Wherefore Art Thou, SFI-L?
It’s been a rather slow news week. But, as August 1st rolls around, I get all the monthly postings of all the mailing list FAQa and rules for all the lists that I belong to. Yeah, there are a few. But one is noticeably still dead as a doornail over 60 days after STARFLEET CompOps took it down for “a brief hiatus” to fix what was broken on SFI-L. Matt Moyer said on May 24, 2008:
During this time we will be going over some things, taking care of other needed things, and making some needed revisions to the list FAQs
Funny, considering the damned thing worked on the technical side. It was mainly something we call in the PC Tech world as “PEBKAC Errors.” Or, Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
The damned thing was a cluster fuck. Plain. Simple. Epic. Fail.
So, Sal? Matt? Garrick? Where is this listserve? Just a couple of weeks ago, Sal was on the Region 4 list claiming that the SFI-L woul dbe back up soon. On July 9, 2009, matt Moyer said on STARFLEET-L that the SFI-L list would be back up “in a week or so.” If this is the only officially sanctioned communications channel of STARFLEET, then it needs to get workin gagain. Or scrap the damned thing, chalk it up to a bad idea, and use what already works well, the well established STARFLEET-L.
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August 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 am
This is just another in a series of poor benchmarks that this administration has set… only to fail.
I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Oh and for those of you who believed the lie told at the IC08 that SFI is actually growing… I suggest you make repeated checks on the database… we are still losing members. Over 400 since the admin took over.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 am
Yet another comparison I can make to the McGinnis Administration, the constant “We are GROWING” rhetoric
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Coming soon: the return of Molly Baxter?
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Isn’t Molly Baxter the host of Starfleet Sock Puppet Theater?
On another note, I’m thinking there should be a support group in ‘Fleet for those afflicted with Munchausen-by-Proxy Syndrome.
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Yet another comparison I can make to the McGinnis Administration, the constant “We are GROWING” rhetoric
Like McGinnis, many in this administration should have “This side up” tattooed on their lower backs and foreheads.
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Funny, Tim…
I think that is precisely what this admin thinks is tattooed on the lower backs of the membership.
I think the correct term is a “Tramp Stamp”
Now I want a T-Shirt that proudly proclaims: “I and 2800 other STARFLEET members were boned up the ass by the Sal Qaeda Admin to tof 8 grand in needless legal fees and all we got was this lousy CQ”
Now, who wants to do the logo?
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Maybe that’s what should be included in the membership kits — a sampler-size bottle of KY.
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
At least the Battlestar Stormbringer has our very own custom printed condoms.
We practice “Safe Fandom”
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Speaking of which… I gave Sal one of those as a gag gift (no pun intended) at IC07… when he turned it over and saw that it was a condom, his face flushed and he immediately looked around to see if anyone was watching.
I have given hundreds of these away over the last two years… the have the Colonial Phoenix logo on the front and read “Battlestar Prophylactica - BSG-69″
To this date… he was the only person to not have gotten a big laugh out of them.
FAIL.
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Perhaps it’s similar to Dan McGinnis’s purported fear of balloon-a-grams.
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Malverne had a small production run of Malverne “Killer Bee” Condoms - Best for your stinger - produced back in the 90s by a former member for a bit of fun.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
That reminds me of something I’d forgotten to post a few days ago — that all of the Lizard Cult should wear an insignia in the shape of the constellation Antlia.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Not KY… ASTROGLIDE! Sounds more spacey…
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
While I was at home and visiting my home chapter, I heard about SFI-L. I was told that as soon as Mr. Moyer can fix some computer programming problem, it’ll be back up. I will be interested in seeing how this works out.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Joe, someone either is mistaken or an apologist. The only thing wrong with the SFI-L was a profound lack of planning coupled with inept moderation. The “programming” was fine. Other than that, it was an EPIC FAILURE.
We’re fast approaching the third month of the temporary hiatus of SFI-L. Don’t be surprised if it never returns.