[AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.

[Carl Gogol]

Alan, I see it with my own eyes, it has to be true because I believe it.



-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Alan Nadeau
Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 1:38 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.

Amen!!

Thank you, Spencer, for all that you do for us.

Happy New Year to all!

Carl, may this be the year that they find a cure for the color distortion
problem you are going through with your eyes.  :)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Happy New Year and state of the list address.


> Amen.
>
> Bob Holtzer
>
>
> On 1/1/2017 6:51 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> First off:  Happy New Year!  I wish nothing but health, success, and 
>> happiness for every one of you.
>>
>> This will be an important year for us. I have a huge number of list 
>> friends whom I dearly adore and enjoy being around with at shows 
>> throughout the year. I believe we have built something substantial and 
>> important here over the last 20+ years.  But we are getting older and no 
>> one younger is joining.  One of the ways we can hope to continue being 
>> relevant for younger folks is to realize we are not selling antique 
>> tractors here. We are selling a timeless sense of what is real and good 
>> about human nature, American manhood and rural communities.
>>
>> I cannot do a lot about that as list administrator, but you folks can: 
>> one way is to exercise control of some social media habits that I noticed

>> have crept onto the list, and one of them is people making whatever 
>> statement they want and making any manner of spurious claims without any 
>> attribution, footnoting or evidence. Recently there was a post claiming 
>> the iPhone batteries were as bad as the Note 7 batteries.   I'm not 
>> defending Apple, as that is not the point of this message. But since it 
>> speaks to the context of my address and a great example of it let me just

>> say I know a little bit about technology and the statement  is untrue in 
>> many different ways. but trying to paint Apple with the same brush and 
>> false paint simply because one don't like them is a contradiction against

>> any sense of what's factual or real concerning the technology involved 
>> and is an example of a common social media behavior: say anything and try

>> to get it to stick.
>>
>>
>> In short ATIS has always been a place of relevant and authoritative 
>> knowledge. I don't want that to change so I don't want people bringing 
>> really bad social media habits to the list, like fake news or 
>> unsubstantiated accusations.  That's not what we sell here. That is not 
>> the ATIS brand we all have carefully cultivated.
>>
>> May our better angels guide us in the upcoming year. I truly wish that 
>> for the list and the world - Happy New Year!
>>
>>
>> Spencer Yost