At 04:08 PM 7/30/00 -0400, Janet Morrow wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have been going through some of the posts and am concerned. It does not
>matter to me who we settle this question, but one thing is clear, if it is
>dragged out for too long it will cause the self destruction of both lists.
I disagree. Meta discussions (discussions pertaining to the
list/newsgroup in and of itself) are rarely destructive, and I
personally haven't seen one cause the "self destruction" of a list
or newsgroup, well... ever in my almost nine years on the net. These
discussions sometimes change the way things are done on the lists --
this is how the threadmarker system got worked out on a newsgroup
I read -- but that's usually a positive thing. I'll also point out
that it's a discussion JUST LIKE THIS that caused Julian (and others
of us -- I will immodestly point out that I had a hand in writing
several sections of the Charter myself) to write the Charter and
Guidelines in the first place. Similar discussions, long before
this mailing list was even on an automated server, contributed to
my husband and I writing the FAQ. So if anything, something good
will likely come out of this meta discussion, as well.
Michelle
Flutist
