Why have an archive at all?

I've had no luck with it, and I hear the same from others.

On 20/12/2008, David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@aol.com> wrote:
> I am truly sorry so see Jim's letter of resignation. What a thankless
> job he had. Being on a moderator on this list should not require so
> much babysitting of the members who cannot follow the simple rules that
> the members agreed upon long ago. Every one has thier limits and we
> have obviously pushed Jim beyond those limits. Maybe the next moderator
> will not be so tolerant of off topic discussions and simply banish
> repeat offenders from the list. The issue as I see it that Jim was
> trying to stress to us all was not simply that may topics were not
> relevant or of no interest to the majority of the list or could be
> discussed via p-mail. The underlying problem is with the bandwidth and
> memory involved when all of this off-topic material needs to be shelved
> away in the vnagon.com archives. It then becomes an issue for everyone
> that uses the archives by slowing down searches with more info to
> search not to mention the fact that memory costs money and the list
> relies on contributions from invividual members to remain viable. i see
> this list as sort of a virtual classroom with most on the list being
> anxious to learn from others shared experiences. Ocassionally there are
> those in the class that will "act up"  and disrupt the reason that the
> rest of us are here.  These individuals are then called out by the
> principal (moderator) and asked to refain from these practices. The new
> moderator may not coddle and beg those that do not follow the rules to
> change their ways. There is the possibility that no one would want the
> moderator position then what happens to this list. Let's police
> ourselves and follow the rules and make the next moderators job a bit
> easier. Thanks for all of your service for the list Jim.
>
> David Clarkson
> 90 Westy 264k
>

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