hi, regarding the email group - why all the fuss setting it up by committee? why not just establish a group via something like yahoo egroups then invite people to join - the group can be moderated / or not as you see fit and members can choose whether to receive daily mails, mails as and when posted or not to receive at all but to check in as and when the mood takes. easy, flexible and free.
as for members worried about spam - well its up to you what email address you post to open forums. all good things, michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Variant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Re: <ambit> intro & request > Intro: > Leigh French, co-editor Variant magazine. > Variant is Scotland's only contemporary Arts & Culture magazine. > Variant is free. It is published 3 times a year. 10,000 newsprint copies are > distributed each issue to 300+ distribution points throughout the UK, > Ireland, US & Canada, with an additional 7,500 international e-subscribers. > There is an on-line forum with each issue. Issue 15 is - > Occasional Documents: Towards Situation - Howard Slater > �In a culture still driven by commodity exchange and representation, driven > by the submergence of social relationships in the object, the means of > expression, as the vital component of creative activity, is often > overlooked. Yet, if there is to be a popular participation in culture...� > Full text and participation details: > http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~variant/14texts/Variant_Forum.html > > Full archive of all articles - with search facility - and all details: > http://www.variant.org.uk > > Request: > I think Rob has already mentioned that I'm trying to establish a Scotland > wide shared arts orgs e-group to pool contacts and circulate info. It > follows on from the artist-run events & opportunities e-list I set up for > the Glasgow Project Room. > > We've had meetings in Glasgow (StreetLevel) and Edinburgh (Out of the Blue) > and there's been a great deal of support for it from across Scotland. > > Concerns raised have been mainly about the level of traffic people might > receive, receiving information that�s relevant to the individual, and too > large file sizes. > > Suggestions have been to find an e-group set up that will allow: > > 1) the individual orgs to initially e-mail out to their existing contacts > asking them to subscribe to the collective e-group > 2) for the e-group to to be unmediated, relying on individual responsibility > 3) for all orgs to have joint access as e-group owners > 3) for the individual subscriber to be able to subscribe to particular > categories of info - such as openings, east coast, west coast, or all, etc. > - which would mean categorising the info orgs send to the group > 4) for a broad range of activity to be posted > 5) that the e-group should not be for private/commercial speculation > > If anyone can help, info of something that would fit these requirements > would be much appreciated. > > All the best > Leigh French > > --------------------------- > Variant > 1a Shamrock Street > Glasgow G4 9JZ > > t/f +44 (0)141 333 9522 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.variant.org > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
