Some subject lines are sensitive, others perhaps a little harsh. I knew Jacqui personally, and when I last saw her, at our Lace on the Train event at the Railway last August, she was about to undergo another course of chemotherapy but expected to be well enough to join us again for the lacemaking weekend in April. Sadly it didn't turn out that way.
I think, personally, that although Jeri's preferred subject line gets the message across for indexing purposes, it would come as a stark shock to those who hadn't previously heard the news, whereas addressing the matter in the body text breaks the news gently. In the past we have always used "Sad News" as the subject for when someone dies, whether it has been to announce the death of a family member or an Arachne. I also don't really think that a time like this, when many of us are still, perhaps, reeling from the news, is the time to chide list members over choice of subject line. Jane Partridge ______________________________________ Sent: 27 May 2019 16:42 Subject: [lace] Jacqui Southworth's Death on May 15, 2019 At Jeri's request, I am forwarding this posting. Please address any personal responses to her. Her address is above as a cc. Devon Dear Arachne members, Notice of this great loss to our lace community appeared in my inboxes (AOL and Gmail) this morning under the heading "So sorry". I searched Arachne archives for "Jacqui Southworth's death", and did not find it - because her name was not in the Subject line. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
