Dick G wrote:
> "Phil" wrote in message
> news:zLzog.104102$Mn5.83068@pd7tw3no...
>
>> We have had many TA's over the 10+ years RTC has been around that have
>> posted PR posts.
>>
>> The content of these PR posts "are" on topic. They have to do with
>> cruising and are informative in the way they are telling you/us that read
>> RTC what is coming from different cruise lines. This has been discussed
>> over the years by those that wrote the Charter for this newsgroup and they
>> consider these posts as part of RTC.
>>
>> If you do not think these posts are on topic then you can do several
>> things:
>> -filter out these posts using filters built into news readers
>> -ignore the posts
>> -write a RFD and post it for discussion and then a RFV will be called
>> sometime down the road if needed.
>>
>> I think it is safe to say the majority of the people here find these posts
>> informative and on topic.
>>
>> Phil
>> Seacruise
>>
> I do and I don't, Phil. At one time it was only Ray, and that was fine,
> since we had the option to read or not read.
>
> But then this newsgroup was infested by one poster with a "mission" to "get"
> Ray, whose name escapes me, and now, thanks to this lunatic's invitation, we
> have post after post by folks like John Sisker and others of his ilk, trying
> to lure us to their websites.
There is that problem and this is the downside to all this.
The problem is that it does fall within the scope of the charter. Unless
someone wants to step up and write a RFD we are stuck trying to deal
with it within the scope of the current charter.
I am not willing to write a RFD as I have seen the problems with that. I
also just don't have the time to spend hours everyday posting on a RFD.
At this point I am not sure how to deal with it to make all happy. I
once wrote that a neutral 3rd party could post the PR posts but that
still would not stop TA's from posting them either.
Phil
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