If I recall, Jeremy started Free Framers a few years ago following a conflict with Brad over certain issues. I personally was neutral, and subscribe to both lists, although it's a bit of a pain to cross-post and keep track of who answers from where. Not to mention the issue of defining mail preferences when I'm out of the office for an extended period of time.
Lisa has since replaced Brad as the main administrator/moderator of FrameUsers. Perhaps the issues that caused the division then are more benign between Jeremy and Lisa personally. I think that a situation where all the Frame experts belong to the same community optimizes the chances of finding the best solutions to user questions and problems. To quote some starry-eyed soul in history, "Can't we all get along?" :-) (THIS IS RHETORICAL! PLEASE DON'T FILL UP MY MAILBOX WITH RESPONSES TO THAT ONE!) Have a great weekend everyone! David David Schor Technical Communication Manager Emblaze VCON Ltd. Tel: (+972) 9 9590006 Mobile: 054 4788253 davids at emblaze-vcon.com <mailto:davids at emblaze-vcon.com> www.emblaze-vcon.com <http://www.emblaze-vcon.com> "Video Made Easy" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+davids=emblaze-vcon.com at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Scott Prentice Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:18 PM To: Framers List; framers at omsys.com Subject: Merge lists? Hi... I'm just going to throw this out and see what comes of it .. being relatively new to both of these lists, I don't have the history to know any better. In a perfect world, is there really a need for both of these lists (FrameUsers and Framers)? Are most people actually on both lists (except for those who have a grudge against one or the other moderator)? If we all set aside any personal differences and pride, would there be any problem with just having one list? It seems like most questions about FrameMaker are sent to both lists, which is a needless waste of bandwidth, disk space, and personal time to delete the duplicates. Sure, I can just subscribe to one of the lists and pretend that the issue doesn't exist, but then .. "what if" I miss something *important* on the other list? I don't know about the logistics of merging the two lists .. obviously, it would have to be some sort of opt-in thing .. don't want to force anyone to do anything they don't want to do. Perhaps, it would just be a matter of setting up a new list, telling people about it so they can sign up or not, then close down the other two lists (we don't want to end up with three lists). It would be great if the moderators of the current lists could be co-moderators (remember, this is the "perfect world"). I know of all sorts of reasons that this is a *good* idea .. I'd like to hear reasons why it's not. Perhaps there really is a good reason to have two lists that provide the same service to the same people. Or .. we can just leave things as they are .. perhaps I'm just nuts. :) Cheers! ...scott
