Re: [asa] Re: the ASA email list

In the interest of considering all the options, how about something more
formal like on online journal to complement - not replace!! - PSCF? The
Journal of Lutheran Ethics and Covalence, the bulletin of the ELCA Alliance
on Faith, Science and Technology are both in that format.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Haarsma" <lhaarsma@calvin.edu>
To: "_American Sci Affil" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] Re: the ASA email list

> I'm not suggesting that we radically change the rules to this list.
> This list, under the current rules, clearly serves some people well.
>
> My idea is that we create a second list which enforces more scholarly,
> longer, and less frequent postings. I also like the idea of posters being
> ASA-or-sister-organization members only (or temporary guests), although
> that's certainly negotiable.
>
> Two lists could benefit each other. If a discussion on the slower, more
> scholarly list was heating up, such that a few participants wanted to make
> shorter and more frequent exchanges, they could move their discussion to
> the quicker, less moderated list. On the flip side, if a new person
> joined the quick-exchange list and asked one of the "standard questions"
> which have been asked and answered many times before, they could be
> pointed to a longer post in the archives of the more scholarly list.
>
> If there were two lists, it might even be possible to ease up on the
> moderation of the quick-exchange list. Some rules (such as the
> four-posts-per-day rule) could be eased, and the moderator wouldn't have
> to feel obligated to read very post on the quick-exchange list. (List
> members could email the moderator, pointing to specific posts, if they
> thought someone was starting to grossly violate the few remaining rules.)
>
>
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