There is a list we run in the Mid-Lachlan (called MiLMAN). We experienced the same sort of problems as you when we first started. I wasn't as obliging as you and was happy to take requests to take people back off the list. Some people just don't like all that mail. Indeed it one of the problems of this era. But at the same time we organise an ENORMOUS amount via the list ... everything from worship to church market days ... as well as the occasional discussion (though only a small number actually participate in those).
Do something new and people love to blame someone else for as they feel the discomfort of adjustment. One of the elements of being a change agent. Tom I'll weigh in with another topic. Can we stand two going at the same time? About 6 weeks ago I 'opened' the national list of a small Christian organisation for which I am webmaster, so that everyone could send messages to everyone else. A few weeks ago I had to shut down the list because it became unmanagable; completely over-the-top untenable to many people on it. You should have seen the complaints!!!! The issues: (1) They were getting two or three messages a day; (2) Some of the messages were obviously intended to be between two people and the others were able to see the exchange, too. Now, I know and you all know that this is exactly how Insight-L runs. I had even explained this to them in what were, I thought, clear terms. Yet, it freaked many of them. The "take me off" messages were reaching plague proportions. We are now back to one office-initiated email every week or two. There are no longer any complaints. Normality is restored. When is a list intimidating to you? Peter ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
