Janet Wrote: <snip>
>Everyone keeps complaining about the vast number of post that they
receive.
>Yet we keep covering the same information over and over again. As Bill
>would tell us, "That's what the archives are for." There was a large
>discussion on shipping in mid March. It was touch on in May and June.
Then
>in July there was another BIG discussion on shipping.
It think it is fine for important topics to resurface after a healthy
gap (say 4-6 months). With new people on the list the discussion will
be completely different. For example, the discussion of several months
ago on shipping was more a "how to" discussion versus the current
"don't, and this is why". But if we just discussed something in detail
a good reply is "Check out the mm/dd archive."
Janet Wrote: <snip>
>My biggest gripe with the group is how many emails are answered through
the list instead
>of personally.
Point well taken! If we increased the number of side discussions and
personal one-on-one replies and were more selective about messages
broadcast to the entire GML, I think this very fine gerbil resource
would be even better.
