It's been an interesting month on the Carman-l and
Carman-Roots-L mail lists. First the lists were
open for subscriptions (Which has always been the
case according to the Carman Cluster Page). Then
the list owner, Patricia Tidmarsh, stated that Carman-l
was closed to subscriptions. Then both lists were declared
to be moderated. What this meant, was that all messages
would go to the listowner first and then she would forward
the messages under her name to the lists.
Well, it didn't take long for the question to be
asked on what the difference was between the two lists.
This went unanswered.
The listowner then started to send supporting posts to
the topic of Carman genealogy only to Carman-l but not
Carman-Roots. Of course, insider information stated that
the listowner had directed long standing members of both lists
to unsubscribe from Carman-Roots and join Carman-l! Hmmm!
Next, we saw that certain members were allowed to post to
Carman-l without moderation! While other newbie subscribers
had there messages intercepted by the list owner!
One can only wonder on whether the list represents a genealogy
forum or a social club.
Part 2 will address the "Case of Crossposting" and the irrate
Carman-L Listowner"