Not Too Cool
NWTSCL said:
I saw how you took that from that other guy's database. That wasn't very cool.
I didn't know he owned iCOM and iCOM's publications.
NWTSCL said:
I also saw how you promised this guy co-ownership of your group if he agreed to combine his with yours. He accepted, but you left him out to dry. That wasn't cool either.
I offered for him to be a moderator, not to be an owner. At the time, he had like 1 or 2 members (he still only has like 6) on his group, while the group I created already had over 100 in the first week, so I offered for him to join my group as a moderator and close his so there would not be any confusion to Yahoo Group users as to which group to use. It was he who wanted to be co-owner. I did not accept his offer in that matter. I offered the same thing to another Yahoo Group owner who had only 1 or 2 members as well, there were no problems with that person - none at all. The person closed the group and joined mine (and declined to be a moderator - just wanted to enjoy the group). I still have all the emails for review.
NWTSCL said:
Then you removed his file after you found another. You uploaded that 2nd one to your group to cover your tracks of what you did. That was a horrible thing to do.
I have/had no tracks to cover. That's what I do. That is what I will always do. If I find information about the iCOM IC-PCR2500 on the internet or elsewhere, I am going to post it on the Yahoo Group so the group members can be informed. If there is newer or better information, I will update it. I think the members would want that. As for removing the file, I did it because he seemed to be unhappy that I used his file, so I used another one found on the internet (in fact, it was the same file, just a different source).
NWTSCL said:
You took his file after you found out that he had it (on a forum that you felt was competing with yours), then refused to honor your promise with him.
I don't "feel" his group is "competing" with mine - six members is hardly competition. My group,
PCR2500, is open to all whom want to be a member, including him and the members of his group. As for my offer, it was not rescinded. I offered for him to be a moderator. I may have to rethink that offer now, in light of his behavior.
NWTSCL said:
I doubt anyone will want to join your group now.
The
PCR2500 Yahoo! Group membership went up from 227 to 244 over night - up six in the last two hours. Others have contacted me privately and told me that I was correct in how I handled the situation. No one has contacted me and told me otherwise.
Now he is flooding the group with a bunch of meaningless messages. Not too mature. Not "cool" at all. :roll:
Look, I do not want to argue with anyone over ownership of a document (especially one that is available to anyone on the internet). If he wants credit, I already gave it to him in the group. He has been given credit for discovering the manual. As for me, I don't need or care for credit. I created the
PCR2500 Yahoo! Group to discuss, trade, disseminate, and propagate information about the iCOM PCR2500 scanning receiver and iCOM scanners and receivers in general. I will search the internet and other sources almost daily to find this information and pass it along to the group members. I am sure the members appreciate the effort and the information. The first sentence of the Group statement does read: "
Your place to discuss and trade information..." That is exactly what I was doing and will continue to do, for the benefit of the members.
As for not being "cool," I am not trying to be cool. I just want a place for information about the PCR scanner to be available to all who want it and want to discuss it. What is cool is that we have such a forum to gather, assemble, and display such information.
Here is the link to the group if anyone is interested:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR2500/
Thank you for your concern.
