Re: [Leica] return of the LUG police ?(was: Leica lenses)

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

RBedw51767@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I was not aware that there had been elections to posts.  I certainly have not
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> Bob Bedwell
> 
> << Marc James Small wrote:
>  > At 12:11 PM 1999-02-21 -0600, Eric Welch wrote:
>  > >Yep. That's right. We sometimes forget we used to be newbies too.
>  > I DO get tired of the accusation that the "gang of four" run the LUG --
>  > actually, I suppose, the "gang of five" would be more appropriate -- Jim
>  > Brick, Ted Grant, Erwin Puts, Tina Manley, and myself.
> 
>  Marc,
> 
>  There are never any name lists in my posts on those annoying matters
>  and, funnily enough, I certainly do not associate the names hereabove in
>  the same bag. Weird how perceptions can be different. But I do maintain
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>  If I found Jim's post intolerant, insulting and elitist, it does not
>  mean I associate these qualifiers to him as a person. I do not know him.
> snip
>  Alan
This was a perhaps noble effort to conceive of some structure for this
group but was as it boils down; not coming from the right place. It's a
mistake I could have made myself given the right time of AM and frame of
mind but thank god didn't. I  have had and seen many jumps of logic,
attitude and emotion. This was in my opinion the most unfortunate. I
don't even remember who said it I don't look or remember the names for
the most part I only remember the threads.
Show them the light and they'll follow it anywhere: well not this time.
We are not sheep and no one leads us. But there will be people who would
like to think so. And if that is the case here let us hope they have had
to time to reconsider.
Mark Rabiner