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Ric Gillespie

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2016, 02:25:35 PM »
Quote from: Martin X. Moleski, SJ on March 05, 2016, 02:17:32 PM
TIGHAR did do it years ago, if I remember correctly.

You're right. Long ago in a galaxy far, far way.
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Gary Vance

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2016, 12:04:54 PM »
As promised, I sent in my $25 and may be the first "Virtual" member!  Thanks everyone for considering my idea and running with it.

 - Gary
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Ric Gillespie

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2016, 12:06:57 PM »
Welcome aboard Gary.
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Monty Fowler

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #33 on: June 17, 2016, 02:00:05 PM »
I have to think that one of the unintended consequences of this new policy is that we are cutting ourselves off from a great deal of enthusiasm to do a variety of research, all of which is important to varying degrees.

Just one example is The Knob that Wasn't, http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/Bulletins/39_KnobThatWasnt/knob_idbulletin.html. Positive identification of the "knob" as part of the top of a can of oil or something similar was only possible because all TIGHAR members were free to trade ideas, speculation and information.

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Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 EC
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Ric Gillespie

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #34 on: June 17, 2016, 05:10:26 PM »
Quote from: Monty Fowler on June 17, 2016, 02:00:05 PM
...was only possible because all TIGHAR members were free to trade ideas, speculation and information.

All TIGHAR members are free to trade ideas, speculation and information.  That's the point of the recent change and it has been a huge success. The forum is more peaceful, more efficient, and more productive.  It is, perhaps, less entertaining for those whose primary interest is gladiatorial combat, but the quality of research is excellent, the discourse is civil and, with an occasional exception, nobody posts just to complain or push a personal agenda.
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Monty Fowler

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #35 on: June 17, 2016, 07:06:04 PM »
OK, even accepting all that, with fewer forum participants, because there are fewer TIGHAR members than there were forum members, it seems like a lot of ideas will go by the wayside because they never get a chance to be heard.

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Ric Gillespie

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Re: Important Announcement
« Reply #36 on: June 18, 2016, 06:26:26 AM »
Quote from: Monty Fowler on June 17, 2016, 07:06:04 PM
OK, even accepting all that, with fewer forum participants, because there are fewer TIGHAR members than there were forum members, it seems like a lot of ideas will go by the wayside because they never get a chance to be heard.

That's very true and, based on experience, it's not a bad thing.
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