Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

The depressing thing about this spam is that, unlike most other 
forms of annoyance from people with infantile tendencies, it doesn't 
just go away if you ignore it. Is it worthwhile for me to issue 
Yahoo an ultimatum that they either let this group have a moderator, 
or its 700+ members will leave to another host with a bad taste in 
their mouths? Yahoo probably won't give a damn, but they need to 
hear it (at least, we need to say it). I'm not for censorship, but I 
am for choice and responsible policy. If Yahoo behaves as I predict, 
maybe the "mass" migration should begin. Vern, OGD, and Steph can 
probably work out the few remaining technical email and uploading 
bugs. The Yahoo site will remain for the foreseeable future, and 
interested stragglers can be redirected to DTXpressions.

At the risk of longwindedness, the other depressing fact is that 
Roger's poll, like Stewart's before it, isn't getting a whole lot of 
action. I've been the big stickler about loss of momentum and 
personnel, given our (my?) ambition to intensity relations with 
Yamaha. I hate to see even the empty numbers that it took four years 
to build put in jeopardy; they do mean something. Stephen is right 
that people will find the group if it leaves, though it will be a 
little off the beaten path. The question is, Will the group come 
back strong, and, if so, how long would it take? But the 
deterioration of the group's integrity with unwanted messages and 
the apparently thin participation may not justify a goal that is 
increasingly looking like a pipe dream. So I ask again, Ultimatum to 
Yahoo folowed by exodus? This plan needs a consensus of committed 
regulars.