Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
I will be happy to pick up the tab. ?Please allow me to do that. Is there any special mechanism involved - like payment to family or something like that?
Thank you,
Eugene V. Lenarz
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, 06:11:55 PM CDT, Martin P. via groups.io <mdupreno1@...> wrote:
I will certainly not turn down donations. Last year there was about $35 left over. If anyone wants to contribute, send to my PayPal account at mdupreno1@...Thanks everyone!
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Re: Helping Beginners start....
I would suggest looking at some basic Unimat literature, and maybe a basic book like "How to run a Lathe" (much of the info won't be applicable, but a lot of the general techniques still apply).? I never had the luxury of any instruction, having only watched my father use it a few times.? When I "borrowed" it the first time when I was about 11 or so, I was just flying by the seat of my pants.? I actually thought I invented the technique of holding a drill bit stationary in the tail stock and rotating the work!? Kids...
Before starting a project, just play with it so you understand it better.? It's better to learn (and fail) on random scrap than on something you care about.? I say fail because it will happen; personally, I like learning by just doing things.? I usually only resort to books, etc when I have a specific problem I want to solve.??
They are fun little machines!
-Dave
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, 01:17:26 PM PDT, Tamra <tamrabrogdon@...> wrote:
From Eugene,? <I'm superannuated and have never used my SL/DB (being too ignorant of its operation), but I've thoroughly enjoyed the commentaries from those of you who have mastered the little lathe.>
Hi Eugene, I was a beginner not so long ago... my unimat was my 2nd lathe in 2014? after my husband purchased a Variable Speed Jet Mini woodworking lathe for me in 2010. and... with humor, I had to go look superannuated... our unimats? are not new technology... I think these lathes were sold long before I was hatched on planet earth and I do have 2 grandsons... so I'm not that young!?
What do you want to make with your Unimat?? It is a super fun piece of equipment.??
Tamra
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Hi Martin
It's good you are back on-line and thanks for making the payment of the annual fee, I'm sure a number of members will be making donations to cover the cost,
just advise when enough has been donated and keep any over payment towards next year.
The email address is at aol,com
Marcus
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Re: Martin Pinckney alive and well
Glad to see you here!? Thanks for wrangling the group.
John
My apologies to everyone for being MIA since March. Nothing wrong, I just got involved with a lot of other things and neglected this Group.
New truck (first in 16 years, first ever Jeep), old boat restoration, busy work schedule, etc., etc.
Thanks to Bill in OKC for tracking me down!
Hopefully, you will see me posting again in a few days.
Martin
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
I will certainly not turn down donations. Last year there was about $35 left over. If anyone wants to contribute, send to my PayPal account at mdupreno1@...Thanks everyone!
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Martin Pinckney alive and well
My apologies to everyone for being MIA since March. Nothing wrong, I just got involved with a lot of other things and neglected this Group.
New truck (first in 16 years, first ever Jeep), old boat restoration, busy work schedule, etc., etc.
Thanks to Bill in OKC for tracking me down!
Hopefully, you will see me posting again in a few days.
Martin
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Similar to the situation on the EMCO lathes group re. moderation.
We done a funding round again this year and had raised the $110 within 7
hours.
You will easily raise the funds if you go down that route.
B.
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On 06/11/2021 20:54, Emgee Radian wrote: Hi Barrie
Joint Owner with Martin and 1 other owner so the group doesn't become
orphoned.
I originally opened an account with iO for a Unimat Group and Emco 5
cnc lathe Group whilst Yahoo Groups was still running, when Yahoo
closed shop I offered the Group to the present and appointed Martin as
Joint Owner because he had been moderating the Unimat SL site on Yahoo
for many years.
Martin paid for with contributions from members and arranged the
transfer of members, files and photos from Yahoo to iO
After that I agreed to step down from site duties and left all
moderation etc to Martin which he has continued to carry out, it's
only over the last week that things have taken another course but
during that time Martin has paid the annual fee so I believe he is
still active and we await his update regarding funding the fee he has
paid.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Hi Barrie
Joint Owner with Martin and 1 other owner so the group doesn't become orphoned.
I originally opened an account with iO for a Unimat Group and Emco 5 cnc lathe Group whilst Yahoo Groups was still running, when Yahoo closed shop I offered the Group to the present and appointed Martin as Joint Owner because he had been moderating the Unimat SL site on Yahoo for many years.
Martin paid for with contributions from members and arranged the transfer of members, files and photos from Yahoo to iO
After that I agreed to step down from site duties and left all moderation etc to Martin which he has continued to carry out, it's only over the last week that things have taken another course but
during that time Martin has paid the annual fee so I believe he is still active and we await his update regarding funding the fee he has paid.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Marcus
Maybe it is the numbers of members or as Tamara says about getting off
Yahoo that bit earlier.
Do you own the Unimat group?
B.
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On 06/11/2021 20:24, Emgee Radian wrote: Hi Barrie
If that is the V10 Group then it could be due to the number of members
listed, less than 1000 v 3000, or size of file/photo storage also has
a bearing on cost.
If it is due to numbers and we need to reduce numbers then it will
mean going through the members list to delete those bouncing accounts
and others who have
not posted since joining if we are on a budget,?fortunately that does
not seem to be the case.
The other groups I own are presently hosted without charge as they
were not transferred from Yahoo also because the membership numbers
are low and the
File/Photo storage is well within limits set by iO.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Hi Tamra
What you have said saves me checking through all messages from last year to establish if contributions had been made to cover the annual fee,
however we must agree to donate if needed to cover the cost again as Martin is not not responsible for funding our hobby group.
As said before let's all be patient and wait for Martins update.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
I am more than happy to donate, please let me know how and how much... Bill
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, 10:40:27 a.m. EDT, Emgee Radian <xpylonracer@...> wrote:
Hello all members
I wish to advise you that the annual $220 group fee has been paid by Martin.
I have emailed Martin to enquire if he funded this personally or were there sufficient funds over from any previous appeal,
I await his reply but we can't expect Martin to fund members benefits so I may be requesting donations to cover the annual fees.
This is the 3rd year Martin has paid the fee and I am not aware of any appeal to members last year to help fund the cost so?
this may be the second year Martin has stood the cost, that cannot be allowed to continue, it's not what members expect.
Do nothing until the facts are known.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Hi Barrie
If that is the V10 Group then it could be due to the number of members listed, less than 1000 v 3000, or size of file/photo storage also has a bearing on cost.
If it is due to numbers and we need to reduce numbers then it will mean going through the members list to delete those bouncing accounts and others who have
not posted since joining if we are on a budget,?fortunately that does not seem to be the case.
The other groups I own are presently hosted without charge as they were not transferred from Yahoo also because the membership numbers are low and the
File/Photo storage is well within limits set by iO.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
/static/pricingHi Barry, the $110 fee could be a grandfathered fee depending on the level and when the group was first created. Our stitching group is still running on? a free basis. We have a lot of members in the Unimat group, not everyone is active and it is not known if the owners attempted to maintenance and weed through the membership list.... I would happily continue to contribute?to have friendly help to this community though as long as I can still use my lathe - dexterity, eyes and marbles must continue to work together... Tamra
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Helping Beginners start....
From Eugene,? <I'm superannuated and have never used my SL/DB (being too ignorant of its operation), but I've thoroughly enjoyed the commentaries from those of you who have mastered the little lathe.>
Hi Eugene, I was a beginner not so long ago... my unimat was my 2nd lathe in 2014? after my husband purchased a Variable Speed Jet Mini woodworking lathe for me in 2010. and... with humor, I had to go look superannuated... our unimats? are not new technology... I think these lathes were sold long before I was hatched on planet earth and I do have 2 grandsons... so I'm not that young!?
What do you want to make with your Unimat?? It is a super fun piece of equipment.??
Tamra
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
At the EMCO Larger lathes group we only pay $110 group fee, what
happened there?
On 06/11/2021 14:40, Emgee Radian
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Hello all members
I wish to advise you that the annual $220 group fee has been paid
by Martin.
I have emailed Martin to enquire if he funded this personally or
were there sufficient funds over from any previous appeal,
I await his reply but we can't expect Martin to fund members
benefits so I may be requesting donations to cover the annual
fees.
This is the 3rd year Martin has paid the fee and I am not aware of
any appeal to members last year to help fund the cost so?
this may be the second year Martin has stood the cost, that cannot
be allowed to continue, it's not what members expect.
Do nothing until the facts are known.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Members of the group voluntarily sent? Martin funds in 2019 and 2020...
Tamra
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Hi Eugene
That's a very generous offer to make but best hold on until we hear back from Martin as to how the payments he has made have been funded.
I hope he will reply in the next day or so, but I believe he sometimes is away for a few days so we have to be patient.
Marcus
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
If the annual fee has not yet been paid, I would like to pick up the tab.
If the annual fee has been paid so as to render us current, I'd like to reimburse the person who paid the fee. ?I'm superannuated and have never used my SL/DB (being too ignorant of its operation), but I've thoroughly enjoyed the commentaries from those of you who have mastered the little lathe.
Thank you.
Eugene V. Lenarz
On Saturday, November 6, 2021, 10:55:42 AM CDT, Jkle379184 via groups.io <jkle379184@...> wrote:
Keep us posted on what you find out. I have no problem donating some money to keep this group going. Will we still be using Paypal?
?Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Emgee Radian <xpylonracer@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Nov 6, 2021 10:40 am
Subject: [Special] [Unimat] Annual $220 Group fee.
Hello all members
I wish to advise you that the annual $220 group fee has been paid by Martin.
I have emailed Martin to enquire if he funded this personally or were there sufficient funds over from any previous appeal,
I await his reply but we can't expect Martin to fund members benefits so I may be requesting donations to cover the annual fees.
This is the 3rd year Martin has paid the fee and I am not aware of any appeal to members last year to help fund the cost so?
this may be the second year Martin has stood the cost, that cannot be allowed to continue, it's not what members expect.
Do nothing until the facts are known.
Marcus
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Re: I think I might be in!
Good to see you made it! I'm pleased my pestering has paid off, but it turned out to be just a matter of getting through to the right person, and that was done by others.
Now that the problem is known we'll see what the Administrators can do to keep things running smoothly in future. I'm sure Marcus is working on it.
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Re: Annual $220 Group fee.
Keep us posted on what you find out. I have no problem donating some money to keep this group going. Will we still be using Paypal?
?Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Emgee Radian <xpylonracer@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, Nov 6, 2021 10:40 am
Subject: [Special] [Unimat] Annual $220 Group fee.
Hello all members
I wish to advise you that the annual $220 group fee has been paid by Martin.
I have emailed Martin to enquire if he funded this personally or were there sufficient funds over from any previous appeal,
I await his reply but we can't expect Martin to fund members benefits so I may be requesting donations to cover the annual fees.
This is the 3rd year Martin has paid the fee and I am not aware of any appeal to members last year to help fund the cost so?
this may be the second year Martin has stood the cost, that cannot be allowed to continue, it's not what members expect.
Do nothing until the facts are known.
Marcus
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Bill Gonzo
Tamra