Re: Re: The future of the Yahoo Blender Group?

I may the grandpa of the group at 61 but I too hope the group goes on.  
I'm not artistic, not creative, and not a quick learner but I'm amazed 
at what Blender can do !!! A lot of you boys and girls have some real 
talent !!

Ben wrote:
>
> Although I am just a quiet onlooker who try to learn tips on blender
> from this group. I very much wish that this group will be keep alive.
> I am sure there is a lot of person like me just here to learn. Even
> though we are the quieter group :)
>
> --- In [email protected] <mailto:Blender%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> "ingiebee1" <ingiebee@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone. First off, I would like to thank everyone for being a
> > part of this group, it's been so much help for so many in the past.
> > Unfortunately, I feel it's become rather obsolete. Worse still, it
> > has so many spammer members, that the new post check has not been kept
> > up with. I don't see too much legitimate activity (though some is,
> > and even just now, I may have accidentally deleted a good post (so
> > sorry!)) So I'm wondering if it's time to let this group die a
> > peaceful death? At the time I took it over, it was still quite
> > active, but not so much anymore. There are other very helpful groups
> > that are far more active, and I myself have been inundated with life
> > (3 kids keep me very busy!) so that I can't even answer questions
> > anymore!
> >
> > So if anyone is still out there :) Please let me know how you feel
> > about my closing this group down?? After I close it, I'm sure someone
> > could reopen it afresh or something like it. If it's wanted, a
> > rebirth is probably in order at this point. It's such a stagnating
> > group right now.
> >
> > I do think people found it originally to be a friendly place for utter
> > newbies to ask all their "stupid" questions and feel comfortable doing
> > so. It would be nice to have that around again, but I think this
> > group has had it's usefulness in the past and desperately needs
> > refreshing.
> >
> > Again, thanks so much for being here! I'll wait a week to see if I
> > hear back from people, in case someone has a better idea. I can't see
> > how to reset the way this group accepts new members, and it's very
> > contaminated with spammers which makes it very hard to manage. I
> > think a complete shut down and rebuilding by an active blenderhead :)
> > would be a great thing!
> >
> > Thanks, Ingie
> >
>
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