Re: Observations on Recent Activity on This Listserve

[lesley taylor]

Hi...I have been receiving between 20 and 25 emails and I too have thought about asking to have my name removed from the list.  Some of the messages are interesting but many times it seems as if this list serve is a forum for people wanting to spout off about their political views...and I'm not sure if this was the original intent or not. The ideal would be to have a moderated listserve with one email notice per day and a list of all the topics being discussed...is this possible? Thanks Lesley Ray Evans Harrell wrote:   To the List, This morning I recieved six e-mails and I sent one last night that I had put together after a considerable amount of thought.   I have not seen anywhere near the volumes that George is complaining about  from the list.     I also have a serious limitation on my time but try to write seriously when I do.   Yesterday I thought and worked on a post and put it on the list last night and it seems to have disappeared.   I didn't get a copy back and I didn't get an overwhelming volume this morning from FW.     And I have had only two remove e-mails.    Evidently from what George says there have been more. So I am wondering if I am getting all of the mail?   I get between three and six posts a day from FW and I haven't been able to access the FW site to check the threads.    I wonder if people are talking to me and I am not responding because I don't get the mail?   Could you tell me how much you have been getting and whether you got a post from me sent at 10:28 last night marked RE: ECONOMICs?    It did not come back to me this morning. Also, I am using Outlook Express with the rich text format.   Is any of that a problem? Ray Evans Harrell[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: George Cheney To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:43 AM Subject: Observations on Recent Activity on This Listserve  Dear Futurework Folks~ I have *very much* enjoyed being on this list.Many of the posts have been interesting and timely.In fact, I've learned a great deal about what's going on and beingconsidered in the world of work, while also being able to use many of the posts inmy "Communication and Quality of Worklife" course. However, in the last couple of months, the sheer volumeof e-mail has become overwhelming.  More importantly,many of the posts are now reduced to brief comments that are partsof exchanges involving a handful of people.  I thinkwe can fairly infer that these are the reasons for thenumber of recent REMOVAL messages by subscribers. May I gently suggest that some of the more frequent usersbe a bit more judicious in trying not to post their every littlethought or comment, instead accumulating comments for longer, moreconsidered posts? Thanks, George CheneyProfessor of Communication StudiesThe University of MontanaMissoula, Montana 59812 USA P.S.:  Please keep me on the list!