I am a hobbyist player, a more than interested builder. If I was forced to take only one thing from this list, and not get any of the rest, I would rather get the tech discussions and not the other stuff, if I had to choose.
I don't know if there is a 'pure' focus to this list, and several 'less pure' alternate topics it discusses. Would probably be a hard thing to get a consensus on, as there are as many primary interests as there are people on this list. Some may want record reviews, some may want event listings and synopsis, some may want music and playing tips, mechanical tips, building information. Who do you exclude, or move to a secondary, private discussion? Until there is a definite 'on topic' list, I can't see any fair way to go about segregating topics. And since there isn't a real problem with inbalance (besides, some of my lists deliver 400 messages a day, we get what here, 10-20 on a good day?) I think that it should remain what most people seem to think is OK - a general discussion list about all things HG, art, science, or combination thereof. Just my $.02 worth Chris Nogy *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/21/2006 at 2:28 PM Matthew Szostak wrote: >I know that this has been touched on before, but I would like to try to >get >a sense of the group's feeling. > >As we all know, not all subjects of discussion on this list are of >interest >to all members. I was going to ask a question of a technical nature which >may be of great interest to those who make hurdy-gurdies (for themselves >or >for others), but of very little interest to everyone else. Personally, I >have always been happy to receive all list messages: hopefully the subject >line is representative of the discussion and I can choose to read it or >just delete it. > >However... I have been told that some list members, especially those >*not* >in North America, must pay for internet access by the minute and therefore >might not want to download every list posting only to end up deleting many >of them. A respected list member has suggested to me that topics of >limited interest might be discussed "off-list", adding all interested >parties' addresses to the "To:" heading. This way, those on the list who >aren't interested won't have to download and sort through these "esoteric" >discussions. > >In my opinion, this idea actually excludes people, and this concession to >those who must pay "by the message" counteracts the purpose of this email >list. However, I am willing to make an effort to follow this suggestion >if >there are many who agree. > >I suspect that most members would rather keep involved in all the >discussions (or at least retain the option of reading or deleting), but I >was hoping to get a sense of how people feel about it, somehow *without* >generating a great number of replies, which would in effect cause just the >problem I'm describing. Perhaps the first step is to wait to hear from >Alden about it before starting a long exchange - I believe his opinion as >the listmaster carries the greatest weight. > > Apologies if this subject doesn't interest anyone! > >~ Matt
