Gary, The question was "Is there any possibility of getting the EMC and product safety postings partitioned to assist in cutting surplus mail traffic?" I was just offering a potential solution to the surplus mail traffic. I apologize to you and the group for coming across the wrong way, there are no dumb questions and yes I do encourage all questions related to EMC, Safety and Regulation. Again, please accept my apology. I have a tendency to be very direct, due to the hard lines I draw on compliance issues relating to my company (or so I've been told). I guess it's a character flaw of mine.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Gary McInturff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:46 AM To: 'Mark Schmidt'; [email protected] Subject: RE: EMC and product safety split? Mike, I gotta stick up for the question and the discussion. This forum is here to help us perform our various functions. Any question about how to possibly improve that process seems to me to be a completely legitimate question. I happen to be in the camp that would not like to see it split and haven't really felt the need to respond to this point, but that doesn't lessen the appreciation for the question. I think the number of other responses would seem to back that up. Secondly, I don't think that you intended to put a damper on asking questions, but you first line implies that this was a dumb question and shouldn't have been asked. I suspect that the people who most benefit most from these discussions may be the same ones who hate to ask a question that might be dumb in front of such an august many august body, and I think it would be a shame to discourage them from doing so. (Maybe because I so often ask exactly those questions or start so many fires). If the question or discussion is germane to the various job responsibilities of our members I believe it benefits us all either because it reinforces something we may already know or it gives us new insight into a problem. Sorry if I seem a little territorial here but I really don't want to see anyone back away from a legitimate question because they are afraid of simply asking it. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 5:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: EMC and product safety split? One way to cut down on mail traffic would be not having to read this type of discussion thread. I know the reason I subscribed was based on content relating to both EMC and Safety. This forum has been very helpful for establishing quality engineering practices to enhance design, based on the limits and requirements of regulatory standardization at a global level. If some of the information is not relevant to you, I am certain that it would helpful to your colleagues since you share a common vision at the corporate level. Information sharing is a great asset in producing great product. Share the wealth, this is what this forum is all about anyway. From where I sit all information is welcome. Mark ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
