Stuart - How about voting on three items:
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Y N 1. Do you want to add a swap day to the list? If your answer is (Y)es, then vote yes on ONLY ONE of the following: Y N 2. Do you prefer a once a week swap? Y N 3. Do you prefer a once a month swap? --------------------------------------------------------------------- These three questions cover almost all the really important parameters that most have voiced an opinion on. And limiting it like this makes it easy to tabulate & see the "consensus". And we can - and should - give it another day or so to publicly express ourselves ...and ONLY on the three questions everyone(!), prior to putting it to the final vote. As for myself, I would prefer the once a month option ...I can't see the point in once-a-week for the stuff we're talking about here, and especially so if the point of a "swap day" is essentially to be able to trade parts amongst the members (and still keep to the core idea that Compact Macs is primarily a Help & Ideas list) ...once every 30 days should be MORE then often enough - especially given constraints of shipping - for the old-timers here (and it would serve to avoid any tendency that might develop to turn Compact Macs into a For-Sale list to people wanting to just dump masses of common parts). The real issue I see would be the collection of the posts for either duration swap day: I mean, I don't quite understand how they're going to be _easily_ done on any kind of basis, either monthly OR weekly ...but at least every 30 days would make the administrative aspects easier (for whomever it's tasked to). Other then my aversion to having the list morph from something I quite enjoy (and have for some years, off-and-on) into something that would make it rather less enjoyable (I'm a long-time eBay'er after all, and my natural tendency is to look there first) to read through & ponder, I think the swap idea (so long as the interval between "swaps" makes things manageable) is quite a good one, really ...I always thought One-Sale-Per-Year restriction was a bit, umm, silly (but I QUITE appreciated it keeping the list devolving into a For Sale list). My two bits. --- brandon davis --- -- sacramento, ca -- > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:09:01 +0100 > Subject: Re: 68k swaps > From: Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > IF the consensus seems to be that one-day-a-week trading is a good idea > (and I don't think the one-off digest idea is practicable, however > attractive it is, given the limitations of the server software) then > I'll put the idea to Dan. If he's agreable, then I'll propose a set of > criteria for what is OK and no OK. > > OK? > > Stuart > > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
