Re: Pathetic List participation in August!!

[Guest guest]

Yes, sounds pathetic - but have been traveling most of the summer with my

tours and still getting thru my emails - had thousands since May - all my

vaccine lists that I moderate and foot and mouth and on and on.

Maybe others have challenges such as this too.

Haven't gotten to August emails yet unless they were personal or looked to

be urgent from the subject line

Sheri

PS - just before sending this I thought I'd go thru the messages waiting to

be read and there is NOTHING on August 5 from Tom in my email-NOTHING but

this was posted from Rolling Resistance reiterating it

Help raise funds for Rolling Resistance the easy way!

" Garbagestein "

At 05:13 AM 09/09/2001 -0000, you wrote:

>

>List:

>

>It has come to my attention that only 30 people responded to Tom

>Rempfer's offer posted on August 5th. In that offer, he stated that HE

>would donate $1.00 for every person that went to the supreme effort

>to hit the reply key and sent him an e-mail with only the word " garbagestein "

>between then and the 10th of August. To those who did bother, thank you

>very much. The ones that came to the list were forwarded to Tom. I find

>it pathetic that on a list of over 450 people that only 30 could even be

>bothered to do that much (not even 1 in 10). I am not even sure what to

>conclude from this. I have long known that the list is absolutely infested

>with DoD, AVIP. There are various other non participants some of which

>are legitimate observers from the press and educational institutions and

>even congress.

>

>I may have to go through the list and require some personal correspondence

>that justifies membership. Responses will be kept in confidence. I have

long

>even kept the private e-mail addresses of admirals and generals from others.

>At least they didn't try to hide their identity. This does not apply to

members

>of congress, staffers, the GAO, or press. I don't necessarily expect them to

>participate other than gather information that may not be available as soon

>elsewhere.

>

>This list has always been run fairly loosely. Originally this was done to

>protect potential refusers and allow them to be kept informed. This list

has

>done a lot to help many over the nearly three years it has been in

operation.

>I don't think it is asking too much to help back. I personally have joined

>lists with rigid rules of participation AND was not even allowed to have

" web

>only access " The very least of which will change in the future is

memberships

>that don't wish to receive any e-mail (other than vacation time). These

>memberships are typical of DoD and military commanders who simply wanted

access

>to our archives with the click of a mouse and an entered password.

>

>None of this applies to those new people who wrote to me before being

>invited to join the list and are simply gathering information at this point.

>

>To those who have participated and helped others get answers they need,

>THANK YOU so much. You already know who you are. It would be

>nice and perhaps even necessary to have an idea of how many of us really

>care enough to help.

>

>Gretchen

>List owner

>

>

>

> Donations

>

>>>>

> Dear List,

>

> I'll donate a dollar to rolling resistance for anyone that responds to this

>email with the text: " garbagestein " between now and the 10th of August.

>

>Push it up and keep the faith,

>

>Buzz

>>>>

>

>

>

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>PETITION TO OVERTURN/REPEAL FERES DOCTRINE http://www.i-charity.net/ptn/80

>To visit Dr. Meryl Nass's web site, go to: http://www.anthraxvaccine.org

>Tom Colosimo's website: http://www.tomcolosimo.com

>Also visit: http://www.MajorBates.com/ and http://www.enter.net/~jfsorg/

>http://www.jamesmadisonproject.org/importantlinks.html and

http://www.aboutanthrax.org

>Anthrax Vaccine Network http://www.anthraxvaccine.net

>Sgt. Larson's story

http://stripes.com/servlet/News/ViewArticle?articleId=100036895

>http://www.house.gov/reform/hearings/healthcare/00.10.03/accountability.doc

>Contact list owner: Gretchen Whitney at: anna_nim@...

>

[Guest guest]

I absolutely agree with Gretchen's remarks concerning list participant

screening and criteria. It is my belief that the response might well be due

to the infiltration of DoD, et al, mentioned.

To the best of your ability to tighten things up, it would not be offensive

at all to this participant.

JoAnn Trotman

[Guest guest]

Re: Pathetic List participation in August!!

Dear Sheri,

This notice sure doesn't apply to you. But it is a good lesson to the

list. Notice how those who are doing the most concern themselves with

even one tiny missed opportunity! Sheri is busier than a one armed

paper hanger helping many vaccine injured. Sheri's page is how I

even found Dr. Nass, Lori Greenleaf and atty. Mark Zaid when I first

began my search for answers three summers ago. Her page and the pro

med articles were about all that existed at that point in time.

Those who search now have many well informed web sites to choose

from and glean much from each of them.

Thank you for your optimism Sheri, but most (not all) do not have a

real reason, such as being a swamped activist for not participating in

supporting the Lansing rally with at least a response for someone ELSE

to donate a dollar due solely to an e-mail response with one word in

the text. This was a bottom line offer for those who can't attend and

have no money to at least lift a finger to help at all (literally).

I do realize that a SMALL minority have valid reasons for not

participating, but a 1 in 15 percent response rate for this type of

request is rediculous.

Tom's original offer in archives

/message/11312

Gretchen

List owner

> Yes, sounds pathetic - but have been traveling most of the summer

with my

> tours and still getting thru my emails - had thousands since May -

all my

> vaccine lists that I moderate and foot and mouth and on and on.

>

> Maybe others have challenges such as this too.

> Haven't gotten to August emails yet unless they were personal or

looked to

> be urgent from the subject line

> Sheri

>

> PS - just before sending this I thought I'd go thru the messages

waiting to

> be read and there is NOTHING on August 5 from Tom in my

email-NOTHING but

> this was posted from Rolling Resistance reiterating it

> Help raise funds for Rolling Resistance the easy way!

> " Garbagestein "

>

>

> At 05:13 AM 09/09/2001 -0000, you wrote:

> >

> >List:

> >

> >It has come to my attention that only 30 people responded to Tom

> >Rempfer's offer posted on August 5th. In that offer, he stated

that HE

> >would donate $1.00 for every person that went to the supreme effort

> >to hit the reply key and sent him an e-mail with only the word

" garbagestein "

> >between then and the 10th of August. To those who did bother,

thank you

> >very much.

moderator SNIPED

[Guest guest]

Gretchen,

Sorry I have been away for three weeks. But I still had time to and did

respond. I agree with you that the response was not sufficient.

Please keep up the good work, we need you.

Dave

B. Hodge

Chaplain

Pathetic List participation in August!!

List:

It has come to my attention that only 30 people responded to Tom

Rempfer's offer posted on August 5th. In that offer, he stated that HE

would donate $1.00 for every person that went to the supreme effort

to hit the reply key and sent him an e-mail with only the word

" garbagestein "

between then and the 10th of August.............. "