Re: [APML] Number of APML members?

[Jerry Lodriguss <lists3@astropix.com>]

I don't see any reason to turn the APML into a CCD and CMOS discussion 
list. There are already lists that specialize in that.

What is the point in fragmenting specialized communities even more. 
The  biggest strength of each is that the experts in each field can be 
found in one place.

Personally, I don't shoot film anymore.  But since I have some knowledge on 
the subject, I still belong to APML so if there is someone I might be able 
to help with a film astrophotography question, I try to do so here.

While I don't shoot with a CCD, I do want to learn about them, so I 
subscribe to the CCD mailing list. If I have a CCD question, I ask it there.

I am shooting more and more with a CMOS DSLR. If i have a question about 
that, I ask on the digital_astro list on yahoo because that is where the 
experts on that topic are.

I can tell you this, a lot of the experts have left AMPL when they switched 
to CCD / DSLR, so if you think you'll get the best answers to questions on 
those subjects here on APML, I think you're wrong.

Jerry







At 10:56 AM 2/4/2005, you wrote:
>That's why I asked.  The daily traffic on the list is just a shadow of what
>it use to be.  Its very interesting that there are still about the same
>amount of members though, yet the posts are down to 1-5 per day sometimes.
>Compare that to the SBIG and digital_astro group that look to average about
>100-200 per day...and the APML years ago.
>
>I know this is a sore subject, but I will bring it up again.  Since we
>hardly have any traffic on this list and rarely does anyone post a film
>image (compared to several years ago).  Why don't we make the list truly
>open to CCD and DSLR posts/questions/images?  It seems a bit silly to me to
>have over 500 members on a list yet there is hardly any traffic.  I'm sort
>of wondering at this point, what's the real purpose of the list anymore?  It
>looks like there just aren't that many folks shooting film to make the list
>an lively/active place to post.
>
>One finally thought...and I'm not meaning to step on any toes. ... But...why
>don't we put changing the APML guidelines to an actual vote?  Not like the
>past where emails flew back and forth debating the subject until we were all
>blue in the face.
>
>If the list truly does end up accepting CCD/DSLR posts, it might liven the
>group up to the way it use to be... or... it may do nothing and folks will
>still stay on the other lists.  Either way, at least I feel the group put
>some effort into saving the list from rotting in the corner.
>
>If everyone thinks I'm way OT with this and should just shut up, that's ok
>too.  <BG>
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Chris
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>www.cookphoto.com
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> >   Like Chris, I've been wondering about our numbers too.  Are we dying
>out,
> > or holding steady at 4 to 5 hundred?  More???
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