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I'm very, very sorry and I mean no disrespect, but I find this very amusing. It seems the world is divided into two groups: those people that get a lot of VSNET emails and just take it as the way the world is, and those people that get a lot of VSNET emails who get uptight about it. I've been in both camps. The VSNET crew is very, very thorough at getting information out to people. You have to give them that. I've learned to live with it and I'm starting to like it. I'm not calling Aaron or anyone at the AAVSO uptight. I know what those guys put up with everyday and I respect the hell out of them. Nor am I accusing VSNET of any malevolent behavior. They are a very important and enthusiastic organization. This is the world we live in. If the people on the AAVSO want to get news from VSNET, I think they are capable of doing so. I appreciated the weekly updates on the AAVSO list, but some people tire of duplicate messages since it is so easy to sign up for a list if you are interested. Cheers, Michael Koppelman On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Taichi Kato wrote: > Reason why the AAVSO members don't get news from VSNET? > > To those who had been enjoying News from VSNET via the AAVSO > discussion, > and those who are expecting to receive further new information or alert > from VSNET, we are obliged to make the following sad news. > [Please relay this message to the AAVSO members, if they are not aware > of this discussion forum and still waiting for news issues]. > > I have received from Aaron Price regarding the supposed decision > by the AAVSO. My original requests follow: > > === > > Aaron, this is my request to circulate the information to the > AAVSO members. You are the best person to contact for supplying > information, as other professional astromers do. > > === > > Aaron, I haven't yet had experience with a formal reply regarding > the decision you mentioned from Janet. We have been exchanging > all information from VSNET for more than ten years, and we have > received AAVSO information as well, and it is hard to believe that > Janet has made such a formal decision. If there is such one, > please relay it to me. Since we have been receiving questions why > they can't get VSNET information via the AAVSO network as before, > we need to clarify the reason by making an official relay of the > AAVSO decision. I know that the AAVSO still continues receiving > requests from the professional community, please relay this > request from VSNET in any appropriate form (if not via the AAVSO > discussion) to the AAVSO community/members. > > Regards, > Taichi Kato > VSNET admin > > === > > I thought this was a formal request of call for observations by > VSNET (professional astronomers group, although Aaron may have not > recognized as such), but Aaron mentioned that it is impossible and it > is > against netiquette(??). I presume that this is Aaron's > misunderstanding > that the AAVSO makes distinction between requests from the professional > community *simply* (or automatically, as Aaron referred) based on the > group of original information. Is anyone aware of a similar case? > > When I receive formal words from the AAVSO director, as asked to > Aaron as above, I will relay them more about this matters. > (From our experience with the AAVSO, as exemplifed in vsnet-history > records, I don't personally feel that the AAVSO is refusing all > information from VSNET; the cases had been always cooperative, on the > contrary). > > Regards, > Taichi Kato > VSNET admin >
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