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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Like many "loss leaders" it was this group that lead me to joining NAFEX.

However, I see no loss for either NAFEX or the potential new member by
getting an opportunity to see what NAFEX is all about.

We have all had experience with joining a club only to learn it is little
more than a tea and gossip circle.  This list gives the potential new
member a good preview of NAFEX (galls and all, smile)

What I have been told is that the list is open to all,
but it will not be openly promoted, but people will only be brought to it
through NAFEX members.  This makes perfect sense, and seems a very
judicious balance has been struck.

Once you have caught someone's interest, it is a lot easier to get them to
join and enjoy all of NAFEX's benefits.  This list is only a small aspect
of NAFEX.

It is being used well in my opinion.

Later,
Tom



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On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Erdman, Jim wrote:

> When I joined this mailing list, you had to be a member of NAFEX, and I
> thought that was a reasonable requirement.  Not sure if that is still a
> requirement.
>
> Jim Erdman, western WI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edforest2010
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 12/9/01 9:36 AM
> Subject: [nafex] What to say to prospective members?
>
> I have a couple friends who would greatly benefit from this site and
> from Pomona. What should I tell them to do? Do they first need to join
> Nafex before accessing the egroup? If so, I think that's fine, I'll
> just tell them to vist the nafex.org and start from there.
> If however, they do that, and want to join the egroup, how do they do
> that? It took me about a week of fiddling around with passwords and
> confirmations and weird run- arounds to finally get into this site.
> Which is ok, but I don't remember how to even get them started.
> Kevin B
> Also, is there a general agreement that we don't direct people to this
> site before joining Nafex?
> Sorry if this has already been discussed, just please direct me to the
> subject heading and I'll do a search for it. Or I'll email the
> moderator directly with my questions.
> Thanks.
>
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