I agree with Sandy about how the Discuss list should function. Having the
SC use the Announce-only list to forward her responses to Discuss messages
seems one-sided and unfair to the other individuals involved in the
discussion. Also forwarding email to the Announce-only list might
discourage people from subscribing to the Discuss list.
Leah
lcsims(a)eskimo.com
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Sandy wrote:
At 8:45 AM -0500 02/08/01, Elizabeth Harris wrote:
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>The sense of family group was already severely damaged when we voted to
>make this change in the list.
I have to agree with Elizabeth.
The formation of the DISCUSS list was necessary because all cc's are
required to be subbed to a list for receiving updates and
"administrative" type communication - but the topics and tone of
discussions on that singular list got way out of hand.
I don't realistically think we could ever "go back" to just one list.
I don't even think I'd want to myself.
I do, think, however, that the Announce-only list should be used for
simple, important announcements and updates, and _not_ for the
forwarding of mail and messages from the DISCUSS list.....because,
frankly, that defeats the purpose of the DISCUSS list.
If cc's want to be kept abreast of discussions, then they should sub
to the Discuss list.
I think the appropriate way to "alert" cc's who are NOT on the
Discuss list that an important topic is under discussion is for the
SC to simply send out a message saying something like, "Purchase of
our Domain name is under discussion on the Discuss List. Discuss List
Archives can be searched here [insert appropriate url]; to subscribe
to the list, do this: [insert instructions]."
That should be sufficient.
I don't think ANY details of the discussion should be conveyed via
the Announce-only list.
I don't think any messages from the Discuss list should be forwarded
to the Announce-only list, and I particularly don't think they should
be forwarded with a comment added.
Email is often a pretty lousy way of communicating and
misunderstandings are frequent.
I don't think anyone should be posting comments from a discussion
onto a forum where there is no opportunity for response to be made
before that _same_ "audience" who received the previous messages.
If people want to know what's said, then I think they must subscribe
to the Discuss list and/or read the Discuss list archives.
-Sandy
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