The Curmudgeonly Trainer

I believe that some people were wanting to know how trdev has fared regarding the number of subscribers over time. Using the best (but flawed) numbers available from yahoogroups itself, here’s some insight.
Today: 4444 (give or take) May, 2008
July 2007 - 4355
Jan 2007 -  4969
July 2006 -  4738
Jan 2006 -  4573
Feb 2006 - 4726
June 2005 [...]

After a period of criticism about the running of the trdev list, Robert Bacal received the following from Kobus Kruger. Due to the general secrecy of the moderating group, nobody knows who actually owns trdev, but it’s primarily Kobus and Bev Ferrell that seem to be the public face. The email is reproduced in its [...]

Here is the email I sent to the trdev discussion group that is referred to in the email sent to me by Kobus Kroger banning me from the group. His comments can be viewed in the banning email here.
I present it exactly as written, except for some highlighting. Note that this was never distributed since [...]

I’ll be filling in the blanks on why I was apparently banned from participation on the trdev list, in part so you can make your own judgments, but more because I think it’s an interesting learning possibility. I believe every event, good or bad or indifferent can and ought to be a learning event, or [...]