Re: MBSI Article
By Terry Smythe
Many months ago, I had occasion to tell Angelo Rulli, Editor of the MBSI News Bulletin, about the wonders of the InterNet and how it might be used to knit us even closer together. At that time I shared with him my list of email addresses I had gathered over the previous year as an example of who was up on the 'Net and how it worked.
Yesterday, Angelo sent me a draft of an article he proposed to publish in the next issue of the MBSI News Bulletin. In it he had transcribed that initial list I had shared as an example. I discussed Angelo's intiative with Jody and we agreed that it may not be prudent to publish email addresses without the permission.
However, the article fundamentally is a good thing, and makes good sense, so this morning I faxed the following message to Angelo as an alternative article he may wish to consider publishing.
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14 June 1995
Dear Angelo,
Re:InterNet Article
Many thanks for sharing with me your proposed article about mechanical music and the InterNet. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way by regular mail, the letter got delayed and only arrived yesterday. That list that I shared with you quite a few months ago is now considerably outdated, a few email addresses have changed, and a few members have indicated they would rather not have their names published. Furthermore, the list has grown considerably in the interim, to something like 70+ like-minded people worldwide.
I would recommend that the article as proposed not be published at this time, but rather you may wish to consider the following substitute article which will achieve the same result. i.e. to encourage our members to consider communicating with one another via the InterNet.
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The Super Highway for Mechanical Music
Over the past year, I have been active on the InterNet and have met quite a number of people worldwide on the 'Net who share a common interest in this unique slice of musical heritage. In recent months, one of the group, Jody Kravitz, in Ramona, CA., has kindly taken the initiative to form a special interest group on the 'Net to help knit us all together. Those MBSI members inclined to join us on the 'Net are invited to send an email message to Jody at:
kravitz@foxtail.com
or a subscription email to:
automatic-music-request@foxtail.com leave 'subject' blank 1st line of message:
subscribe automatic-music firstname lastname
That's all there is to it....!
See You On The 'Net!
Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Canada
email: smythe@mbnet.mb.ca
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[ Editor's comment:
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[ I'm delighted by the response that we've received to the creation
[ of this mailing list. The growth from 25 to 75 subscribers in 2 months
[ is amazing to me. I really appreciate Angelo Rulli's interest in writing
[ article about us in the MBSI News Bulletin. Since I posted the survey
[ yesterday precipitated by Angelo's request for the e-mail addresses of our
[ subscribers, I've already received 15 positive replies. While I wasn't
[ able to provide the requested information in time for this month's Bulliten,
[ the fact that I had responses from 20% of our readers in 24 hours is terrific.
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[ There are a few recipients of this list who have great wisdom to share with
[ us who don't type very fast. I hope that we will hear from them some time. I'm
[ willing type transcribe (from a phone call) from time to time if it
[ will help. Please let me know. I'd also like to figure out if there is some
[ way to get some of our non-Internet-connected friends to participate.
[ Suggestions are welcome.
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[ Jody
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