[aavl] ATTENTION ALL AAVL EMAIL LISTERS

[William Lewis]

Dear Rob,
Yes, it does get lonesome up there, as you await some interactivity from the
members.  But the fact is that only a few types of or ganizations have much
interactive exchanges.  Maybe opening up a Twitter, Tweet, Tooter, or
Tootpick account might get something going.  Meanwhile, keep some good books
on hand and work on your PhD, as you wait.

Special Interest affiliates are interesting sorts of critters.  People
originally join up for one of several reasons, ask a few questions in the
beginning, get interested in the knowledge they gleen by being a member, but
after a year or two, many members decide they have learned about as much, as
they need to know, so drop out of active membership and continue learning
from home, as it were.

In addition, most people join organizations to see what they can learn but
don't feel the need that causes them to be an active voice on committees, be
an officer or board member, or take an active part in the actual operations.

Many years ago, studies showed that only about ten percent of members in any
organization are active in running the organization.  I've heard more
recently that only about five percent of organization members are now
active.  We can see it all around us.  Church membership is down, as is
membership in fraternal and civic organizations.  There just isn't the need
to gather together with others for a louder voice, for a sense of belonging,
or to feel a strength in numbers.

If only a few people participate in an information exchange list, don't take
it personally, because that is the norm, not the exception.  In the years I
edited newsletters and news magazines for organizations, I seldom got
feedback from readers.  I did, though, have several people get mad at me
years ago and asked me to take them off the mailing list.  Their complaint
was justified, I might add.  But although I almost never got direct feedback
or comments from readers, I did get direct comments from people at the
annual conventions or periodic teleconferences.

So now I will extend to you my appreciation and gratitude for your active
participation in AAVL, and my condolences for the time it takes for AAVL
eggs to hatch.  Till then, consider that silence means our members are
already feeling smarter than the average bear and running ahead of the pack.
And you DO WANT to be running at the head of the pack.  Otherwise, the view
never changes.


A new but loyal friend,
Bill Lewis billlewis31 at cox.net




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert R Rogers" <rrrogers at nuvox.net>
To: "Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss discussion list" <aavl at acb.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:04 PM
Subject: [aavl] ATTENTION ALL AAVL EMAIL LISTERS


> May 20, 2010
>
> TO:  All AAVL List Members
>
> RE:  The New AAVL Email List
>
> FM:  Robert R Rogers, list Administrator
>
> FYI:  In case you may have missed the 2 messages I sent out in the last
few
> days, I was authorized by Oral Miller and some of the board in a telephone
> conference call to establish this email list.  It has been set up through
> the national ACB server.  Its purpose is to make possible quick
> communications among AAVL members and board.  It will be possible for
board
> announcements to be sent out quickly to those on this list.  It is also
> possible for any of us nobodies to email among ourselves about issues of
> interest to ourselves.  With the ACB national convention up-coming, you
may
> see announcements relating to the convention.  On the other hand, if any
of
> you have questions relating to the convention, post them here and someone
> may have a quick answer.
>
> HOW TO SEND MESSAGES THROUGH THIS LIST:  Any person on this list may send
> messages through it so that all others on it will see such messages.  It
is
> like the ACB-L list except the special people, like us, are using this one
> privately.  smiles.  To send messages to this list, send them to:
> aavl at acb.org
> You may do simple returns on messages you see here and they will be seen b
y
> all.
>
> MORE MEMBERS WANTED FOR THE LIST:  At present, we have only 20 to 30 of
the
> 77 members on this list.  When I set up the list, I went through the
> membership list and subscribed all of those I could find who had dues paid
> up for 2009 and 2010.  It may be that I may have missed a few, but I tried
> to be careful.  If you know of someone who should be on here, contact me
> directly or have them contact me so I can put them on.  My contact
> information appears at the end.  However, I need to be able to find those
> persons on my membership list.  I frequently get requests from all kinds
of
> phantoms who nobody knows.  They are probably spammers trying to get in.
>
> THE DUES TERM is July 1 through the following June 30.  Thus, those paid
up
> for 2009 will have dues expiring on June 30, 2010.  For 2010, you are paid
> through June of 2011.
>
> HOW TO GET ON AND OFF THIS LIST:  The AAVL list is closed and only current
> members may be on it.  The administrator, me and maybe one other, is the
> only one who can subscribe you to the list.  The administrator can take
you
> off if there is reason.  However, I am easy.  smiles.
>
> Hey folks.  Somebody send me a message so I know my message is making it
to
> you.  It gets lonely here, sitting at my keyboard, hour after hour, day in
> day out.  smiles
>
> Robert Rogers
>
> To contact me directly with subscriber information, use the following:
> rrrogers at nuvox.net
> (513) 921-3186  I do cheerfully accept phone calls
>
>
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