[MR] In revieww

[Joshua Thomas]

> 
> The Kingdom Chronicler and all webministers involved are doing the best possible job  they can given the nature of applicable law and policy, and the exigencies of their mundane lives. (Good on 'em.)
>

Actually, the Kingdom Policy is the hold up. The society policy says
you can't transmit the "Acorn" by electronics means. The
interpretation seems to be as a whole, as we and many kingdom's
transmit parts electronically. This does not mean we can't web the
letters earlier, if the Kingdom Policy were to be changed. I am
curious who really joined because of the Acorn since it is
overshadowed by more real benifits. (pay to play, fighting, the
surcharge) Do we really gain a more significant membership growth 
through handicapping our information flows? (slowing the flows down to
snail mail speed) Thats what we should be asking here.


On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:52:06 -0500 (GMT-05:00),
deepfatfriar at mindspring.com <deepfatfriar at mindspring.com> wrote:
> So, let me see if I understand SOME of the essential points:

> 
> Everyone should be extremely grateful for their services, and for the constant improvements they are trying to make to serve us better. (Couldn't agree more. I sure am.)
> 
> The only really valid complaints should take the form of missives to or conversations with various postpeople about levels of service, or suggestions to the board of directors about changes to relevant law and policy. (Helloooooo, Sysiphus!)
> 
> Those of us who live within 100 miles of the nation's capitol seem to have a choice between getting used to the regular late arrival of the Acorn, or paying an extra $10 a year for first class postage and getting used to the regular late arrival of the Acorn. (Hellooooooo Hobson.)
> 
> No matter how late it is, the Acorn is still worth the price of membership because membership is a good thing, and a paper copy of stuff is highly usable for various purposes, even if it arrives weeks late. (Can't argue with those. Don't want to.)
> 
> Alternately, depending on one's whatevers, one can either get a membership without the Acorn, or forego membership, and rely on friendly members (pardon the redundancy) and various official and nonofficial websites for what one would have got in the Acorn if one got the Acorn. (To each, its own.)
> 
> A slinky is a slinky is a slinky. (Insert your favorite emoticon here.)
> 
> Well, in answer to the famous question about will you go to hell (translate: post office) with me for fellowship, I've given all this careful consideration and renewed at the first class rate, and I comfort myself with the wisdom of Mr Peabody and/or Dorothy Parker: Time wounds all heels (translate: post office).
> 
> Thomas
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