I also find the Community News helpful, especially now that I'm digging out
from a major intrusion of Life into my plans. Since my last show, we have
moved house, put our old home up for sale, dealt with some health issues, and
tended to a number of complicated situations with "elder care". What that
means is that I'm about a month behind on just listening to HPR, much less
producing my own shows. So I'm buzzing through a lot of episodes that I might
otherwise have gone over more carefully. It would be easy to miss something
when I'm listening in that "mode".
The Community News also accounts for the majority of feedback that many hosts
ever get about the content of their shows, because listeners do not always
visit the comments section to give their feedback. I have standing to talk
about this, because I am myself the worst offender when it comes to this type
of "freeloading" -- listening without providing feedback or any word of
appreciation to the hosts who have worked to put their shows together.
Unless we fix the "broadcasting into the void" phenomenon in some way, the
Community News will continue to provide an important service for both listeners
and hosts.
How to improve it? My only suggestion would be to find a way to do the
Community News in a way that takes some of the burden off Ken, Dave Morriss,
Ahuka and other "regulars". It's going to be a while before I can put together
the time and gear to get on Mumble to pitch in myself, so a suggestion is as
constructive as I can get right now.
Charles in NJ
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From: Jason Dodd <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Hpr] Usefulness of the Community News Show
Is the community news useful ?
Even though I listen to all shows, I find some use in the CNS from
hearing others talk about the episodes. Often there will be some
insight or angle I missed.
Should we stop it ?
I don't think so. I enjoy it. It's sort of a proxy to compensate for
the fact I don't have people to discuss the shows with.
How would you improve it ?
I find it sufficient as it is.
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