Re: List & Auctions

Title: Re: List & Auctions
I think the Auctions are good. I want to get good seeds, I like to support the clubs, and I don't mind buying the seeds. I have been growing for 2 years and have grown my patch each year.

I am still not at this "full time" like some of the other growers. I just don't have the time, but want good seeds. I find the auction a good way to get some good seeds for my 3 plant patch. I do not have the time to track and make relationships with the "Heavy Hitters", etc etc. Maybe sometime in the future, but not today. I have bought seeds from P&P and I don't mind that either. The whole idea of buying/selling seeds carries a stigma of committing murder on this list, and I really don't understand why. If people are buying, then those people support the practice, and it should be part of the list. People that don't support it, should not participate, but it is my feeling that trying to control the list is bad. The only thing that I think should be controlled is when people use the list to bad mouth other people, that should be done in private.

Having a set of guidelines is very hard, users come and go, people forget. I think everyone just has to be tolerant and delete what they don't want. There is no way to make everyone happy. The only way to make everyone happy is for everyone to be on there own list ALONE! Learn how to tolerate, just like your plants. An AG never grows under perfect conditions, it has to deal with cold in the beginning and the end, heat in the middle, drought, pests, wind and  hail.  Everyone should try to be a little more hardy.

This is just my 2 seedlings worth.

John
Monroe, NY




on 1/29/00 7:31 AM, Wayne Kennedy at waynekennedy@sprint.ca wrote:

Duncan you do a great job and I am sure its alot of work but I am a little confused here......if memory serves me correct these Auctions have been on this list for the last couple of years and many have been more than a day.......nothing against Mike and I am certainly glad that he hasn't packed up the sport but why did you allow him to put pages of seeds all over the list and now out the window goes the seed auctions....stupid me ....I am very confused.....everyone says the big hitters are gone for this reason or that reason.....if they really wanted to be involved on this list they would be.....some are probably taking a break and I believe others will sit in the background for what every length of time suits them.........these auctions are just as important as any pumpkin chat that goes on.....they promote the sport and are a very good tool in helping some organizations raise money.......I hate to think that a new GPC site like Brads will have a very difficult time raising money for a very good cause......PLEASE remove me from this LIST as I believe its growing in the wrong direction........your list and its your right.......but that doesn't make it right........small hitter of into hiding.....................wayne


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