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[Darryl Smith]

Laurie 

Sorry for that. I have just done a search and cannot find a message from
you
requesting registration. I can only guess that I deleted both messages by
accident. 

For those that do not know, the uiview at aprs.net.au gets sent to two of us
-
Richard Hoskin and Myself. I mainly do regos, and Richard keeps an eye on
me
to make sure that I keep up to date. 

The OzAPRS list is fairly helpful even of the new people. Sorry you did
not
experience that. I don't actually read all the messages there or on the
APRS
SIG on TAPR. I just get too much coming into my mailbox in addition to
running a business and coping with a new girlfriend. 

Also in the last week or so there have been some issues with the mailing
list thanks to some issues with the hosting...

Darryl

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-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au
[mailto:ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au] On Behalf Of roughplanet
Sent: Monday, 8 November 2004 4:48 PM
To: ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au
Subject: [OZAPRS] ozaprs mailing list 

On August 4 this year, I subscribed to the ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au 
mailing list & received the admittedly computer-generated welcome email.
On October 4, I sent an email to uiview at aprs.net.au requesting
registration 
details as per the mail I received on August 19 regarding same.
Having heard nothing at all, I then posted to this mailing list on October

19,  requesting help re the registration of UI-view. The only reply I 
received was from Allan Wallace, ZL1AMW, the New Zealand provider of
UI-view

registrations, who was kind enough to supply me with the information I 
needed to register the programme.
The point I wish to make is that ozaprs would appear, from my experience,
to

be a 'closed shop', and contrary to the 'Welcome' email I received when I 
first subscribed to this mailing list some months ago, new members are not

particularly welcome, and are just ignored.
This is contrary to my experience with other aspects of ham radio, where 
'newbies' are genuinely welcomed & the spirit of amateur radio is alive
and 
well. If you can't be bothered with new members, then close your mailing 
list & no-one will be any the wiser. On the other hand, if this is simply
a 
'one-off', maybe it's time to review your practices to ensure that it 
doesn't occur too often.
I no longer feel miffed at having been ignored, as there are so many other

areas of amateur radio in which to 'dabble' that the apparent exclusion
from

one, vis. APRS, is of little concern. It's just a pity that ozaprs does
not 
appear to either want or need newcomers, unlike most other areas of  ham 
radio.
Regards,

Laurie Dare
VK3HLD
 

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