[SJAAboard] SJAA Loaner Telescope Program (poll)

[Gary Mitchell]

Mark Wagner wrote:

> A
>>>number of times in the past, on TAC, I've mentioned the club and its loaner program and have
> said
>>>all you need do is be a member, which is very inexpensive.
>>
>>But *that* is better advertising.
> 
> 
> LOL!  Gary, haven't you ever heard the saying that "any advertising is good advertising"?

Yes, but I don't buy it.  Do you?

 >  A poll
> about an SJAA loaner program implicitly informs people that the SJAA *has* a loaner program.  Are
> you going to deny that?

No, I never did.  What I said was that if that's the goal,
there are far better ways to go about it.


>>  >>If you want to know how the food is at some local diner, you don't go asking
>>folks in another
>>
>>>>state.
>>>
>>>LOL!  Neither SJAA or TAC are food service or in another state!  TAC and SJAA are local to each
> 
> other.
> 
>>You're missing the point.
>>
> 
> 
> Not at all.  I think there exists a substantial amount of "dual membership" between SJAA and TAC,
> due to their proximity.

So?  I'm sure there are, but that's irrelevant.

>   It is effectively the opposite of your example.

No, my example (and point) was this:

The number of SJAA members on TAC who are *NOT* on SJAA
announce is vanishingly small.  (I don't have the data to
prove that, but I believe it.)  The poll was clearly aimed
at SJAA members.  There are a lot of folks on TAC who are
NOT SJAA members.  Therefore, IMO, TAC is not an appropriate
venue for a poll of that kind.

Was the poll actually a veiled attempt to publicize the
loaner program?

Gary