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  • From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@vsnl.com>
  • To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: A Note of Concern About this Forum
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:05:15 +0530

There is one more very big difference. POMONA is goes to 2500 homes of the
NAFEX menbers. This list comprises only of 150 individuals.

Many of the POMONA subscribers are quite senior p[eople and having a
valuable experience of fruit growing.

So I do not think that the two are comparable at all.

Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
Horticultural Consultant on Lesser Known Indian Plants
www.lesserknownplants.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: A Note of Concern About this Forum


> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, crmauch wrote:
>
> > Well Don, this is one place I disagree with you (or my practices have
> > widely diverged). I've often used this forum to search for a prior
> > message. Usually it's a case of (I remember reading something
> > about...) and looking it up in the archives.
>
> Hi,
>
> The only real difference between Pomona and this group is that Pomona is
> printed on paper, and this forum is stored on disk.
>
> The disk storage is a lot more versitle, as it can be searched quickly
> (try and do that with 100 issues of Pomona). This group also has a lot
> more camaradery, and is interactive (you can ask a questin, and get
> answers in minutes instead of seasons).
>
> In my opinion Pomona and this group are the same thing, each having it's
> attributes. To say the archives of this list are not impotant is to also
> state that the archives of Pomona are not important.
>
> Let's face it... This egroup is a lot more like the round robin box of
> letters that started NAFEX than Pomona, and a lot more efficient in time
> and cost of distribution.
>
> NAFEX has grown and changed with time. It will continue to grow and
> change. And like all things that don't change or grow, they will die.
>
> I look forward to the expansion of the NAFEX online resources, as leaving
> them to stagnate is a good way for them to become worthless.
>
> Later,
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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