[ROVERNET - UK] USA Rover Club Website

Tue Apr 25 20:37:03 BST 2006

I miss Graeme Tutt's ramblings.
When he misbehaved he got yelled at.
That "Great North Road" stuff was quite inspired.
It's all good.
S>

On Apr 25, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Eric Russell wrote:

> John,
> The topic of "junk stuff" has been raised a few times
> in the history of the Rovernet.
>
> One school of thought is that the Rovernet should only
> contain technical information.  That would mean that I
> would have to police the mailing list heavily and
> admonish posters frequently (maybe daily).  The list
> would be characterized by a technical piece and
> perhaps by a submission some would decide was not
> technical so that would be followed by a downer
> complaint to the list by me.
>
> Another school of thought is a more gentle approach
> and letting a discussion flow as it might in an
> English pub on a Saturday night.
>
> There was a time about 3 - 5 years ago when 2
> Australians and an Englishman tried to take over the
> list and rant over long periods on non-topic issues.
> I took a firm position and banned those people.
>
> In the U.S.A. (the land of the first amendment), I was
> supported by Glen Wilson and criticized by Stephen
> Beer on my handling of the situation.
>
> I then came to the conclusion that there was no way on
> earth I could satisfy all people.  I am resolved to
> enjoying the contributions of those who join the list
> and not miss those who are not as open minded as I was
> told I should be. But,.... I do standby with the
> Viking's axe.....   ;-)
>
> I think that if people enjoy the experience - they
> stay.  If they find the list is no fun anymore - they
> leave.
>
> I have usually found the people on the list to be
> interesting and informative.  Sometimes the list
> strays off topic but returns faster than it did before
> the crunch time of a few years back.
>
> "You can please some of the people some of the time
> but you can't please all of the people all of the
> time."
>
> Eric
>
>
> --- John Burkhard <burkhaj at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> When I sent out the 2006 register I sent along the
>> Rovernet information.
>> After talking to some members I found the they had
>> been on rovernet at one
>> time but found too much NON information stuff.  I
>> deal with the junk stuff
>> but from time to time I do find some interesting
>> items.  Take Care.  jb
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] USA Rover Club Website
>>
>>
>>> John,
>>> On the bottom of every Rovernet message, there is
>> a
>>> hot link to the Rovernet Info page where a new
>> person
>>> can join and a veteran can unsubscribe change his
>>> settings, or put the email "on hold" when on
>> holiday.
>>>
>>> There is also more detail on our club page here:
>>>
>>> http://www.roverclub.ca/rovernet.html
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> --- John Burkhard <burkhaj at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did a survey of the western group and found
>> that
>>>> only about half of the
>>>> respondence knew about [ROVERNET-UK].
>> Instructions
>>>> on how to subscribe
>>>> could be helpful.  Thank you for all your good
>> work
>>>> on this project.  jb
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Stephen JC Beer" <stephen at beerinc.com>
>>>> To: "Jim Cumberland" <fjcumberland at yahoo.com>;
>>>> <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:12 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] USA Rover Club
>> Website
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Jim. Please keep me posted.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm mulling over creating a F.A.Q. page.
>>>>> Would it be appropriate to look up Rovernet
>>>> archives for this sort of
>>>>> thing?
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 17, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Jim Cumberland
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've got a friend who's an intellectual
>> property
>>>> lawyer - I'll ask her.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,e
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>>> From: peter king <peter at king-co.com>
>>>>>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 7, 2006 11:47:42 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] USA Rover Club
>>>> Website
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stephen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you find that organizations such as the
>> RSTCA
>>>> are allowed to
>>>>>> duplicate out-of print manuals with no
>> copyright
>>>> problems, I would be
>>>>>> willing to help you with the task. I do not
>> have
>>>> the capability to
>>>>>> scan multiple pages at once, but can batch
>> scan
>>>> and convert to pdf. I
>>>>>> do it every day in my business. Let me know
>> what
>>>> you find out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, the site looks great so far!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter King
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:25 PM, Stephen JC Beer
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am finally making some progress on the
>> update
>>>> / revise of the
>>>>>>> RSTCA website.
>>>>>>> My hat is off to Glen WIlson for all the
>> effort
>>>> and time he must
>>>>>>> have put in on the first go around.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seeing Glen's posting on the original site of
>> a
>>>> Service Manual
>>>>>>> Supplement got me thinking. If we could
>> provide
>>>> a database of
>>>>>>> copyright-free older manuals we would be
>> doing
>>>> the worldwide Rover
>>>>>>> community a good service. The moment any new
>>>> Citroen DS owner joins
>>>>>>> their list they are immediately directed to
>> the
>>>> vast database of
>>>>>>> FREE downloadable parts manuals, service
>>>> manuals, bulletins, etc.
>>>>>>> for the various DS models. These people will
>>>> even burn it all onto
>>>>>>> a disc for you if you pay for postage. These
>>>> files are invaluable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think for the greater Rover good we should
>> do
>>>> this -- but it is a
>>>>>>> large undertaking and I could not do it
>> alone. I
>>>> can host this
>>>>>>> stuff on my server and put it together into a
>>>> clean, easily
>>>>>>> accessible format -- but if someone knows of
>> a
>>>> way to digitally
>>>>>>> scan many pages at a time, the job might be
>>>> feasible. I can then
>>>>>>> convert these scans to downloadable PDF files
>>>> which could be
>>>>>>> accessed from the site. I have the factory
>> Rover
>>>> 2000 Service
>>>>>>> Manual, an Owner's Manual, and P2 books
>> (which
>>>> may have copyright
>>>>>>> issues that would need sorting as I had to
>>>> purchase them from an
>>>>>>> official Rover Club). This stuff should be
>> free,
>>>> dagburnit!  Its
>>>>>>> tough enough to keep these lovely cars
>> running.
>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The work in progress...
>>>>>>> http://beerinc.com/rstca
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Stephen Beer
>>>>>>> Milan, NY
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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