On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:26 AM, Eric Sieg <eric.sieg@gmail.com> wrote:

Speaking as an unaffiliated, irrelevant, old-timer, but hoping to assist you and all of those who have preceded you and who will no doubt follow you, I have generally found that providing your affiliation and context sometimes helps solicit a response, especially when sending a plain email from a gmail account. And sometimes, of course, it hurts ;-)