List moderator Chris here:
Bree has the right of it. If you look through the archives, you'll see
that this is not the first time we've discussed this.
If you are on the digest or not, please edit the header and remove
irrelevant messages as a kindness to the others on the list. If you are
on the digest, it's also a kindness to yourself when you receive your
next digest containing your message.
JoLaine: I'm going to publicly respond to your comments here because I
think that there might be others here who have the same questions, but
haven't expressed them. There is another group called
"trad-dance-callers" which is on Yahoo groups. If you aren't part of
that list, you should check it out and see if it is to your liking. When
Seth and I started this list, we wanted to have a list that did not have
advertising or a corporation collecting our information. All data for
the list is stored on Seth's private server and we do not share that
information with anyone. We sacrificed some functionality because of
that, but are happy with the way things are. We decided to make the
archives publicly available since we feel that the valuable information
(the shared wisdom of our participants) not be confined to just the
people who subscribe. When I view list posts, I do not see the header
info when I view them in Thunderbird. I do see the footer info that the
list server adds. Maybe Gmail doesn't filter them the same way or we all
need to be a little better about editing our replies. We hope that
everyone enjoys the list as it is and we do welcome your comments and
feedback. Please feel free to make suggestions on how to improve our
services.
One of the things that I have been considering for a while is building a
resources page for the website. If you would like to see something like
that happen, please send me your documents, websites, useful books
(title and author) and other resources and I'll see what I can put
together. If you're interested in helping to compile the information
into a webpage, let me know, too. Feel free to include resources for
callers, organizers and musicians.
Please send them directly to me at [email protected]. Use the
subject line: "SharedWeight resources".
Thank you all for your participation. You are the ones who make this a
wonderful forum that is welcoming, informative and interesting. We are
so pleased with how this list has turned out.
Happy dancing and calling,
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
On 3/28/2011 1:49 PM, Bree Kalb wrote:
Applause for this topic and these suggestions. It seems to me that taking care
and spending a few extra seconds when replying to messages requires some of the
skills that make a good caller: consideration for your audience, attention to
detail, careful and deliberate choices. By the same token, an occasional lapse
is always forgiven graciously since we all make mistakes.
Bree Kalb
