[Steppes] Mailing list status

[Trish Kvamme]

You know I understand that, but if it isnt something I am interested in I 
just hit delete.

In a non profit all volunteer organization, if even one person doesn't get 
the information or the contacts they need, that is one person too many.

Our membership is our life.  I think this is a problem.  I know the pelican, 
kingdom and laurel lists are all hit reply, for those of us who are active 
on many lists for our kingdom, it becomes even more chaotic, maybe we should 
take a popular vote at an event where we have a really good cross section of 
our membership to see what the majority would prefer?

I also have limited time, we teach at our home 3 nights a week and I have 2 
kids who are very active, then add my own hobbies and interests, time is a 
premium for most of us I think :)

Larissa

>From: Catherine Sims <arianne_steppes at yahoo.com>
>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Steppes] Mailing list status
>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:03:52 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I appreciate the examples cited, and agree that they were problems.  That 
>said,
>I was extremely tired of reading 10-15 "me too" posts and other things that
>should have gone privately rather than to the list.  I have a limited 
>amount of
>time to read e-mail, and I appreciate that list traffic is down 
>significantly.
>I used to spend quite a bit of time reading the first few posts in a 
>thread,
>and then having to delete things that should have gone privately.  I am on
>several other, non-SCA related, lists and most of them work the way the 
>Steppes
>list does currently.  When that change was made to the Socknitters' list, 
>for
>example, traffic dropped from about 50 messages a day down to about 20.  
>Much
>more manageable for those of us with limited time.
>
>Just a "responsible" opposing viewpoint.
>
>Arianne/Cathy
>
>--- Trish Kvamme <ladyoftherose at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Love to give you some examples
> >
> > 1.  A gentleman was on his way to Gulf war, he was out earlier than 
>most,
> > saw alot of traffic cops setting up for speeders.  He emailed this
> > information via  his phone, but sadly, it was the silly reply thing and 
>went
> > to one individual, that individual didnt know it was not a solo message,
> > thus no one got the email.
> >
> > 2.  A new archer moved here from An Tir and wanted to get directions to
> > practice and to get in personal touch with the community, once again, 
>reply
> > all wasn't a normal list option, and his information was lost.  Luckily 
>he
> > met Michael Fray later on and found the community.
> >
> > 3.  I posted for a public workshop some time back for sewing, a newcomer
> > didnt get past the "guess what" and 6 weeks later she met me at fighter
> > practice.
> >
> > These are just a few of the examples of the tons I have.  I have sat in
> > large groups of very annoyed people discussing the same types of things.
> >
> > The list is to exist to help and serve the members of the barony.  It is
> > currently like a wagon with a square wheel, useable but not as fast or
> > functional as it could be.
> >
> > The rest of the Ansteorran lists are all just hit reply and talk away, I 
>am
> > on a good many of them.  Since we are pretty much an adult community on 
>the
> > lists, with a few very mature teens, I think we can handle an 
>occaisional
> > oops.
> >
> > I for one find it a pain in the butt to have to use special commands for 
>one
> > list, it would be a courtesy to those who find it annoying to please let 
>us
> > police ourselves and be able to reply to a mesasge without being about 
>to
> > hit enter and saying bleh, cutting and pasteing our letter to the Barony 
>and
> > back tabbing to re-hit reply all.
> >
> > It is about communication, the list that is.  Simple, easy, effective
> > communication for all, and this is just plain annoying :)
> >
> > ie: 1 squre wheel.
> >
> > Larissa
> ><snip>
>
>"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
>- Eleanor Roosevelt
>
>
>
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