[E-ioof-members] weighing in on the discussion

Lea Rosenberg learose at jps.net
Fri Oct 20 15:12:43 PDT 2006


and I agree with Robin.    lea

Robin Souza wrote:
> Okay I'm starting to get a tiny bit weary of this discussion even 
> though everyone has good points, but it's the amount of email traffic 
> it's generating, and so I was refraining from weighing in and adding 
> to the discussion, but since it happens to be the event at our house 
> that the original email was about that started this whole thing, I 
> will comment now. I agree with Joe.  Anyone who is a "politico" 
> already has an extensive email listserve and it is not necessary to 
> use the IOOF list serve to announce events, besides not fitting with 
> our charter.  It was nice of Richard to inquire about using the IOOF 
> list serve for this purpose, I know his intent was good.  We need to 
> just use the Oddfellows list serve for IOOF stuff only, the original 
> Oddfellows were very very wise in coming up with this idea.  Thanks Robin
>
> */Joseph Patti <josephpatti at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>     You guys are probably right legally, but I still
>     disagree. If you look at our membership list, the
>     majority of the members belong to political
>     organizations, or other groups that are concern
>     themselves with political issues. I cannot believe
>     that the names on our membership list who are not
>     involved in the above mentioned activities are that
>     important to cause the rise and fall of the democratic
>     process as we know it in Davis or America. Can we not
>     just be Oddfellows, serving the community as spelled
>     out in our charter?
>
>
>     --- Jim Provenza wrote:
>
>     > My suggestion:
>     >
>     > 1) Every Oddfellow member be given the e-mail
>     > addresses of other members (except those members who
>     > indicate that they do not want their e-mail address
>     > given out to other members).
>     >
>     > 2) Members could then communicate regarding
>     > anything they want with other Oddfellows regarding
>     > any subject, including non- 501(3)(c) fundraisers,
>     > events etc.
>     >
>     > Jim Provenza
>     >
>     > Dave Rosenberg wrote:
>     > Noxus verbosa et. ("Don't mention it.")
>     >
>     > G. Richard Yamagata wrote:
>     > > Greetings Your Honor,
>     > >
>     > > Thank you!
>     > > Richard
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Dave Rosenberg wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >> Nox posta polititix. That's Latin for "no
>     > political postings".
>     > >>
>     > >> G Richard Yamagata PhD wrote:
>     > >>
>     > >>> Greetings Fellow Oddfellow Advisors,
>     > >>>
>     > >>> This is an open e-mail list, where any member in
>     > good standing can post to
>     > >>> it. You might have noticed receiving e-mail from
>     > people of late that
>     > >>> usually do not post to this list.
>     > >>>
>     > >>> My question is, can I post something that was
>     > sent to me about a SMUD
>     > >>> fundraiser event or does that put in danger our
>     > 501 (c)3 status? SMUD is a
>     > >>> non-profit and Annexation is very close, if not
>     > is, a social issue.
>     > >>>
>     > >>> I have an attachement. I have not looked at the
>     > size. There is a 115K file
>     > >>> size limitaton set on this list. Your e-mail
>     > must be under 115k in size.
>     > >>> Also, if you send from an e-mail address, which
>     > is not in the e-mail
>     > >>> Oddfellows address list, your e-mail will be
>     > set-aside for approval. The
>     > >>> people that can approve e-mail are Bob
>     > Bockwinkel, G Richard Yamagata, and
>     > >>> Andrew Skaags. This probably will change to
>     > include Joe Patti. Because of
>     > >>> the volume of SPAM that this list receives, this
>     > is an anoying job. You do
>     > >>> not see the SPAM, but Bob, myself and Andrew see
>     > it all.
>     > >>>
>     > >>> Looking for guidance,
>     > >>>
>     > >>> Richard
>     > >>> G Richard Yamagata PhD
>     > >>> CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/
>     > >>>
>     > >>> G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis
>     > Community Network Board of
>     > >>> Directors, a member of the board of the Business
>     > Link of Woodland and Davis,
>     > >>> Secretary of the Board of Directors for the
>     > Davis Democratic Club, President
>     > >>> of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc,
>     > Secretary-Treasurer
>     > >>> of the board of the Davis Progressive Business
>     > Exchange and communications
>     > >>> liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows
>     > Chapter 169.
>     > >>>
>     > >>> ========================== The Virtual Markets
>     > =============================
>     > >>> Visit The Woodland Opera House
>     > >>> at: http://www.vme.net/opera/
>     > >>>
>     >
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     > >>> Davis Virtual Market -
>     > http://virtual-markets.net/vme/
>     > >>> Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY -
>     > http://vme.net/rvm/
>     > >>> Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/
>     > Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/
>     > >>> Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/
>     > >>> "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue -
>     > http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/
>     > >>>
>     > >>> The thoughts expressed are my own and do not
>     > reflect the policies or opinions
>     > >>> of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN,
>     > DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF.
>     > >>>
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