Re: the ASA email list

I suspected when I dipped my oar into this thread that someone would point out
that not everyone has a fast internet connection. While I favor the web-based
approach, I don't want to leave those who have slow/unreliable connections out.
Could we have a capability that allows a user with a slow connection to request
messages in a given thread be sent to him by email? He'd still have to look at
the contents page to see what was available, but that shouldn't be burdensome.

--- "Terry M. Gray" <grayt@lamar.colostate.edu> wrote:

> Paul, Glenn, and all who've contributed to this thread,
>
> Composing meaningful combined replies is the recommended approach to
> the problem Glenn and Paul raise. Those of us who don't sit in front
> of our computers all day reading and answer ASA list mail are well-
> served by such thoughtfulness. I'd suggest that the debate is
> actually well-served also since it causes us to synthesize our
> thoughts a bit.
>
> And, by the way, it's 4 posts per day. Also, I'd suggest that a post
> that simply says "please explain your reasoning" could be sent off-
> list and not count as one of your 4.
>
> So who wants to volunteer as moderator? It's a huge time sink--we've
> tried it in the past. I'd not recommend going that direction.
>
> I'm quite open to an ASA member only list--if that's what we want. I
> don't really see a point to managing an open list if there is going
> to be a second list where serious discussion takes place. Also, I
> don't see what's happening on the list these days to be particularly
> beneficial to the reputation of the ASA. But, on the other hand, it's
> not that big of a deal--there are only about 300 list members and
> only 10-20% of those are active. I suspect that little over half are
> actually ASA members. Of the active participants there are just a
> handful of non-members. If non-members want to follow our
> discussions, they can read the web archives and then comment on them
> in their blog. If they want to join in the discussions, they can join
> the ASA. i don't really think it's unreasonable to go this direction.
>
> What do you think, Jack, Randy, Ted (some of the ASA big-wigs who
> participate in the list, if you're wondering why I mention them in
> particular)?
>
> As for switching to a web-based system--I'm all for it. The last vote
> we took, as someone noted, had the email format preferred in a near
> 2-1 majority.
>
> TG
>
> On Jun 11, 2006, at 9:48 PM, Paul Seely wrote:
>
> > glenn wrote
> > <<Look, today I asked David Siemans to explain his reasoning. That
> > was a very short post, but would have counted as one of my 2 per
> > day and it didn't really say anything. And lately I have had
> > several people throughout the day send questions to me.>>
> >
> > Yeah. I was on a different list for awhile where a number of
> > people would answer me all at once, and I would be faced with
> > trying to answer all of them. I know Glenn gets this all the time.
> > So, whatever rules are made, they should take this into
> > consideration. Perhaps, two posts/day per thread?
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
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Received on Mon Jun 12 08:35:50 2006