GL: ????

[Mike Tellup]

All Hands:

 From the Great Loop List main page:
"Great Loop List is an interactive communications link for everyone 
interested in cruising America's Great Loop and other inland routes."

The key word in the above sentence is 'interested'.  This list is open 
and welcoming to all those who are planning, dreaming, just wanting to 
know about the GL;  those on the loop (and those traveling vicariously 
through them)  and the fortunate ones who have completed it.

There are those who feel the list should be an exclusive club for those 
who meet their criteria for knowledge/experience/etc.  That is not what 
the Great Loop list is intended for.  Those who feel this way are 
certainly welcome to start their own list if they so choose, or join 
other lists.

They are NOT welcome to denigrate others on this list who have not lived 
up to their self perceived level of skill or accomplishment. 

Mike Tellup
Great Loop Administrator
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John & Judy Gill wrote:
> Unfortunately, many on the list have not completed the Great Loop and/ 
> or even know what it is???  My analysis is that this list should be  
> called the "Snowbirds" List (go North in the Spring and South in the  
> Fall).  Those who are serious about doing the Great Loop either have  
> or should join the America's Great Loop Cruisers Association  
> <www.greatloop.org>.
>
> John
>
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