the sidelines. Sometimes when you take
a
> risk you get burned. I sure recognize that!
>
> All aired out,
> Goodnight.
>
>
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