Thanks very much, Richard, for your comments. I welcome your post because peer pressure is a heckuva lot more effective than police action in keeping T&T List functioning as it was intended. --Georgs > It is clear to me that at least 13 listees have not read what Georgs > last > posted, so I will be so bold as to post it again: > - The lists are a commercial-free forum for the personal use of > private individuals. Commercial-free means no posts that advertise a > service or product or solicit business, and no for-sale, for-charter, > or want-to-buy messages. You risk being removed from the List if you > ignore the ban. If you have something to sell, use the free service > available via Trawler Buy-Sell-Trade. > > - Members of the marine trade and folks who work in boating are > welcome to join and contribute to the lists, as long as they do not > promote their business or solicit customers. A line in a signature > block to identify a business affiliation or website is acceptable. We > have a number of maritime professionals on the lists, and we benefit > greatly from their in-depth experience. If in doubt whether a proposed > post is acceptable, contact the Listmeister. > > This is an entirely reasonable policy, that is largely up to the > individual > poster to stick to. If Georgs feels that Jeffrey needs a nudge, then > so be > it. So far as I know, and the evidence is in Jeffs last post, > Jeffrey is > still an active list member. So where is the beef, gentle people? > Jeff stays > shy of selling us on Active Captain, keeps his direct product > support stuff > off-list (which he has done so far as I am concerned) and we should > all > (including Jeff and Georgs) be as gnarly as normal. > > I don't want to remind you pile-oners that the last time this kind > of thing > happened, we nearly lost the list. Be gentle, enjoy, let tolerance > trump > rules as far as possible. > Richard