Dave if you search the archives, there has been 2 other times that I
considered ending this group, but when I searched the web, I found
nothing better for the members. This time I did. Contest or no
contest, I would recommend this site to people. Also, I posted that
if anyone wanted this group I would consider handing it over. You
could've asked, but you would rather tell me that it is interesting
that there is a contest at a site....hmmmm. Over the years I have
well over 1000 hours a year running this group and I intend to give
its members the best option for a guitarist community when I close it.

You can feel anyway that you want about the contest, the truth is
that it is the best guitar community online right now and it is free
to you. You have the right to also join the contest. I laid claim to
inviting members because this is my group and I am the one closing
it. I would be inviting and encouraging all here to join with or
without the conest.

Darin

--- In rockmetalfunkbluesjazzprogguitar@yahoogroups.com, luv2till
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> WELL, --a contest? That's Interesting!!
>
> I don't know the details but find it interesting. I hold no grudge
but DO find it
> interesting...
>
> I joined right away (soon as I saw the first email). I and maybe
many others that joined
> right away, (while the given link wasn;t functional); had to go to
the website manually.
>
> Is that possibly cosmic karma?
>
> Dave
>
>
> --- In rockmetalfunkbluesjazzprogguitar@yahoogroups.com, "Darin"
<dlgrebe@>
> wrote:
> >
> > LOL...Dom..I don't look at you as a dickhead and never will..I AM
> > actively taking part in the contest...You do not have to join
under
> > the link that I have left. You can go to the opening page and
join
> > for yourself. I have been part of Will Landrum's mailing list for
> > about 7-8 years now. I was overjoyed when he decided to start a
> > website that has a goal of accomplishing what this group once
> > accomplished...helping other people become better musicians. I
> > believe that his site is the best on the web for this kind of
> > community. No other website gives the members so much freedom to
help
> > others. Will as a teacher does not need this site, he has others,
he
> > did this for guitarists. I appreciate that. I have been
considering
> > for a while to kill this group, but I could not find another
place
> > for the members to go to get worthy information without having to
pay
> > a Monthly, quarterly or yearly fee. In Will's group I found that,
so
> > even if there was not a contest that offered money to those who
got
> > the most people to join (of course they need 10,000 people to
join
> > before the contest ends...8500 more), I would still push it. You
have
> > options join on my link, or go to the homepage and join that way.
I
> > will send this out as a "special notice" and all members will get
it.
> > I am not going to hide that I am taking part in the contest.Yet I
> > still believe that the site is the best on the web...FAR FAR
better
> > than Yahoo's groups.
> >
> > I consider people here to be friends. I ran this group for 7-1/2
> > years to help others. Now I have someplace for them to go when
this
> > group is gone.
> >
> > Best Regards to All.
> >
> > Darin
> >
> >
> > --- In rockmetalfunkbluesjazzprogguitar@yahoogroups.com, Dominick
> > Marchello <dmarchello@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Not to be a dickhead, but in the interest of full
> > > disclosure, you will get some cash from this by
> > > referring over people from what I read. Having said
> > > that, I did join as it looks very organized and
> > > worthwile.
> > >
> > > Dom
> >
>