>One problem I have with everything being posted to the list > is that it doesn't come to my in-box.
You can click on "Edit Membership" on the Yahoo Group page and choose to have each post sent to your e-mail inbox. The "Edit Membership" link is under the "Yahoo! Groups" logo, and to the right a little bit. --Nate --- In [email protected], "Robert S. DeLorey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert, > One problem I have with everything being posted to the list is that > it doesn't come to my in-box. Granted I can always(maybe)find it by > scanning all of the messages posted but that is time consuming. I've > tried a couple of times to change the settings on my account on the > shop list but to no avail. > Even with the knowledge I have of what has been done, what is being > done etc. I have trouble unscrambling the threads that morph from one > subject to another, I have trouble determining what is discussion and > what is decision and who's on first. I doubt very much that a new > volunteer would benefit from such a review.I think it woud be much > more efficient and constructive to refer new volunteers to finalized > documents kept in one place, in some sort of organized set of files. > That is what the Files section of the BWorks_Staff Group was set up > to accomplish in regard to administrative matters. If we were to do > the same in regard to technical matters on the BWorks_Shop group site > I think it would be helpfull. > > Steve > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Citek" <robert.citek@> > wrote: > > > > On Feb 12, 2008 10:12 PM, nneff <nathan.neff@> wrote: > > > I also need to know how we plan to use this follow-up > information, so > > > that the follow up team can ask the right questions, and assemble > an > > > easy to read report, and make the details readily available to > the board. > > > > > > Steve, please send an e-mail to me at nathan.neff@ and we > > > can discuss this more. > > > > Personally, I think it would benefit us all if discussions were kept > > on-list. For one, it would enable any future volunteer to step up > to > > help by browsing through past e-mails to get up to speed. Second, > it > > creates a sense of openness and a willingness to share. Off-list > > discussions tend to create a sense of separation: those who got the > > e-mail and those who did not; those who are in-the-loop and those > who > > are not. Lastly, it allows for continuity and succession for the > next > > wave of volunteers to learn about how things were done in the past. > > > > Granted, keeping conversations on-list increases list traffic. But > > that problem can be addressed with mail filters. > > > > Regards, > > - Robert > > >
